Quote Originally Posted by L.J.
People over at AVS are having this issue with other sources besides the PS3. I read something about a Toshiba HD player, don't remember which model. But if it is the PS3 wouldn't it happen with every HDMI AVR? Some have noted that this only happened with the new Onkyo's and not their previous HDMI 1.1/1.2 AVRs.
Hmmm!

Sounds like a design related problem. Have you written to Onkyo about this? I know that they've made some flash-upgradeable receivers in the past, and if a fix is needed for the 805 (or already available for that matter) maybe they can find a remedy for you. Otherwise, it might be wise to return the receiver and wait until they get the bugs out, or check into other models without these problems.

As for the PS3, does this popping happen with every audio format, or just with uncompressed PCM, or just with other formats? If it happens on all formats, then I would guess that it's a design flaw with the Onkyo. Wouldn't be the first time that a receiver manufacturer has had issues with an early production model.

Tough to figure out whether this problem affects other HDMI receivers, given that the Onkyos were the first out the gate with TrueHD, DTS-HD, and DD Plus decoding. But, if other HDMI 1.1 and 1.2 receivers can decode multichannel PCM tracks output from a PS3 without the popping, and your receiver cannot, then it's obviously a problem specific to your model.