I tried to do this and there is no way you can have surround sound on that tv.
It is very easy to get a surround sound hook up on the Viewsonic Widescreen TV hook up
check your surround sound if it has an HDMI or AV input jacks. if it has, then you are good to go. from your satellite receiver, attach the HDMI cable or AV cable. connect it to your surround sound. after connecting the satellite receiver box and surround sound, attach the HDMI or AV cable from the surround sound to your television.
Connect the digital audio output from the TV to the digital input of the surround sound receiver.
An HDMI cable connects from the Bell cable box to the surround receiver and then to the TV.
You will have to use some universal media connector to attached to the TV in order to have surround sound.
The optical output of the PS3 can be connected to older surround sound receivers. Newer receivers can be connected with the HDMI cable.
Connect your PS3 to your TV then connect you surround sound to your TV.
If you are using a Blu-Ray player and your blu-ray and surround receiver both have coaxial digital audio connectors, you can use those to connect the two, bypassing the TV for the audio.
If your surround receiver has HDMI, connect an HDMI cable from the NeoTV to the receiver, and then HDMI out the receiver to the TV. If you don't have HDMI on your receiver, you can connect an optical cable from the NEOTV to the surround receiver.
You can connect a sound system through your TV or the Sonystyle.com site has a new PS3 sound system for under $200 that was designed for the PS3
Broadcast surround sound began in the early 2000s.
Virtual Surround Sound directly from the Viera TV.