Posts by babgvant

Quote:Originally Posted by migraine24-7 I agree that you need to compare price and feature list. But why confuse your customer base? Makes no sense at all. Each model number series should be for a certain level of customer. Not only...

Quote:Originally Posted by fahrenheit Just cause it starts with an '8' doesn't mean it has any parity with the 818. Besides, there wasn't a '9' series last year, this year there is. I'm sure once the 929 details emerge, all...

Quote:Originally Posted by jmpage2 It doesn't add or remove HDCP, it is required to preserve it between the display and the source device. It's a bit more complex. If no source requests HDCP A/V will not use HDCP, but once a device...

Quote:Originally Posted by maxleung There is one caveat when decoding HD audio to PCM Also, most PC audio drivers don't map 6 channel audio to 8 channel setups correctly. So if you use a player that doesn't have a WASAPI audio...

Quote:Originally Posted by MadMyers As for the updates... Well... Your old Onkyo and your Denon probably were not running Linux, didn't have a network stack (for IP communication), and so on. Is this a legit reason for releasing...

Quote:Originally Posted by budtz I AM using spdif. I’m running the signal though my TV. Partly because it’s the only way for me to get proper lip-sync. But also because connecting the receiver to the pc didn’t go so well. There was...

Quote:Originally Posted by budtz I use the software Reclock when vieweing movies from my PC. The receiver seems to have problems with reclock's ac3 encode mode. i get audio dropouts. i have used my previous denon for years with no...

Quote:Originally Posted by crbaldwin I was just pointing out that your list of mostly minor issues that not everyone encountered is not necessarily "accurate" either. 1) Just because you don't notice issues, doesn't mean they...

Quote:Originally Posted by Sammy2 Thanks for the information, Andy. How long did it take Sage to straighten out these issues? (Ceton is taking a bit of time to get things straightened out here) They fixed the worst of the DI stuff...

Quote:Originally Posted by crbaldwin As to your issues, #1 is the only one having to do with video playback and the rest of the list I didn't encounter and are minor compared to the long list of the Echo problems. So? We all know...