my current setup:

- optical from tv to receiver

- hdmi from tv to receiver

- hdmi from ps3 to tv

- hdmi from xbox to tv

- hdmi from cable/dvr to tv

i get sound just fine this way, wondering if also using optical from the ps3, xbox, or cable/dvr would be better sound and if so i need a switch

First of all is it worth it?

2nd of all I need help setting it up if so:

- My cable box/DVR has digital optical

- My xbox 360 has digital optical

- My Ps3 has digital optical

- My TV has digital optical

My sound system receiver only has 1 digital optical input

I do not see splitters that allow for 4 to 1 for digital optical. Please help me with this setup and thanks!

this tv will only be used for tv/movies/dvd's - no blu ray or video games. will the coax be enough or should i try something like

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011405&p_id=5369&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

got a new tv, no cable box for this tv. i have high def cable for my other tv. can i just plug the coax cable from the wall to the high def tv and get high def? or do i need to buy a coax to hdmi converter switch? i found one for about 40 on monoprice, didnt see anything on newegg, thank you

bought a new hdd, old master and old slave not working when plugged in as slaves. do i need to do anything to them? so far i just plugged them in. program files are viewable on the old master, but not the old documents (which is where i saved everything important), and nothing is showing up for the old slave

SATA

im just so curious why it says 140gb are used up but when selecting everything with hidden files shown and clicking properties it says only about 11 gb

and im curious why the backup was deleted

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Using testdisk, I analyzed / wrote partitions to both slave harddrives, and restarted, and the files are still not there. Currently, I am using photorec to retrieve any files - however it looks like it's going to dig up about 100gb worth of files, and only

swehunt

test disk photorec found alot of stuff ( i haven't tried to upload all my songs yet bc photo rec also brought back a ton of trojans) but it did find all my photos and videos. however, it will take hours to sort through these 500,000 files and re-do my music collection assuming they're all there (need to be renamed one by one!).

again, harddrives are in good condition. installed os. plugged in old master and old slave both as slaves now. did not do anything to them via disk mgmt or partition or anything just plugged them in. they are recongnized via my computer as e and f. program files are all there on my old master. documents gone. nothing on old slave.

before i go thru all these files one by one i want to make sure there's not a better approach to this. i would imagine there's something i can do t othe old slave and all the files will come back. i jsut find it strange that it says 140gb are used however only 11gb are viewable...