This strays a bit off topic; but... VK says:

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And politically... Who owns HDMI?
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Comprised of Hitachi, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Royal Philips Electronics, Silicon Image, Sony Corporation, Thomson and Toshiba Corporation, the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) Founders have joined together to define a next-generation digital interface specification for consumer electronics products.


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And even if the DVD forum agreed M could do this (transfer hi-res LPCM from HD DVD over HDMI to Meridian processors via MHR) would this violate BluRay copy protection?
Well there is "security by obscurity" which is to say that relatively speaking there isn't much M gear out there. It isn't high on hackers' list of target products. Since M hasn't published detailed info on MHR (and I don't blame them); I can't say how susceptible it is to a crack / decryption via brute force methods.

As far as violation of copy protection -- it's going form encrypted to encrypted and without being privy to the standards for content distribution I can't speak with any authority about whether it would be permitted or not.

Best,

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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