Thanks VK, now I am begining to understand some of the discussion on the video side of the HDMI issue.
Originally Posted by Frank
The digital output of your Blu-ray player only carries the standard lossy Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks. It cannot carry the new lossless codecs - Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master soundtracks which are carried digitally only over HDMI.
To make sure that I am extrapolating correctly, is it therefore correct to say that the new HDMI box will have no application for standard CD or standard DVD?

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