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Originally Posted by oilyfan
Well if you hook up an OTA antenna and receive a digital HD signal with 5.1 it will output 5.1 from the optical out.
Yes in most cases, like a bluray player connected to the tv using HDMI will not output 5.1 because the handshake prevents the player from outputting anything other than 5.1. But in the case of devices where you can "force" the handshake off, like in an XBOX 360 or Boxee Box, you can get the TV to output 5.1.
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Primary sources are a Mac Mini (with Plex) and a Telus Optik HD-PVR. I'm not sure about forcing the handshake off on either of these, but my receiver definitely decodes Dolby Digital passed from the TV from both sources.
I'm not 100% sure that it's 5.1 - is there a DD 2.0 standard it might be using?