Multichannel HDMI to analog output

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by jomari

at this price point, you'd be better off purchasing either a new reciever or find a substantial blu-ray player that uses the multichannel analogs to connect your receiver.

Now that player costs have come down substantially, these HDMI to analog adapters need to come down in price to make any sense. If a person's HT setup is expensive enough to make swapping the receiver or pre/pro for an HDMI equipped version, then simply getting a standalone player with 7.1 analog outs would be a wiser move. If the player has bass management capabilities that would be an additional bonus over these adapters as well.

These adapters would have been wise to have included iLink adaption to analog audio as well. Before HDMI, iLink was the one digital connection that allowed transference of high resolution multichannel DSD and LPCM. Not too many receivers today retain iLink inputs now that HDMI is the standard interface. That was a missed opportunity for added appeal.