Getting analog audio out of a HD Tuner?


We are currently running an HD antenna to get several channels in HD, hooked up directly to our HDTV. One of my favorites is the stream of OPB music in HD, and I would like to get this stream out of my TV and into my stereo. It seems the only audio out of the TV is a digital audio out. How do I use this and get it converted to a analog signal? I would like to do it as cheaply as possible (no $1200 DAC units are on the radar). The system will consist of the LCD TV, a Sony DVP-ns999es DVD/SACD player, and a 2-channel integrated amp (speakers of course too). Can the Sony convert the signal, or do I need something additional? There isn't a Coaxial provision to run the HD signal through the DVD player, otherwise I would go that route and let the DVD's DAC convert the signal to analog.

Other option is probably a Squeezebox.
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You need digital to analog conversion of some type. To this end you can use a DAC (assuming it can handle the input signal type), a home theater receiver, or a digital surround processor.

For all three you would hook up the TV digital audio out (RCA coax, I would assume) to one of the digital audio inputs. You would then hook up the appropriate rca audio outputs to one of the stereo inputs on your integrated. Set the settings on the device to the appropriate digital input signal type, if necessary, and select two channel stereo as the output.

I use a DSP (Technics SH-AC500D) in my system solely to enable me to use the superior digital output from my cable box rather than the analog outputs.