if ya want all the modern stuff thrush it'll bleed ya dry m8
especially now HDMI 1.2a is officially on the way
what i own already
Yamaha RXV-4600 THX Select 2 certified
Cretive X-FI Elite Pro Soundcard
MJ Acoustics Reference 200 subwoofer
shitty eltax liberty 5's
put on hold for the sake of a minter of an escos
Kef XQ-5's
KEF XQ Two C
DENON DVD-3930 DVD & SACD Player
axiom audio QS8 v2 surrounds
also waiting for HDCP compliant HDMI equipped monitor and graphics card,blue ray and hd dvd....yawn
the HDCP shit is the thing you really need to know about.
whats on the way in the home and pc(this year)
Blu Ray and
HD DVD players are equipped with a new copy protection(
HDCP info ) as well as two new High Definition surround formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD and can only passthru a HDMI V1.3 interface slated for release in september)even though 1.2a been released yet
What audio codecs will Blu-ray and HD DVD support?
Linear PCM (LPCM) - offers up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio.
Dolby Digital (DD) - format used for DVDs also known as AC3, offers 5.1-channel surround sound.
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of DD, offers increased bitrates and 7.1-channel surround sound.
Dolby TrueHD - extension of MLP Lossless, offers lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio.
DTS Digital Surround - format used for DVDs, offers 5.1-channel surround sound.
DTS-HD - extension of DTS, offers increased bitrates and up to 8 channels of audio
PANASONIC DMP-BD10 Blu-Ray Disc Player =799.95 notes
Pioneer BDP-HD1 Blu-Ray Disc Player =799.95 notes
also there are no SACD Capable Blue Ray Disc Players as of yet,
nor is there gonna be HD-DVD and Blu Ray combo drives(but that'll probably change in the future or it might not)
so one of each if ya wanna keep up with the jones
The latest on HD-DVD and Blu-ray
http://www.hddvd.org/hddvd/
Blu-Ray disc drives for the pc
http://www.blu-ray.com/drives/
Windows Vista
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx
Windows Vista HDCP Ready Monitors already Retailing
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...p_lcd_roundup/
HDCP Ready Graphics cards already Retailing
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html