So what is frustrating, the 99 dollar widget that doesn't give you advanced configuration options, or the HD621 not being able to do things it was never intended to do such as decode bitstream or pass 4k?
It's frustrating that my 861v8 can't decode DD+, because then I could use the $99 widget with the optical out. I could use the Sony 4k player with a separate HDMI out for audio, and the HD621 will accept it, but again the 861v8 wont know what to do with the DD+.
How many TV's that were made ten years ago do any of the new things today's TV's do? Just asking.
DD+ and TrueHD predate the HD621 and the 861v8. I might understand if a common TV brand can't decode HDR10+ yet, but an audiophile digital processor with updatable firmware and considerable investment can't decode audio protocols that were years old at launch and over a decade old now? I've got receivers in my basement older than my 861 that can decode DD+ and TrueHD.
So specifically it's frustrating that the $20,000 widget doesn't do a thing that a $200 receiver (from the same time period) can do. Especially when one of those things (TrueHD) was invented by same company.
I have literally never had a problem with audio formats until I got a Meridian. Now, I think the sound quality, when I get it decoded through my Oppo, makes it worth it.
But it is still frustrating. It can be "worth it" and "frustrating" at the same time.
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