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Originally Posted by Chris Souders
Hi guys,
Thought I understood audio back in the day. Not now. Can you point me in the direction of proper audio settings.... Equipment : PS3 connected via HDMI to Onkyo TX-SR705. Onkyo out to Oulaw Amp to 5.1 setup speakers. I want the best/highest resolution audio output naturally. PS3 setting - Should HDMI Audio Output format be on Linear PCM or Bitstream? It shouldnt' matter the optical digital setting since that is not connected right? Any other PS3 settings I should worry about? For the Onkyo.... Which 'Listening Mode' is purest? There seem to be different ones available depending on what is sent to it. And lastly, on Blueray's... can someone rank the order of fidelity from best to worst given multitudes of what my blueray's allow (i.e. what should I pick)? -Dolby Digital Surround -Dolby TrueHD 5.1 -5.1 Uncompressed (48kHz/24 bit) -DTS HD 5.1 -PCM 5.1 (uncompressed) [is this the same as 2 up?] -DTS HD High Resolution ES Audio -5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX Audio And so, on my Onkyo, should those symbols light up? and once again, the 'listening mode' to choose? Thanks for a simple explanation to all this Chris |
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Communication is Everything
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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
Congratulations, Oscar!
It depends of course on your personal taste what to buy first. Casino Royale? BBC Complete Planet Earth Box Set? Batman? Amazon/UK has some sales: look here for a start !(Oh, and mind the region. Several US releases are region-A, some European releases are region-B. I guess you have a reg-B machine?). Cees |
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Communication is Everything
at Amazon.com. They are currently out of stock, but the price is worth a small wait.
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Originally Posted by Yumbo
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Communication is Everything
"Because he's the hero that Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now... and so we'll hunt him... because he can take it... because he's not a hero... he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector... a DARK KNIGHT."
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Originally Posted by Zack Gibbs
Firmware 2.4 will be out tomorrow. This is probably the biggest update the PS3 has seen so far, though it looks to be mostly game related to me. (I'm still looking forward to it.)
News: SCEE officially announces date for Firmware 2.40 - Strategy Informer[/url] |
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*US PS3 (1080p) - Xbox 360 Elite (HDMI) - Nintendo Wii (Euro) - Sony PSP-2000 - Nintendo DSi
*HD DVD Toshiba XE1 (1080p) - Sony Bravia KDL-40W2000 (1080p) - Yamaha RX-V1800 (HDMI 1.3)
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Originally Posted by gobrigavitch
PCM, DTS HD MA and Dolby TrueHD are all lossless and all equivalent. They can only be output by the PS3 as linear PCM and will show on your receiver as multichannel PCM. Most new Blu-rays have one of these, and if present, should be selected as the audio. If one of these isn't present then pick the DD or DTS track of your choice. DD and DTS tracks other than the above can be output by bitstream to your receiver. Then your receiver can do whatever processing it wants. Many receivers are limited on the processing they can do to PCM vs bitstream, so you may want to select bitstream output for these lesser tracks. For my pioneer it really doesn't make any difference, but I don't think the Onkyo can apply PLIIx post processing to a PCM signal in which case bitstreaming would be prefferable (that's assuming you have a 7.1 setup)
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Originally Posted by Carlo Medina
Wow, something must have gone horribly wrong with 2.40 for them to have pulled it that quickly. I have it on my work PC, but I don't dare update it because I don't want to turn my PS3 into a doorstop.
(PS - I know I have the 2.40 file on my work PC because it was 130MB and 2.36 is 125MB which is the current file size) |
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Originally Posted by Yumbo
Icons?
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*US PS3 (1080p) - Xbox 360 Elite (HDMI) - Nintendo Wii (Euro) - Sony PSP-2000 - Nintendo DSi
*HD DVD Toshiba XE1 (1080p) - Sony Bravia KDL-40W2000 (1080p) - Yamaha RX-V1800 (HDMI 1.3)
