blu ray HD Master question

[j_garcia]

WAS one of the cheapest...now that the new players are being introduced, we are seeing prices like the Philips at $349 and even the Funai who says it will street for under $200.

 

[Stoner51]

I think this thread is the one I'm looking for. I have a PS3, Denon 3808. Untilethe PS3 update for DTS hd, there is no way for my receiver to Play this correct. Right now it says multi ch in or pcm. I assume that multi channel pcm sounds better than Dolby DTS? I currently run audio through HDMI. When I had my older rec 2106 I ran through optical and it said DTS. Which is the better format.

steve

 

[obscbyclouds]

I think this thread is the one I'm looking for. I have a PS3, Denon 3808. Untilethe PS3 update for DTS hd, there is no way for my receiver to Play this correct. Right now it says multi ch in or pcm. I assume that multi channel pcm sounds better than Dolby DTS? I currently run audio through HDMI. When I had my older rec 2106 I ran through optical and it said DTS. Which is the better format.

steve

Basically, you have it right. The PS3 (at this point) cannot pass DTS-HD MA either as bitstream or LPCM. If a BRD has only DTS-HD MA (Flyboys comes to mind for me), you will get the 1.5mb DTS Core track, which can still sound pretty good. If the BRD has LPCM or Dolby TrueHD, the PS3 will pass this as LPCM (uncompressed) to your reciever.

Currently the PS3 will not bitstream (send raw data to the reciever to decode) either of the uncompressed formats. As to what sounds better, Dolby TrueHD and LPCM will usually sound better than the Lossy DTS or Dolby Digital track.

One other point, make sure in the BR/DVD settings tab, the PS3 is set to PCM for HDMI Audio, so you can get LPCM and Dolby TrueHD tracks. I hope I answered your question. Good luck.

 

[D.R. Payne]

The word from CES is that the PS3 will never be able to bitstream these formats, but that they are working with DTS for DTS-HD decoding inside the PS3.

 

[skads_187]

One other point, make sure in the BR/DVD settings tab, the PS3 is set to PCM for HDMI Audio, so you can get LPCM and Dolby TrueHD tracks. I hope I answered your question. Good luck.

Is this if its connected via hdmi only?
Does this make sense, have my ps3 connected via hdmi and optical for sound?
Do I still change the setting as mentioned? Thanks

 

[obscbyclouds]

Is this if its connected via hdmi only?
Does this make sense, have my ps3 connected via hdmi and optical for sound?
Do I still change the setting as mentioned? Thanks

No, you must have a reciever that can process audio from HDMI. S/PDIF (Optical) cannot carry more than 2.0 channels of uncompressed audio. You must use HDMI if you want the Hi-Res audio (LPCM and Dolby TrueHD) from the PS3.

Using Optical will get you the DTS core soundrack, as well as Dolby Digital. Without HDMI, I'm afraid your only other option for the Hi-Res tracks is to get a player with analog multichannel outputs. The PS3 does not have this.