Certainly, the Integra looks interesting

However, and without wanting to absolve Meridian, when you go look for a Unit that has BOTH

a) HDMI
b) Internal Decoding of Dolby True HD and DTS MA (e.g. Lexicon don't according to their Website)

You may then say that the Decoding can be provided by the player, until you look at AVS and realise that many of the players that advertise it don't actually provide it. (Read the Secrets review of the recent Pioneer and Panasonic players for more info. Also look at AVS Threads for those players and you realise that very few if any, are doing what it says on the tin)

It's only when you go look that you realise how incredibly limited the Market is right now for a Player or Processor that does everything correctly. And at the prices that Meridian would charge , we would certainly expect them to do EVERYTHING correctly

Being honest, before I went to look critically, I thought that Meridian were further behind than they actually were.

I also think that if the Meridian HDMI unit were to only equal the Integra's performance, we would all be very unhappy given the prices Meridian would charge for the priviledge. Can you imagine paying �2.5k now to upgrade your G68 only to find that you would need to spend another �2k in 12 months to achieve the Superior performance you expect from a Meridian unit

I just wish that Meridian would communicate this and their Roadplan more effectively

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