The main reason is the hdmi switching, which I have a hdmi switcher for but the integration would be so much better and easier for my family to deal with also. But like I said not at the expense of sound quality. And as far as the uncompressed formats I'm using 7.1 analog audio through my bluray player, which I would still use because I prefer the analog audio over the digital audio. I also have a logitec remote and it gets me through but it still has some quirks. So basically I'm wanting to know if there is a major difference is the sound quality of these two or are they on par with each other?
