Originally Posted by John Kotches
Originally Posted by VirusKiller
I believe it's possible that Meridian needs agreement to pass HDMI audio to its processors and, critically, to its DSP loudspeakers via MHR. Meridian is, of course, unique in this requirement.

VK:

Why would they need any special dispensation for the player --> processor? This is no different than player --> receiver.
Meridian might want to upgrade their players to accept HDMI and output it over the MHR connection. In this case, agreement would be needed to transfer the data digitally without using HDCP.

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