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Finite Labs variant is far more polished and developed in a much more professional manner. There are many quick updates pushed out as soon as issues arise as well. Wouldn't even bother messing with any other variant.

They will only pass along HDMI-extracted audio that is PCM -- it can not pass along any non-PCM audio.

They do slip in a little card in most of their boxes stating you can receive a credit for Amazon if you leave a review. That said... There stuff works very well and the cost is a bonus. Support is surprisingly very good. Phone, email, and even iOS/iMessage Business Chat (which is surprising given their size). I had one of their 8x16 HDR units that supported Dolby Vision, but getting the EDID to work consistently with Dolby Vision was making things rough and the WAF was not good. I also realized I really needed to have TrueHD/Atmos and DTS-HD MA/-X downmixing (which their matrixes don't support) so I switched to a AVoIP solution instead that had downmixing baked into units. Still would recommend them for large installs on a budget.

Depends on a) how much you're willing to spend vs b) how "bad" you're willing to set your source device's audio to make it work. Devices that can downmix DD 5.1 or DTS 5.1 and lower can be had quite cheap -- usually around $50-60. If you want to downmix anything above that, including TrueHD [Atmos] DTS-HD MA [X] be prepared to pay as the licensing for that decoding is pricey and thus downmixing units for those are pricey -- as much as $1000. WyreStorm makes some great downmixers for around $270: https://www.wyrestorm.com/product/exp-con-h2-dd/ AV Pro Edge also has a downmixer, but it's far more expensive: https://avproedge.com/products/ac-avdm-auhd. The AV Pro Edge downmixing functionality also has more customization of how you want center channel audio to be presented and if you want it to be amplified more when placed into L/R channels

Oh man -- it's been about 2.5 years since I had them. I dumped them once Bally Sports+ launched for the Wisconsin market. I only had them so I could watch Brewers and Bucks games since they were dropped from YouTube TV. I'll gladly help you out anyway I can (including Zoom or whatever meeting software you use) but I haven't used it in a long while and don't remember what buttons were mapped or not.

The more research I've done, the more I'm finding out this is still actually the same company, with a rebrand of the player and lineup. Evidently the "R" is to match the Reavon brand

Interesting developments with R_volution as it looks really similar to Zappiti. EDIT: There is some relationship here between them and Zappiti; links on the R_volution website are linking to the Zappiti domain... Little bit of a preview by Let’s Get Physical Distribution Inc. for Michael Stevens (Youthman) from the CEDIA Tech Summit in Orlando :

This along with video quality are usually the two biggest considerations when doing distributed video. SDVoE solutions (eg. MXNet 10G) are the "least laggy" ones out there. SDVoE is a tech that is being used in the medical field for surgical and procedural applications.

@videostorm taking a look at the estimator and the encoding devices needed. I'm not seeing any devices that make mention (but they may support) of HDR, Dolby Vision, Atmos, DTS:X. Does your system support that?

If you're looking for the absolute best products I agree with @chopedogg88 (who gets me my AVPro Edge stuff) and @GregCAMS. They are really the best around and have a lot to offer. For best quality with least amount of headaches, I would go with the AV over IP MXNet lineup. If 1G, use EV2. If you want the absolute best image quality with the least amount of delay, go with the 10G. 10G is built on the SDVoE standard and offers some cool features such as built in mutliview (up to 32 views I believe), gen-lock, Dante, and 1GbE alongside the video. If you do go the 10G route and want to use PoE, note that 10G PoE switches are still quite pricey and only a few are focused on AV. Netgear has essentially created and owned that market outside of first party switches. I'm sure @GregCAMS can answer any questions about the 10G system. I have the 1G EV2 system in my home.

Well regardless of truth, recurring revenue is the name of the game and investors love it

It's also worth noting that there may be higher spec features available outside the spec in lower spec (DV and eARC available in 2.0, for example). Just because something exists as part of a spec doesn't mean it can't exist outside of it. Or better said: You can have eARC without HDMI 2.1. But you can't have HDMI 2.1 without eARC.

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Wait...there are credits you get for this when you buy a K-Scape system?