cheapest 5.1 with optical input?

[Sniper82]

My TV only has optical out and I am wanting a receiver or something with a optical in. Not looking to spend a arm and a leg. Any suggestions?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Sniper82
My TV only has optical out and I am wanting a receiver or something with a optical in. Not looking to spend a arm and a leg. Any suggestions?

You're just looking for a receiver alone, or a HTIB with speakers, sub as well?

What's the budget in terms of dollar?

You can get a basic receiver on its own for $100-$150-ish.

You can also get POS HTIB sets for that much which may have a digital input, but $400-ish would get you a pretty good HTIB set.

 

[SearchMaster]

I paid $79 for my Onkyo refurb. I don't recall the model offhand but it's been a nice receiver for me.

[edit]Found it - it's a SR304. It's showing $119 now, when I got it a few months ago it was $89 - extra 10%.

 

[SearchMaster]

There is an el cheapo RCA refurb all-in-one with optical input at Woot for $85 shipped. It's probably not as good quality as the Onkyo but the price is right. People posting in their forums say it sounds decent for the price.

 

[ranmaniac]

I had a cheapo Walmart Durabrand 5.1 setup that had an optical input for like $50.

 

[bigpow]

Logitech z5450 (I've this set)
or
Logitech z5500 ($180 deal from buy.com)

They're computer speaker sets, but they have digital input (optical and coax)