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Originally Posted by Chris Gerhard
His receiver won't decode DD+ at 1.5Mbps, will it? I don't believe I could tell the difference between the two really, but my receivers can decode DTS core at 1.5Mbps but not DD+.
Chris
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It doesn't have to with HD DVD players since they ALL decode DD+.
The OP receiver DOES have 2 HDMI inputs so it doesn't matter since EVERY HD DVD player decodes DD+ as well as DtHD.
Before you say an HDMI receiver isn't needed with the HD audio with BD players, remember that many of the new BD players are leaving out the 5.1 analog outputs, so a HDMI receiver is necessary with them to get anything other than 2 channel PCM, or downrezd DtHD (most new Sony titles). I hated (and said as much) that Toshiba left out the analog outputs when they did it and now BD player mfg are starting to do it as well.
Some of the HD DVD player models actually convert the DD+ @ 1.5mbps to DTS to output to a receiver over optical also. The HD-A2 being one of them for sure, since I do have that model, as well as all the first gen HD DVD players.
Regardless, this whole topic is moot since HD DVD is dead now. I just didn't want a very subjective (and wrong IMO) statement left out there. Both formats had limitations and spec flaws, but we have what we have now.