Is HDMI 1.3 worth waiting for?

[ellover009]

I currently have a beat up yamaha receiver that I got for free 200watts and its 8omh so it struggles because I have a pair of speakers thats 6omh (theyr guetto sony speakers sound good), I use a lot of composite hook ups wich my current receiver lacks. I was about to buy the Denon 2807 receiver but since it's HDMI is version 1.1 and the Playstation 3 will be 1.3 will it be necessary to wait for a receiver to support ver 1.3 or pick up the denon 2807? I think they really screwed up when they made HDMI, it has no benefits over composite with the exeption you use one cable instead of 1-2 for audio and 3 jacks for video, no matter what they say video quality is same at moment. So will HDMI ver 1.3 really be worth it? should i get the denon 2807? Please post your thoughts and comments on this.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

If the games for the PS3 include the lossless audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD, as well as support for 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit RGB or YcbCr color depths, then my conclusion would be a definite yes.

The audio will depend on the difference between DD and TrueHD compared to the original Pro Logic vs. DD. My guess is, being totally lossless sound, it very well could be that much better - depending on the system.

 

[ellover009]

My set up was gonna be the Denon 2807
Cambridge sound works M80 book shelfs as front speakes, MC 400 center, S200 rear and a p200 or p500 for a subwoofer. I would have loved the T500 wich are 50% off refurb but theyre huge. So this means I should wait for HDMI 1.3, My receiver is really crappy 200watts, jacks for rear channel and center channel don't work only front speakers and they have imputs for 4 front. This receiver was used at a dental office, my main problem is the OMH, my speakers is 8 and 6 and i think the receiver is a 8. So should I ebay for an older but cheap receiver to keep me occupied until hdmi 1.3? I was originally gonna get an onkyo s790 HTIB but they quality doesen't match when you make your own set up.

 

[Shadow780]

actually I have partially the same question as the topic creator.

I was thinking of getting Denon 2807 also, but then now I have to considerate HDMI 1.3 issues. When are receivers supporting 1.3 technology coming out?

and what about the next wave of HDTVs supporting HDMI 1.3 coming out?

thanks~

 

[FierceTIMbo17]

is hdmi 1.3 the only way for dd hd? can it not be carried over optical or digital coax?

 

[ellover009]

You don't really need HDMI composite will do work same and you won't notice a difference (R,G,B jacks the 2 for sound), benefits of HDMI is that it removes a lotta clutter behind the receiver 1 wire instead of 5 per item. In my oppinion did some math all receivers at these point are 1.1, thats why they don't play friendly with other HDMI devices because until ver1.2 is avaliable you can pretty much kiss backwards compatability behind, a 1.0 (usually problem item is cable box) doesent wanna play with 1.1 . Advantages of 1.3 is that it has a bigger bandwich, cable is likely to get redisigned to support more data, adaptors will be made so that ill hook up to old HDMI ver and another new plug will supposively come out smaller for digital cameras ect. The main problem with HDMI is that it's an unstable technology, it benefits mostly the movie industry to prevent copywrite and since it wasn't desingned for the consumer in mind they don't really care to iron out bugs, When composite released, S cable they didn't really get upgraded over time because they were built right. I think HDMI should just pass signals and new features should be dependant on the receiver or television aka new 45bit color will work fine with the set regardless of the source or version, les say they wanna implement looseless audio HD audio whatchamacallit, it should be up to the receiver company to decide not whenever HDMI feels like releasing a ver. HDMI 1.2 specs were released this chrismas, kinda feels bad that it's already half year and we still have 1.1 as for me I'm gonna stick to my guetto receiver that sounds just fine until HDMI 1.3 comes out.

 

[ironlung]

is hdmi 1.3 the only way for dd hd? can it not be carried over optical or digital coax?

Not enough bandwith on S/PDIF as I understand it.