HDMI 1.2a vs 1.3a using a PS3

[admin_exported]

Hi,

Can you help me out

I
was going to buy the Yamaha 863 (1.3a) but am now considering the Yamaha 861
(1.2a) at over half the price because I am using a PS3 as a BD player.

As PS3 must decode audio and transmit via LPCM, then the 1.3a is not required and 1.2a will provide the same audio quality.

I do not want to pay double the money if it is not giving me anything while using a PS3 which cannot transit bitstream.

Is this assumption correct?

Will there be any PQ loss running the signal the the TV through the 1.2a amp.
Thanks

 

[professorhat]

Have replied to this in the other thread you asked in.