Optical dropouts

[Zappydev]

I doubt that Devialet is working on this. I believe they are a 'modern' company working on the principle of 'good enough', where 'enough' is when more than 90% of customers NOT complaining. As long as only 10% has a problem they believe they can get away with not bothering...
A proper programmer would never leave a fault like this until it works properly. Someone will have to prevent that programmer from fixing it. I remember too well the AIR trouble. Devialet support is today recommending workarounds for the optical drop outs of Dialog, like going optical direct to one of the Phantoms.
As for HDMI, here is the late Charles Hansen's opinion on that: https://www.audioasylum.com/messages/pca...-interface

No doubt Quentin will be working feverishly on another grovelling letter to tell us about how much they value our patience while they raise another round of funding for the next vanity project.