Originally posted by lotus_j: [b]1. SN and many others developed "Next Gen," receivers and pre-pros. They designed these around a "3 chip," solution bypassing the fact that the power currently wasn't there for NextGen codecs.
2. Onkyo and Denon amongst others released "3 chip," solutions built for them by SN. During this process SN realized the cheating was actually detrimental to the codec.
What do you mean by "the power currently wasn't there for NextGen codecs"? Are you saying that Onkyo and Denon receivers cannot decode next generation codecs?
Also, how were Onkyo and Denon "cheating"? That is, what were they doing that was "detrimental to the codec"?
Thanx [/b]
Yeah, I'd like to know this as well. I don't even understand the '3 chip vs 1 chip' thing. What is it exactly those 'high-end' manufacturers are waiting for that would make a significant different in the quality of the equipment? (Well I understand they're waiting on a chip, I guess the question is what does this new chip do that the current ones don't? As sdurani points out, there are plenty of receivers out there that decode dts-hd ma and dolby truehd.)
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