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True HD without HDMI?

I recently acquired an Onkyo HTIB in the hopes of having a cheap 7.1 system to use with Blu-ray in Hi-Def. So you can imagine how disgruntled I became when I was connecting my PS3 to the HDMI ports, only to find that THE #$%@ THING HAS AUDIO PASS THROUGH ONLY!!!

...I'm not going to bother asking why anyone in their right minds would include HDMI in a 7.1 HTIB only to have it be made completely useless by passing it through to the TV speakers.

I will ask if there is an alternative to returning the HTIB, which is now spidered into my room and would be a pain in the butt to remove, and still be able to reap the benefits of Dobly TrueHD and the lossless encoding of the Blu-ray discs. I'm currently running Optical into the receiver, but I have a feeling that this isn't any better than having DVD audio.

Sigh..... Anyway..

My main question is a two parter:

1) Can the Multichannel input I see on most receivers be used to get the uncompressed 7.1 signal into the receiver? and...

2)Does a multichannel output cable even EXIST for a PS3? I'm a college student, so I can't pay an arm and a leg for an exotic cable, but I still want to get the sound I payed for out of a Blu-ray.

Any and all input (or criticism) will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Thank you guys for your help. I realized after more thought about the obvious lack of processing for the True HD and lossless formats, but it was all recently made irrelevant when a power surge fried the whole thing, even though it was plugged into a fairly expensive surge protecter. It's still under warranty and the 30 money-back guarantee, but I'm no less PO'd that it was fried and that I was foolish enough to buy the system in the first place.

Needless to say, I'm going to spend a little extra cash and get a receiver that's really worth it. Thanks again for your input.
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