Will Onkyo txds-656 play blu ray 5.1?

[jpl]

Hi all, I am thinking of getting a blu ray player for Christmas and hooking it up to my Onkyo txds-656, (which I LOVE), via optical coax, question is will the Onkyo txds-656 play the blu ray in 5.1 via the optial coax or any other connection, or am I out of luck?

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Hi all, I am thinking of getting a blu ray player for Christmas and hooking it up to my Onkyo txds-656, (which I LOVE), via optical coax, question is will the Onkyo txds-656 play the blu ray in 5.1 via the optial coax or any other connection, or am I out of luck?

This is a very old receiver, and only has a Dolby digital decoder in it. Dolby digital can be outputted through the coaxial output, but it would only play legacy Dolby Digital at 448kbps. The only problem I foresee is when a movie has DTS HD Master audio tracks only, you will not be able to play that movie at all - there is no Dts decoder in that receiver. There are a lot of Bluray disc out there like this.