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Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid
I guess I shouldn't wait then, all it seems I need is a HDMI 1.1 receiver.  |
Well, from what I saw, the price difference between an HDMI 1.1/PCM5.1 preamp/processor and the DTC-9.8 was minimal - plus the DTC-9.8 adds stuff like Reon upconversion/deinterlacing that older pre/pros do not have. Right now I am having my Integra DTC-9.8 upconvert and deinterlace all sources to 1080p, and this works awesome! Also, the integra can be had for $1500 w/ haggling.
Yeah, you can get a receiver cheaper but then you lose part of the quality advantage of seperates (granted, it is the smaller part). So it made sense to go with the DTC-9.8 even if I don't use the next-gen audio decoding.
Also, if you read that link I posted before, it can be possible that bitstream could be made useful in the future if the firmware of HD/BD players was tweaked in the fashion I described.