Originally Posted by Avii
Originally Posted by Asa Post
On the other hand, feeding the HDMI 2 output to a 621 strips out the video, upsamples, and appodises to give MMHR, which can only be a considerable advantage.

The same process applies if feeding "HDMI 1" to the HD621 i.e. the video is separated and the audio processed.

I think the original question was is there a demonstrable audio or video improvement with the Oppo 93 of using "two" HDMI ouputs i.e. one for video and one for audio (although this is also contains video). It appears the answer maybe no in practice beyond perhaps comms issues but maybe the "thought" that it would will offer a psychological benefit.

Avi
I cannot speak about the BDP-93 but, with the Ayre DX-5, there was a distinct difference between the normal (Oppo) HDMI output and the Ayre-designed HDMI output which has only blue-screen video with the latter being better. Both were fed to the HD621/861.

Kal

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