good analog out of directv?

I expect all directv boxes have digital out. That's the way you get surround sound (dolby digital) and the common way people connect them to their cheap home theater in a box units. If you run it into a 2-channel dac I expect you need to make sure to configure it to output 2-channel only (not DD).

thanks guys, appearently this means i have to get a directv with a digital out vs. using the analog out? what is a thc? thanks bryon

From a few days earlier :

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1210539499

I've had good results taking the optical out running it through a Theta THC into a DAC. My only caveat is that my system is totally vacuum tube, that certainly helps with the digititis.