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What about high-resolution 6ch DVD-A and SACD? Optical and coaxial digital connections can't handle that kind of bandwidth. Also, HDMI 1.3 will be able to carry lossless Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD (natively rather than in PCM) with automatic lip synchronization. Plus, it's just one cable, rather than two. That has to be a plus right?
What about them? They're not used for DD 5.1 sound. I have both a digital connection and a 5.1 analog connection for my dvd-a's/sacd, and i just have a cheap 200 dollar sony. When i play dvd-as/sacds, i press multichannel, and it uses the 5.1 analog cables.
Optical and coaxial digital cables can carry Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD sound.
I find it odd that you're all spun up about not switching a signal, but you don't have a problem using component and choose to miss out on the benefits of an all-digital signal path. It seems to me that the using component instead of HDMI would have a greater visual impact than that of a properly switched signal. I dunno.
The benefits of an all-digital signal path are currently open to debate. I can point you to articles that actually argue that the component often gives the better picture over the HDMI/(or DVI). Remember though, we're not comparing 1 HDMI cable versus 1 Component cable, we're comparing 2 separately linked HDMI cables (either of which could have issues with the cables or their connections) and we're also dealing with the receiver's ability to pass the signal on to the TV undegraded. Lot of if's there....... And to respond to Johnny, sometimes what receivers end up doing and what they're spec'ed to do are not always the same. I'd rather not worry about it unless i had no other option.
If it was simply 1 HDMI cable vs 1 component video, i'd probably opt for the HDMI. But that's not what we're discussing here.
Last edited by azanon; 06-30-2006 at 06:22 PM.
Sierra-1 - Mains+Center
Surrounds - HTM200SEs (x4 in back, and x2 Atmos)
Sub - SVS PB-2000
Receiver - Onkyo TX-RZ1100
Oppo Darbee Edition Blue Ray
Sony 4K blu ray player