Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions HD Player or Blu Ray?

I was looking at the XA2 for the analog audio output (since my Pioneer Elite doesn't do the HD audio decoding), but I may just go with a trial test run on a 2nd or 3rd gen player, and save up for something else down the road, either a dual player that does the audio decoding onboard with analog outs, or a new receiver that does the HD audio processing... Something at least a year from now away unless prices REALLY drop. Better yet would be if I could ever build that HTPC that has a dual Blu-Ray/HD-DVD reader and a HD Decoder sound card, then I would get REALLY good SD upconversion, and have everything in one box, plus my HD OTA tuner, DVR, etc... Maybe for 2009...

I wonder how well the upconversion is with the "other" chipset than what the XA2 has in comparison to my Panny S97 upconverting DVD player. I think that my S97 does a really good job, so as long as I get that good or better, I am fine for now...