I have had one for some time, nice build quality, not the fastest Blu-ray disc loading but tolerable.
It is only a transport, so will only output bitstream for the new uncompressed codecs (DTS HD MA Dolby TrueHD) but like you said, with any new receiver that is all you need.
It is only a transport, so will only output bitstream for the new uncompressed codecs (DTS HD MA Dolby TrueHD) but like you said, with any new receiver that is all you need.