Any Recievers with an HDMI audio connection?


I have a Sunfire Cinema Grand II pre-pro that has served me well for several years. However, it has no connections for HDMI audio.

I will be able to get lossless HD audio via a 5.1 analog connection on my Toshiba HD-XA2 hd-dvd player (on order and to be delivered June 13th). I am still contemplating getting a PS3, but the only way to get the hi-def audio from a PS3 is through HDMI, and my pre-pro doesn't have HDMI. The only reason I'm considering a PS3 is to get the titles that HDDVD doesn't have...and if I do that, I sure as heck want to hear it in hi-def also. So....I'm considering a receiver as a processor in order to get hi-def audio from the PS3.

The reciever will of course need to have pre-outs for my amplifiers...the receiver power rating is irrelevant to me..I will be using my own amplification.

I would appreciate any recievers that you could recommend.

Please check out my system page to see if this a viable solution.

thanks

mitch
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So far everything I have read about audio through HDMI has been bad. It seems that we are better off if we use a separate connection.
I read on one manufacturer's website as why they chose not to even offer it the option of audio through HDMI. I can't remember which one, sorry. Also, if you read the Sound and Vision review of the new Toshiba HD-DVD they found that the quality of audio from the HDMI was worse than it was through the dedicated output. Nothing conclusive but enough to consider using one extra cable.