Steven Sullivan wrote:

Denon started with their own link (it uses a RJ45 plug, but I don't

know if it has anything to do with Ethernet), but now has also models
with i.LINK.

But IIRC their digital outs only do DVD-A, but not SACD!

So far Pioneer seems to be the only ones who have players + AVRs that
will do it all (though I'd bet they convert DSD to PCM for any digital
processing).

OK, now I'm royally confused. I just bought this Pioneer VSX 814 because
it has two component inputs, for future High Def switching ability. Then
I meet a salesman going out the door, who tells me that this isn't the
ultimate Hi Def switching or input type. What I want, he goes on, is DMI
or HDMI, a new digital type connection that none of their current
receivers even has. Further, he says, the local cable company's digital
box doesn't have component out, just HDMI (I think).

So what do I not understand about all this? Is component switching
sufficient for at least a few more years, into the hi def era, or not?
What is this i-link you're all talking about?

Gary Eickmeier