BD 3-D Spec. We know it's here. But what is it?

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Originally Posted by Blu-Dog

I have an HDMI 1.1 receiver (Pioneer Elite 84TXsi) connecting all my gear, and have no problem with what's supposed to be an HDMI 1.2 standard...there's a lot of voodoo going on with this stuff.

You don't need v1.2 or v1.3 for Blu-ray. You only need v1.3 if you want to bitstream audio to your receiver, but v1.1 will handle multichannel PCM and 1080p. A player that will decode internally and a v1.1 receiver will get you in the game. That's why Anthem rolled out their AVM40, AVM50, and Statement D2 processors years ago and were successful with them.

3D looks like it may be a different situation, and articles like this one are the first indication that v1.4 through the entire video signal path may be necessary for "optimal" 3D implementations. Frankly, though, we need a lot more information still. There's a ton of uncertainty at this point.