Regarding 3 & 4.

#3) I believe Oppo does or will do all formats.

#4) Most players once set to pcm over HDMI send EVERYTHING as pcm including DD/DTS so it's not easy to allow Meridian to decode dd/dts with a high-res setup. I assume Oppo is the same. If someone knows different please correct me.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

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