Originally Posted By Rene S. Hollan
[spoiler][/spoiler]Right. But what if the "TV" were another downstream "AVR". Could decoded 7.1 LPCM be sent? Recent research suggests no (2ch PCM) or whatever the source sends that the TV says it can handle.
TV's are always HDMI sink devices, while pre-pros and AVRs are HDMI repeater devices. Otherwise, you're describing a hypothetical configuration.
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