Originally Posted by coolkish
Speakerlink card is a no brainer. Will there be a HDMI card for 861 (thus making HD621 redundant?)
Of course not.

To quote Bob Stuart directly:
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We have said it before, but let`s go one more time. We do not like the implications [of HDMI] for audio performance, video performance or for upgrade trajectories for audio and video that are implied in putting an HDMI repeater in a surround processor. As long as we let digital video transmission (or even worse video processing) into the audio processor, or if it becomes hard-bonded to the video playback ground, the sound MUST and DOES suffer.

We have demonstrated these effects of video on audio enough times. We can also show the reverse. Great sound and picture are what we do, and the BEST architecture is to separate audio and video at the earliest point in the chain and to keep video out of anything that handles either the last de-jitter or any analogue audio I/O.

When audio must arrive over HDMI we hope to offer a solution which is better, cheaper and friendlier to both new and existing customers.
Meridian has already clearly demonstrated (in 800 and G9x) the benefits of decoding in the player.

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