I have a surround sound dvd system and dish network, do I have to run the video feed directly into the tv?

Answer 1

Yes, you would run your DVD player to the TV separately, depending on the age of your TV most TVs in the last 10 years or so have component video and s-video inputs and of the last couple of year DVI and HDMI inputs. If your DVD player has any of these and your TV accepts these the rule is that for quality the inputs will be as follows
HDMI best
DVI
S-video
component video
Look on the back of your TV and see of these what inputs you have and use the best input your TV offers.

On most DVD home theater system there will be axillary inputs for audio. You can hook your satellite box up to the theater system if the satellite box has RCA outputs so that you can have surround sound for your satellite also.

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