Και μιας και μιλαμε για τον ροτελ να του μου απαντησαν σε προσφατο mail σχετικα με αυτον:
If your requirements are for a good processor with HDMI switching, video scaling to 1080p and HDMI audio decoding (7ch PCM) then the RSP-1069 is a suitable upgrade.
For additional information the RSP-1069 supports HDMI 1.1 and is compatible with Blu-ray and HD-DVD. They do not support HDMI1.3 so will not decode native Dolby True HD and DTS HD steam formats, however this is not really necessary in the current market place.
Currently, HDMI allows 8 channels of 96/24 PCM to be transmitted (more than enough resolution for any soundtrack), but not the new codec's in their native form. HDMI 1.3 will allow the new codec's mentioned above to be transmitted in their native bit stream, but only if they were authored in 'Basic' mode (no interactivity). If the soundtrack was authored in Advanced mode, then it cannot be transmitted in undecoded form; decoding in the player is mandatory because of live mixing.
So far, all HD DVD soundtracks have been authored in Advanced mode. Which means nothing will change when new receivers arrive on the market. Despite having HDMI 1.3 transmission and decoders built into the receiver, decoding will still have to take place in the player ! Currently, Blu-ray discs are authored in Basic mode, since they haven't gotten interactivity yet. As soon as BD Java is up and working, they'll all be authored in Advanced mode too. At that point, what are the decoders in the receivers going to do? Decode the relatively few BD titles that were released before interactivity? Most of those titles will be re-issued anyway.
Also, with regards to deep colour, the video encoded on Blu-ray and HD DVD discs is limited to 8-bit colour. So are the studio archive masters, for that matter. If some studio were to start authoring new discs with 16-bit Deep Colour, those discs would be completely incompatible with the majority of existing players, rendering them unplayable. Such a disc would have to be labelled and marketed as an all-new Deep Colour HD DVD or Deep Colour Blu-ray format, and distinguished from the regular HD DVD or Blu-ray formats, discs for which would have to be released separately. At its best, you'd get a barely-perceptible improvement in colour fidelity. Yes, from a videophile perspective, even small improvements are welcome. Ideally, both formats should have been designed with Deep Colour from the start, but that isn't the way it worked out, and it's too late to change either format to incorporate it now. To do so would make no business sense whatsoever.
I hope this information is useful. If you require further advice please contact us again.
Best regards,
Scott Crawford
Technical Support
Rotel Europe
enon AVR-3807. Θα προτιμούσα βέβαια καθαρό προενισχυτή αλλά στην κατηγορία τιμής που κινούμαι, έως 2000 , δεν βλέπω κάτι άλλο σαν ανταγωνιστική λύση. Και βέβαια θα ήθελα και ελληνική εγγύηση (βλέπε Integra).
