[Aaron_Lloyd]

Has anyone ever tried using their XBMC box as an A/V receiver? My idea is that I could use two Timeleak HD72As and have my blu-ray and cable connected to them (after stripping HDCP encryption of course). From there I could download the necessary drivers and link to the feeds in XBMC.

Does anyone have experience or thoughts with this sort of setup?

Thank you!

[sapper6fd]

I think its possible. Haven't done it myself. Where I think you'll run into trouble is with wattage output to your speakers unless your running a small cheap set. The larger more expensive speakers are going to require much more wattage than a PC can put out - hence the reason most A/V receivers have built in amplifiers.

[Aaron_Lloyd]

I'm going to be using just a soundbar that I have, nothing too complicated. I'm mostly just looking to use it as a way to switch inputs in a way.

[T800]

Shame they don't do 5.1 audio.

A lot of people just switch inputs via automatic HDMI switches or a Harmony remote.