Bitstream vs internal decoding

[elwaylite]

When it comes to audio, im lost. I bought my Sony rcvr recently (chose it because it was in my range and had 3 hdmi inputs) and it does not do any of the HD formats, nor do I care.

What I don understand is why people dump on certain players for their audio properties.

Case in point, the BD30 does not do internal decoding of the HD formats. Whats the difference of internal decoding as opposed to letting a TRUEHD rcvr handle the bitstream.

I thought sending bitstream directly to the rcvr and letting it do the work was the best way. Anyone shed some light on this.