Lena: Are you sure the Mitsubishi your friends bought doesn't support Firewire/IEEE-1394? It was my understanding that Mitsubishi was standing almost alone in its continued support of that technology (for HDTV input) and was using it to connect their HD VCR's to their TV's?
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Living Room 24x18 open 1/2 flight up to a raised dining room/hall 24x12
Outlaw 976 pre-pro running 5.1 system
Outlaw 750 for Artison Masterpiece LCR and 2 NHT SuperZeros rears
Velodyne Servo FX-1200
LG OLED65C8PUA via HDMI2 to/from 976 HDMI ARC
Roku Ultra
Samsung BD-D5500 BluRay
Amazon FireStick 4K to 976 Aux HDMI input for Amazon Music Ultra