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Wayde wrote:
 It's already got TrueHD and DTS HD, what more does it need? 8 channels of high bitrate sound in a lossless format.
I wonder if the new format will use Sony's Direct Stream Digital process?
If BD comes up with its own more power to it. But a lot of SACD fans believe SACD imparts a distinctive sonic characteristic because of it's DSD modulation process. I'm not sure if any high bit PCM process will suffice for the hardcore SACD faithful (of which I am not... I'm just sayin')  |
I have one of these on order, so I downloaded the user's manual and have been reading it. There are some odd things, like an HDMI set up menu that gives you a choice of saying the HDMI is going to a TV or to a monitor, but nowhere does it say what the actual difference is between these two settings. In fact there are several places where the manual raises more questions than it answers.
But here is the most disturbing thing I have found. On page 10, in a table titled "Logos of discs that can be played", the Dolby TrueHD logo has an asterisk. Below the table is the following:
"When playing a Dolby TrueHD disc, audio will only be heard over the front left and right speakers."
What is going on here? TrueHD supports 7.1 sound (in fact it supports more channels than that). Does this player throw away six channels?