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since the HD DVD player is supposed to decode those signals, will a plain old toslink optical cable from DVD to an older receiver, like the Denon 3805

I forgot to add that toslink will not transfer the HD sound formats, someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the bandwith is to large in the HD formats to be passed through optical.

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