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after skimming through the posts- I still did not see anything "concrete" mentioned about the HDMI card for the 861(Did I miss it??) Opinions about waiting or just going for the 45 card to get the most from my Toshiba HD and Panny BR- thanks!!!

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If you want to connect both your HD/BD players maybe an IA40 card would be best as I think it can be configured for 2 x 5.1 sources ?

Then when M's HD player comes out we can get 861 V5 upgrade and connect that via HDMI wink

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yes, the IA40 can be configured as 2x6. though the sample rate of the IA45 is higher. i imagine you could put two IA45s in....

ho help from me on HDMI, sorry.

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Mark H has reported that the audio sounds better to him via the regular SPDIF connector running regular DD/DTS than the new high res audio over analog. I can tell you that it sounds just as good as regular DVD. IMHO, you're better off waiting.

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Nope - still waiting ... and hoping ... and waiting ... and hoping ... and .... well, you get the idea!


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Yup, as Jerry says, I prefer the lossy digital stream over the TRuHD via IA40 route. I suspect the analog output stages of the Toshiba HD-XA1 are not that great...

Mark

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Mark,

Not sure whether I read it on avs or htf but I think if you disable something called 'Dialog Enhancement' on your player's setup menu you should get better Dolby True sound out of it.

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