goji Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I personally haven't heard about this from anywhere else, so I believe Denon is the first to market to offer HD audio decoding in their line of products along with HDMI 1.3: AVP Processor The AVP Processor sports virtually all of the features currently found on the AVR-5805CI with some added bonuses including: HDMI 1.3 Analog to HDMI Conversion and upscaling to 1080p Realta HQV Processing Dolby TruHD and DTS HD decoding Multi Channel Zone 2 Output for dual surround zones Zone 4 Digital Audio Simply HD Certified silicon image approves connectivity and operability Remote maintenance program Wireless audio streaming with WMA support Balanced outputs Source This line takes the cake though: Pricing has not officially been announced but we?d expect it to be less than a small import car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted January 12, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2007 ugh impressive but will be expensive :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwanders Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 You know, I always wondered why my upconverting DVD player couldn't send audio through the HDMI. Is this because all current HDMI-capable DVD players use the HDMI for video only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 You know, I always wondered why my upconverting DVD player couldn't send audio through the HDMI. Is this because all current HDMI-capable DVD players use the HDMI for video only? YUP! HDMI does not stream HD audio for conversion at all. There are NO receiver or pre-amps on the market right now that can decode these tracks. 2007 is shaping up to be a great year! Pink Floyd, this wont be for the Best Buy shoppers of world just yet. As the big toys get released the tech will become available for the big box vendors. For the most recent receiver on the market that already have HDMI incorporated, check with your dealer for possible firmware upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazog Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 middle of 2007 expect there whole line to be hdmi 1.3 and next year the whole line will support the HD formats as well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted January 12, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2007 You know, I always wondered why my upconverting DVD player couldn't send audio through the HDMI. Is this because all current HDMI-capable DVD players use the HDMI for video only? Huh? Audio should send through the HDMI fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!P Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 You know, I always wondered why my upconverting DVD player couldn't send audio through the HDMI. Is this because all current HDMI-capable DVD players use the HDMI for video only? The whole purpose of HDMI is to include audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Huh? Audio should send through the HDMI fine. I wonder if he is referring to the rec. that have the HDMI passthrough.... audio will not be 5.1 instead it will just pass through on to the tv... if thats not what he means.. then i have no clue.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 16, 2007 as far as i know HDMI only sends AC3-2.0 Audio. I might be wrong tho since some TVs have an optical output to output the signal from HDMI to the receiver. I'm not sure if that's sent in 5.1 or 2.0 tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 YUP! HDMI does not stream HD audio for conversion at all. There are NO receiver or pre-amps on the market right now that can decode these tracks. 2007 is shaping up to be a great year! My PS3 is only connected via HDMI to my TV and the audio plays out of the speakers, so it's sending audio out via HDMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 My PS3 is only connected via HDMI to my TV and the audio plays out of the speakers, so it's sending audio out via HDMI. Ya it can stream audio, but not the HD audio streams as stated, I should have elaborated, thanks. To the poster, I would check with your user manuals and the company websites for further clarification for your problem. Shotta, HDMI is more than capable of transmitting 7.1 channels of uncompressed audio as well as HD video together; you just need a decoder to process these audio streams or suffer down conversion to near DTS quality, which by no means is bad. DTS kicks ares! I'm bewildered why it has taken the industry so long to pump out AVR's that can decode these new audio formats. Hasn't HD-DVD been out now for two years and only now we can buy toys to play with them? :argh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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