Ya see, Jake, some of us don't use a receiver with HDMI inputs on it, and therefore must rely on analog inputs for our HD audio formats. Now take me for example. I currently run a Marantz Pre/Pro setup with an external 5 channel amplifier, which in total is about $1000, which is pretty cheap. If i want to experience DTS-MA or TrueHD, i'm now forced to spend over a $1000 additionally to get a good surround processor capable of taking an HDMI signal and decoding the formats.
Take other audiophiles and now you will really understand why analog output is desirable. Let's say you own Krell, Lexicon, Classe, McIntosh, etc and spent 5 grand for a processor and another 4 grand for your amps. Luckily, the amps will work with whatever you get it, so you keep those. But unfortunately for your unlucky ass, the awesome processor of yours has no HDMI and you need to upgrade. Either buy another 5K processor, or you can simply run analog inputs to your current receiver.
That said, why the hell does this thing cost so much? Can't Marantz or Denon, or somebody else make an affordable Blu-Ray player capable of 2.0 compliance and analog outputs? Come on, guys! Pay your engineers to do something besides play in Matlab!
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Ya see, Jake, some of us don't use a receiver with HDMI inputs on it, and therefore must rely on analog inputs for our HD audio formats. Now take me for example. I currently run a Marantz Pre/Pro setup with an external 5 channel amplifier, which in total is about $1000, which is pretty cheap. If i want to experience DTS-MA or TrueHD, i'm now forced to spend over a $1000 additionally to get a good surround processor capable of taking an HDMI signal and decoding the formats.
Take other audiophiles and now you will really understand why analog output is desirable. Let's say you own Krell, Lexicon, Classe, McIntosh, etc and spent 5 grand for a processor and another 4 grand for your amps. Luckily, the amps will work with whatever you get it, so you keep those. But unfortunately for your unlucky ass, the awesome processor of yours has no HDMI and you need to upgrade. Either buy another 5K processor, or you can simply run analog inputs to your current receiver.
That said, why the hell does this thing cost so much? Can't Marantz or Denon, or somebody else make an affordable Blu-Ray player capable of 2.0 compliance and analog outputs? Come on, guys! Pay your engineers to do something besides play in Matlab!