Long time since active here, but always a nice place to keep me updated and finding most answers I'm looking for wink
But, there is something I need to ask the "Elite Meridian Audio" people here about.

My friend just bought a 4k 77" OLED TV and I can see some limits already in his setup.
The setup contains a full Meridian 7.1 system with 861v6 and HD621.
Today, all sources is via the HD621 before picture shows on the 1080P TV.

With the new OLED TV, the set top box 4k and Apple TV 4k need to be wired directly to the OLED TV for enjoy 4k resolution.
The HD621 does not support eARC/ARC, so using this for transferring audio back to the HD621 is a no go. Even HD722 does not support eARC...

What I thought, I could use a 4k 1 to 2 splitter, one output to TV and another one to the HD621 for getting surround to the 861.
The Marmitek Split 312 UHD ( Link ) seems to be a good alternative.
If I dont "lock" the EDID for 4k resolution, I assume it will downgrade the picture on both outputs to 1080P and not an option here.

My question is, how will the HD621 react with a 4k input and receiving DTS-HD Master Audio at the same time?

Basically, I hoped to use the HD621 as a sound distributor to 861 only with the new TV.
Picture from HD621 I don't need, but the sound is important if the HD621 will process it or not for sending it to 861 via MMHR for the 7.1 surround format.
Using optical from OLED TV to 861 is a no go as well, since will not get 7.1 DTS-HD MA and other high resolution sound formats due to limited bandwith.
Another option is to buy an HD722 offcourse, but that's another 2000£ frown



Last edited by regeli; 2019-12-03 21:43.
Meridian owner since 2012