Quote Originally Posted by Tarheel_
Since i'm sending the newer audio formats from blu-ray to my AVR via analog 7.1 outs..does this mean 1 less conversion? I'm not good at this stuff.

Sending analog from the blu player to the receiver, the receiver should not do anything other than volume to the speakers. It's already analog so it shouldn't need to convert it to anything, since that would defeat the purpose of analog in. If you check the receiver manual, it should say that if you use these 7.1 ins, you don't get to apply any "surroung effects" etc. on the signals.