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12/03/08
Streaming a picture at 720 is nice and all, but a HD picture and stereo audio seems a bit like driving a Bugatti Veyron on a dirt road.
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And are these profile 2.0 now, or still 1.1 like the site says? Should I be keeping a heads up for deals on one of these?
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I need a new DVD player. My television is only 720p/1080i. Eventually I will have a 1080p tv. It is totally worth it to me to spend a few bucks more to get a blu-ray player now even though I won't be getting it's full impact.
But is there any reason for me not to be getting a blu-ray player? It's not going to have any "problems" sending a signal that is "too HD" for my television, right?
(My TV does have an HDMI input of course, so if it is HDMI output only that's not a problem.)
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Plus switching and passing through HDMI is a wicked pain in the ass. Unless you only have one hdmi player, one hdmi TV and one hdmi receiver otherwise it sucks. I have 5 hdmi devices on setup and 3 on another and I never even seen a receiver with more than 3 hdmi inputs and those are in the $1500 range.
12/03/08
For the most part I just set it to fake the rear channels though since most sources are 5.1 or less. But it can certainly do 7.1 from blu ray.
I'm not clear on why you think HDMI makes switching harder. In fact it makes it easier. Newer ones, even cheap ones (if $370 is cheap to you, try this Onkyo TX-SR606 with 4 HDMI inputs [reviews.cnet.com]) have auto-detect switching.
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I don't do the HD hing, but when/if I do, it's cool to know they've got me covered.
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