HDMI pass-thru

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Originally Posted by CosmoKid

Correct me if I am wrong....

My receiver does audio pass-through. meaning, it does not decode HD Audio. It accepts it over HDMI. So my PS3 does the decoding and passes it to the receiver. So while the receiver doesn't decode, it does accept which is just as good since 90% of people have it set up this way anyway.

So what I am asking is, if this isn't considered HDMI audio pass-through, then what is it called?

You have an excellent AVR, but nowhere do I read the term "HDMI pass-thru" in the Yamaha lierature, which is bacause that term does not apply. Your AVR can process audio via HDMI (though not decode HD audio as you mentioned). For your set-up, with player decoding, you have all you need. As I mentioned above, the term "HDMI pass-thru" means the audio and video are simply routed through the receiver to the TV (the receiver acts only as an HDMI switch).