Recommend a receiver...

[GTaudiophile]

Don't those devices still have RCA preouts for 2ch stereo? It's been a while since I bought new electronics but I believe my Blue ray player has RCA, Toslink and HDMI outputs. You can use a stereo receiver with the RCA jacks if all you're going to do is 2ch stereo, of course you rely on the quality of the DAC in the source which may not be as high quality as the DAC in a receiver, and you'll have to change the audio source on the receiver and the video source on the TV, which may or may not be a big deal. Most televisions don't have RCA outputs for sound, you'll have to use Toslink for OTA broadcasts, but honestly I don't know many people who invest big bucks on a home theater but don't subscribe to cable or satellite TV.

Honestly though, I don't see any reason to try and avoid HDMI, just because you can use RCA doesn't mean it's the best idea just because you are only going to have 2 speakers.

The TV does not. Only way to get audio from TV (antenna) to receiver is S/PDIF or HDMI/ARC. It's a one-year-old Panasonic plasma.