TV to Receiver cables

I would not go crazy here, after all it is coming out of a TV.
I think Acoustic Research makes great cables cheap for this kind of application. Highly Rated and available at Best Buy stores.

http://www.audioreview.com/cat/cables/speaker-cables/acoustic-research/ap031/PRD_128865_1584crx.aspx

Audio Art cables would do fine.

I am curious about one thing here... Why? Why connect from the TV to the receiver? Why not just run coax or optical lines from the cable box and DVD player to the Marantz instead?

Does the Marantz not have any digital audio inputs? Most 5.1 receivers came with at least optical inputs. if not, again... Audio Art is used in my HT system from receiver to amp (s). For the money, they are hard to beat, around a $100 or so new.

Good luck.

Freddy50, are you using the internal speakers of the Sony? Just trying to understand why planning to connect the Marantz to the Sony, given that your sources are connected via HDMI.

Check out this thread.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?bhome&1222723975

Don't spend big bucks on HDMI. I went for Blue Jean cable, quick delivery.

Ok, I admit I don't really know what i'm doing. Why connect the Marantz to the Sony?... Because that's the only way I considered. And yes, I only plan on using the internal Sony speakers for normal TV after work viewing...news, favorite evening tv show, etc. If good movie comes on i'll fire up the HT. Yes, I do believe the Marantz has an optical jack on the back...I just don't know what to do with it. I'm a babe in thr woods on this HT stuff.