I think there may be some confusion as to what is HD Audio. HD Audio is basically the Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master codecs that are lossless unlike regular Dolby Digital and DTS. AMD/ATI hasn't supported HD audio except for the 4850/4870 graphics cards. Other AMD/ATI gpu/chipsets may be able to "play" these HD tracks, but they will be downsampled to non-HD audio resolutions. Anandtech already did a preview of the 790GX and has stated no multi-channel LPCM from AMD only 2ch. Check the "Official HTPC HDMI HD Audio + Video Roundup Thread" on AVS. 

Demoan: Not FUD, unless Anandtech is incorrect that the 790GX only supports 2ch LPCM.

Ugly American: 4850/4870 support HD Audio, but nothing else from AMD/ATI does.

And has since the last generation of chips.

It's Intel that's stuck in the 6 wire analog land.

AMD's 790GX/780G chipsets does indeed support HD Audio and to claim otherwise is FUD at best. AMD/ATI's chipsets have supported HD audio since the SB600 southbridge came out long time ago. AMD's 790GX/780G chipsets uses the SB750/SB700 southbridges AFAIK.

The 780G/790GX chipsets don't support HD Audio formats and as such aren't even an option for those that want HD Audio. The G45 can likely be fixed via drivers, however will it ever is unknown. Nvidia's solution (8200/8300) works for some people, others have issues.

Yeah, I disagree that the G45 is a good Home Theater chip. I tried running this setup on Windows Vista, and Blu Ray was choppy as hell. Ended up putting an ATI 2600 Pro in there with HDMI and all is happy now.

'Aaron concludes that 'the G45 is really the perfect home theater chipset'.'

Sry, 780G (or even 790GX if you feel feisty).

I have high hopes for Larrabee but only because it has nothing to do with the IGPs and the people working on them.

Since it can send direct to tv without a problem but not to an intermediate device, is this a problem like the DRM that prevents you from recording a DVD onto a home VCR?

So it's confirmed then. Even though this head admits this chipset is quite deeply flawed, he still thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Obviously he has never heard of the 780G chipset.

What a way to prove ones head up ones own arse!!!

Yes, i have decided, the only viable solution is ATI chipset at the moment, Intel and Nvidia are broken. 

How can you span 3 generations of chipset and not fix a recurring issue, this is absurd, this goes to show you that they really dont care what they put out as long as its out there.
This goes back to the Pentium days, where you flame people with images of your product, and the “pod” people will buy it, regardless of poor quality.