Best way to get audio from TV/Blu Ray to home theater system?

[TVguy]

Since you get video out of a sat box, you don't care about the TV out. It is useful only when you use a tuner.
(Coax out is digital audio out)

So, connect set-top and BD player optical out to the home theater system optical and you are all set!
On the set-top and BD set the audio out to be Raw or bitstream (NOT PCM) so you can get 5.1 sound via Dolby or DTS.

 

[Sean]

My tv has left and right audio outs, don't think that's good. Has coaxial out, don't know anything about that. The blu ray player and the satellite box have optical out, which I don't know much about. The home theater has optical in, right and left in, and coaxial in. Which is best for a home theater system that has 6 speakers and a subwoofer?

 

[micman]

If you have HDMI, use that, otherwise use the optical audio out. quality levels go from least to highest . . . RCA connector stereo, Coaxial (rca plug), Fiber optic or HDMI are about the same depending on cable quality.