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See the HDMI site for details on the levels:
http://www.hdmi.org/about/faq.asp#hdmi_specification

Essentially:
* 1.0 - Gave DD, DTS, and PCM 5.1 audio and video
* 1.1 - Gave DVD-Audio in addition to 1.0
* 1.2 - Gave DSD (SACD) in addition to 1.1
* 1.3 - WILL give native support for new codecs (TrueHD and DTS-HD) in addition to 1.2

-KLH]]>Sep 21st 2006 5:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/
You only need 1.3 if the stream is to be decoded in the receiver - and no receiver currently supports them yet.

#2 - I have the Pioneer Elite 74 (last year's model - the 84 is this year's model). It works great and the price is about $1,500.]]>Sep 21st 2006 10:15PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/Sep 22nd 2006 8:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/
I don't think this is correct, or at least you should probably qualify it, ie "Most A/V receivers over a certain price point." All of the receivers that I've seen that have even 1 HDMI input are around $1000 US.

Most A/V receivers "don't" have HDMI is probably more accurate.]]>Sep 23rd 2006 10:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/21/high-def-media-doesnt-end-with-a-better-picture/Sep 26th 2006 11:25AM