VHS/DVD/Dolby 5.1 to iMac

Was thinking of junking my old TV and hooking my equipment up to my sporty iMac with its lovely built-in monitor. But I don't know what attachments I'd use: I have DVD player with a Dolby 5.1 unit; as well, I'm still attached to my VHS machine (to watch movies, not transfer them to disc), and I'd like to hook that up too. Is this at all feasible for a reasonable amount of money?
-Travis

movieperson wrote:
Can I at least hook up the 5.1 system to my iMac and do away with my DVD player?
The iMac's "headphone" combo jack supports S/PDIF digital-optical 5.1 output.
If your 5.1 amp accepts optical S/PDIF input, you're good to go; if not, you'll
need an external 5.1 digital-to-analog decoder (or an S/PDIF optical-to-coax
converter).
[Apple Audio Developer Note -- iMac|http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Conceptual/HWTechAudio/Articles/Audio_implementation.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003978-SW281200331167]
Looby

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