This week Sony threw down the gauntlet, saying that the v2.20 system software update for the PlayStation 3, due in late March, will add Blu-ray disc Profile 2.0 (BD-Live). This makes the PS3 one of the first players to support BD-Live and activates a ton of installed boxes to the potential of supporting the new Profile 2.0 software coming soon.
help me out, what is the point in BD live? why whoud I want that in a stand alone BD player anyway? ( yes I know that this is about the ps3)
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Web enabled features directly from movie, meaning they will have things like "rate or review the movie you just watched online" and things like that. Is it really a benefit? Will it help sales? Hard to say right now IMO. I guess we will have to see. I will at least check it out on my PS3...
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Man, what is taking so long on adding DTS-HD:High Resolution and DTS-HD:Master Audio decoding anyway?! The rumors of adding DTS-HD audio support are almost a year old now!
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to buy a stand-alone player that can support DTS-HD audio in some way. Doesn't matter if it's a Profile 1.0 or 1.1 player since I can just use my PS3 for any special features that the stand alone player cannot support
To answer the question above - BD-Live just adds internet support. Right now, with Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) players, we are limited to whatever special features are originally pressed on the disc. BD-Live adds the option for studios to create additional special features and content that isn't pressed on the original disc and then offer it via a download. There's also the option to support basically anything that can be done over the internet, like sharing your favorite clips or hosting a chat - whatever. It just has to be written and then downloaded, so it's pretty much just up to studios to try out whatever they feel like paying for and then for consumers to download whatever catches their interest.
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Man, what is taking so long on adding DTS-HD:High Resolution and DTS-HD:Master Audio decoding anyway?! The rumors of adding DTS-HD audio support are almost a year old now!
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to buy a stand-alone player that can support DTS-HD audio in some way. Doesn't matter if it's a Profile 1.0 or 1.1 player since I can just use my PS3 for any special features that the stand alone player cannot support
Maybe I'm missing something, wouldn't be the first time, but I don't understand why getting DTS MA on the PS3 is such a big deal. Seeing as both TrueHD and DTS MA are lossless audio formats won't both be outputting the same information at the same resolution. From my understanding TrueHD and DTS MA are like winzip and winrar both compress the file but once they are uncompressed both produce the same original file.
I can understand DD vs DTS because it involved different compression methods but TrueHD vs DTS MA I just don't get.
Maybe I'm missing something, wouldn't be the first time, but I don't understand why getting DTS MA on the PS3 is such a big deal. Seeing as both TrueHD and DTS MA are lossless audio formats won't both be outputting the same information at the same resolution. From my understanding TrueHD and DTS MA are like winzip and winrar both compress the file but once they are uncompressed both produce the same original file.
I can understand DD vs DTS because it involved different compression methods but TrueHD vs DTS MA I just don't get.
The main problem (at least for me) with DTS-HD MA is that when it appears, often it is the only Hi-Res format avaliable. I haven't seen a BR yet that has DTS-HD MA and TrueHD or PCM. I am quite happy with either of those formats.
That being said, I believe I read before that DTS-HD MA has a higher bitrate ceiling than TrueHD or PCM. Audible differences.....I doubt it highly.
I refuse to buy another player simply for DTS-HD MA decoding......I just won't buy any more movies with only that format.
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The main problem (at least for me) with DTS-HD MA is that when it appears, often it is the only Hi-Res format avaliable. I haven't seen a BR yet that has DTS-HD MA and TrueHD or PCM.
I think it was Audioholics that mentioned at a trade show Sony reps said DTSHD over bitstream would never happen.
But they are working on DTSHD over PCM with DTS.
Yep. It is aparently a hardware limitation that disallows the bitstream of DTS HD. That however doesn't matter as it can be sent over PCM if they would just update the firmware on the PS3 to do that. I believe it "can" be done.
The lossless sound is the same regardless of where it is decoded.
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Another issue with DTS MA via the PS3 is currently the player will only send a 5.1 signal (core audio @1.5mps), not a 7.1 signal, regardless of what is recorded.
Sony PS3 v2.20 Software Updates to BD-Live
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