the HDMI org is the body that represents the interests of those that use HDMI in their applications. They wish to further hdmi as a communications method. In an ideal world what they describe in the website is reality- BUT the world is not ideal- it depends how the product was engineered in the first instance == thereare many cases where there is not

Mox - of course this now begs another question. The cost of making a BR player that can decode dtsma ect represents a 10% uplift. Given that this solution is available to everyone including Alba- why didnot B&O include it- could it be something to do with BS3 that would mean internal chamnges there to????

I would not draw the conclusion its a pile of junk!! When used in the bv4/9 context it forms probably one of the better combinations for quality video. Short of getting the panasonic commercial plasma and a top line processor- which is still regarded by those in the know as being one of the best combinations for quality video. On the receiver side it

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Ah Razlaw- your memory does not serve you correctly. One should recall that the general conclusion was that using an hdmi 1.3 player with the BS3 which is 1.1 does seem to allow some improvement over the standard sound but its NOT the real thing- not even in the specs im afraid and furthermore with the tests I had undertaken in the lab with the panasonic

you might find that the default panasonic setting is 16.9 and you need to re set to 4.3 sometimes difficult to do this when you cant see the picture properly. The symptoms you describe match the remedy i issue here

hi I am actually manufacturing the stuff! and i dont have it wrong- we had a huge debate on here before about it. It does not work and its not upgradeable to 1.3

You cannot listen to the new sound formats even if the player you are intend to use supports it im afraid. This is due to the particular hardware configuration and the somewhat hazy interpretation of what hdmi1.1 is capable of. When the unit is upgraded to 1.3 you can be sure it will work- I would wait

Ordinarily, in a home cinema set up one would have a seprate HD box and calibrate for that, then calibrate for SD then any connected products. Obviously there is not much porcessing going on with HD- hence the reason why even the lowest end screen looks good showing it. The art of manufacturing and a real sign of quality in a technical perspectve is

Calibration would take place in a seperate process for SD and for HD, thereason why Sd dvd is not so good as on a standalone player is because BR players do not play SD discs very well- unless its high end . I really think the problem is that almost anything looks good showing HD content sent at the right bit rate.