I can’t speak for anyone else but for the receivers I’ve had in my lifetime, replacements have always been driven by complete failure rather than chasing the newest standard.
I can tell based on how my receiver has been behaving lately that the HDMI board in it is on borrowed time. I’ll...
I think most will - the specific issue that troubles Sam is that most consumer grade receivers generally only have one input that supports HDMI 2.1, while the rest support HDMI 2.0. Most people aren’t using multiple high end devices simultaneously so it’s often not an issue for the general...
It’s just a niche within a niche. I know sometimes Sam will give me a good natured tease over the 3D capability I so enjoy not being widely supported anymore and it’s probably gonna be the same for him and high end gaming - the number of people who game with that advanced capability and who want...