lots of chest puffing in that thread.

my god, i don't know how any member can stick around there for more than 3 days.



HDMI to TV
Optical to Audio rec'vr.

The end. If you can hear a difference between HDMI 1.0 vs 1.3 decoding on a 7.1 surround system ... more power to ya.

Either way, you're getting an entry level HD-DVD player.



(not at you, but ...)
if anyone in that posted thread wanted quality, they should open up the wallet more. That's just the way it is.

They're all bitching and honking at the audio ... when their HD players still only output at 720p / 1080i ... not 1080p.