>>213695467 (OP)
I want to set a few things straight. What you see here is not an HDMI cable, it is in fact a dual link DVI cable. Meaning, the sound is going over a separate cable, that would be the TOSLINK cable, an optical cable over which signals are transmitted using a Differential Manchester encoding. Nothing too fancy, but it is reliable.
As you can see, there is no "subwoofer" and no "surround" setup. Loudspeakers are a complex set of nonlinear equations to optimize for as it is - and that's true for even ONE speaker with the most trivial D'Appolito setup and with low slew rate crossovers. Two speakers will already introduce QUITE the challenge to optimize for a regular room, given the reflections and room modes created by them. No need to introduce another piece of (considerable) complification by adding a subwoofer. Moreover, you will find that my Tannoy Lancaster speakers already pack quite the punch.
The TV, yes. Behold the Sony XBR Trinitron KD-34XBR960. The Finest full HD CRT TV ever produced. The pinnacle of an era. The undisputed master. I don't believe in LCD, those abominations can't handle camera pans. This masterpiece of technology will be fed, as stated, with the DVI and TOSLINK cables.
The film we're watching? Ah. Admiral Nakhimov (1946), an unsung masterpiece by Vsevolod Pudovkin, set in the Crimean War.
