Anyway you look at it, HDMI audio is the future of digital audio. In the A/V forums many of those guys consider it the "holy Grail" of home theatre audio because of the standard it offers to the user. The gear that sports any emerging standards will always be very pricey. When those same standards become more mainstream, we will get price drops and the standards will be available at a decent price to those who want them. I will be getting one when they hit the street just so I have the options to move to full HDMI Audio/Video from my PC.
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