Starting now, you can forget about lossless digital audio from your BD-playin’ HTPC via HDMI because ASUS released at Computex the HDMI 1.3a compliant audio / video enhancement combo card in the world. The Xonar HDAV1.3 is both Protected Audio Playback Systems (PAPS) and Advanced Access Content System (AACS) certified and can bitstream multi-channel HD audio from Blu-ray Discs through a single cable.

It works great with a special version of ArcSoft’s TotalMedia Theater in decoding BD titles and taking unlimited advantage of Dolby TrueHD / DTS-HD Master Audio.

The package also includes a Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe which allows users to get 7.1-channels of audio the analog way.

There is not information about pricing for time being.