Are receivers going to start coming out with HD DD/DTS?

[macersl]

I have heard about this sound technology that is suppose to coincide with the release of HDDVD/ Blu-Ray. How does it work? Will we need a current receiver to take advantage of it or will it be optimal with our current setups?

 

[jcPanny]

New sound formats

First gen HD-DVD players, for example, don't fully suport the new sound formats. They will output Dolby HD via 5 channel analog and dolby or DTS lossless via 2 channels. You will also need a way to digitally transmit the new formats (HDMI 1.3) before you can worry about the receiver decoding them.
I would expect to see the new decoding features on receiver in the next couple years after HDMI 1.3 is out and blu-ray and HD-DVD are more readily available. In the mean time, you can use the multichannel analog inputs from your new player to the receiver.

 

[goodman]

First gen HD-DVD players, for example, don't fully suport the new sound formats. They will output Dolby HD via 5 channel analog and dolby or DTS lossless via 2 channels. You will also need a way to digitally transmit the new formats (HDMI 1.3) before you can worry about the receiver decoding them.
I would expect to see the new decoding features on receiver in the next couple years after HDMI 1.3 is out and blu-ray and HD-DVD are more readily available. In the mean time, you can use the multichannel analog inputs from your new player to the receiver.

All the more reason to wait until a player arrives that will process the new audio formats. Then you won't have to buy a new receiver in addition to a new player.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

All the more reason to wait until a player arrives that will process the new audio formats. Then you won't have to buy a new receiver in addition to a new player.

You won't, eh? Then you won't experience the full Dolby TrueHD experience. It supports up to eight full-range channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio. Your receiver won't do that now. It offers a 100% lossless coding technology and up to 18 Mbps bit rate. Yes, the technology will "downgrade" to work on your current receiver, but is that what you want?

 

[tdeluce]

You won't, eh? Then you won't experience the full Dolby TrueHD experience. It supports up to eight full-range channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio. Your receiver won't do that now. It offers a 100% lossless coding technology and up to 18 Mbps bit rate. Yes, the technology will "downgrade" to work on your current receiver, but is that what you want?

If your receiver/processor has HDMI 1.1 then you can let your HD-DVD
player decode the new sound formats and transmit to your receiver
via PCM. Lossless 5.1 is good enough for me ( right now

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

I'm guessing the AVRs with TrueHD will be out around Christmas 06.

 

[supervij]

At quite a price tag, I'm sure. I can wait. Heck, I've been sitting with a 27" SDTV for almost six years, I can wait a bit longer.

You won't, eh? Then you won't experience the full Dolby TrueHD experience. It supports up to eight full-range channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio. Your receiver won't do that now. It offers a 100% lossless coding technology and up to 18 Mbps bit rate. Yes, the technology will "downgrade" to work on your current receiver, but is that what you want?

So Dolby TrueHD can't be transmitted over the analog cables? I thought they, and all the other formats, could be. I know my receiver has the eight analog audio inputs for hi-res audio; are you saying that these can't be used for Dolby TrueHD and the others?

Sorry for the newbie question, all.

cheers,
supervij

 

[Zer0beaT]

I don't know about other recievers, but my Yamaha RXV757 cuts off the video signal to my TV when I put it in Multi-channel mode.

So if I get one of these players I'd have to hook up the video directly to the TV. Then again maybe I'd need to do that anyway, not sure if my reciever will pass a HD signal?

Anyway a question, will the PS3 have multichannel outputs on it or just HDMI?

 

[MACCA350]

So Dolby TrueHD can't be transmitted over the analog cables? I thought they, and all the other formats, could be. I know my receiver has the eight analog audio inputs for hi-res audio; are you saying that these can't be used for Dolby TrueHD and the others?

Yes they can. BUT(yes thats a big but ) the current Toshiba HD-DVD players can only decode and output via analogue 2 channel Dolby TrueHD and the standard DTS core of DTS-HD. Although it can decode the full Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 format and output through analogue. This only refers to the analogue outputs, the digital and HDMI outputs are another story

cheers

 

[Thunder18]

I don't know about other recievers, but my Yamaha RXV757 cuts off the video signal to my TV when I put it in Multi-channel mode.

So if I get one of these players I'd have to hook up the video directly to the TV. Then again maybe I'd need to do that anyway, not sure if my reciever will pass a HD signal?

Anyway a question, will the PS3 have multichannel outputs on it or just HDMI?

So if you play a dvd-audio disc, you can't see it on your screen while you're playing it if you play it in multi-channel mode?