you only need an HDMI1.1 receiver, to get the full benefit. HDMI 1.1 will have the player decode it to the 6,7, or 8 channel pcm and pass it to the reciever. Your reciever stills does the digital to analog, and any other digital processing. I have a $6500 Anthem D2 processor and even the Anthem guys said they doubted I would hear a difference with the player decoding the signal or the anthem, the hard stuff is still done in the Anthem.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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you only need an HDMI1.1 receiver, to get the full benefit. HDMI 1.1 will have the player decode it to the 6,7, or 8 channel pcm and pass it to the reciever. Your reciever stills does the digital to analog, and any other digital processing. I have a $6500 Anthem D2 processor and even the Anthem guys said they doubted I would hear a difference with the player decoding the signal or the anthem, the hard stuff is still done in the Anthem.