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Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid
It's doesn't seem much "worse" than the Integra/Onkyo processor (I couldn't care less about video ability) and it's currently hundreds less...  |
The video ability is actually REALLY REALLY REALLY useful. Deinterlacing is the #1 biggest cause of shitty looking upconverts. If your processor has Reon, then that means ANY HD/BD player becomes a damn good upconverter.
Also, now that I'm in the BD camp and the first 1.1 disc has come out, I can answer your question about PiP on BD.
On BD bitstreaming nextgen codecs becomes more useful. The Panasonic BD30 works exactly how I told Amir & Andy Pennell the HD-A35 should work. Basically it bitstreams when watching just the movie, but when you engage PiP it switches to in-player decoding. With this in mind, a receiver with TrueHD decoding becomes much more useful, especially when cheaper BD players often only have lossy decoders internally.