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I would LOVE it if I could upgrade my B&K AVR 212 (reference-30 decoding performance) to HDMI 1.3 and adavanced audio decoding... :D :D :D

Gary, so far I've preferred lossless downmixed to 2.0 played back in Prologic on a traditional non-HDMI receiver to "lossy" 5.1 soundtrack options regardless of format. Obviously, lossless 5.1 is the holy grail and that's what you'll get with your next receiver. But for now trust your...

Interesting. Yes, that's the rationale for providing an analog-domain option (doesn't re-process the entire digital waveform with new datapoints). Some high-end D/A converters that had HDCD decoding also employed analog-domain attenuation for the required db reduction of non-HDCD playback for...

Jack, these differences aren't really differences between formats, so much as implimentations. WB uses the same video file for both HD DVD and BD. They *can* chose to use the same audio on each as well, though in this case they went with PCM on the BD and DolbyTrueHD on the HD DVD. And even...

Robert, I'll happily take part in a double blind test if someone is willing to assist with the logistical issues. Obviously, one guy reviewing a Blu-ray Disc in his home theater with only one Blu-ray player and screener copy has unavoidable limitations. Had I two discs, two players, and a...

sorry if I overreacted. There's the usual history. In any case, I'm reporting what I hear and how I heard it. Anyone is welcome to comment on how they might have done it better... and even more welcome to go ahead and do the comparison themselves (the new Spiderman 3 BD coming out). However...

get the disc and do a double-blind test yourself if you'd like better confirmation. Dialog Normalization is NOT DEFEATABLE in any consumer gear bearing the Dolby Digital Logo: the Dolby spec requires that the flag be honored without defeat. This is confirmed by Dressler at Dolby. If you've...

BD for me. and were I format neutral, this would be the reason why: I just checked out the Spiderman trilogy and the third film has both Dolby TrueHD and PCM audio. I was SHOCKED to find that the PCM audio not only sounded better, but that the difference was obvious. The TrueHD track was...