I think this market is now so complex that it would be a brave person who
suggested anything as the chances are something that works now will fail on
the new device, or will work differently altogether.

Probably the best thing is a specialist shop if you can still find one and
get a device on loan and see if it actually does everything correctly. I've
heard stories like lip sync being miles out and not fixable, wrong aspect
ratios and nasty drop outs in the signals. Seems to me that standards are
there to be screwed up!
I still have two speaker stereo, its all my brain can cope with!
Brian

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Mate has a 20 year old AV amp which is getting past it. Switching is
giving problems despite cleaning.

He'd like a new one with HDMI and toslink etc inputs, that he can use with
his existing surround speakers.

I've not kept up with this side of the market at all.

Any recommendations on where to look first?

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