Re: Samsung BD-P1500 - Pleasantly Surprised!
I thought you wanted to know what players would allow hearing the advanced audio codecs using an older receiver without HDMI and an explanation of why. The Sony BDP-S350 is just like the Samsung BD-P1500 as far as handling of the lossless audio codecs, both require an audio processor with HDMI input. Neither decodes DTS-HD MA yet although one or both may be able to do so with a firmware update which would mean an AV receiver with HDMI 1.1 or HDMI 1.2a audio capabilities would be adequate. Over HDMI there are two ways to handle the advanced lossless audio codecs, by bitstream to an HDMI 1.3a audio processor which can decode or by having the player decode and output PCM to an audio processor with HDMI 1.1 or above that handles PCM. No HDMI input with your AV receiver, you don't want this player or the BDP-S350 if you want to hear the three lossless audio codecs.Chris
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Originally Posted by Mike<> C
Thanks Chris I appreciate it but am still confused.
As far as the reciever goes that will be later so for right now all Im concerned with is it will pass DD or DTS via optical or coaxle output so this is not an issue "The big issue if you want to use the advanced audio codecs with an old receiver with analog audio input and no HDMI input, you need to have the player decode and output over the analog 5.1 or 7.1 output. " But I see what you are saying, same concept as DVD with built in decoders before they made them in recievers. So what does bitstream mean? So your saying mainly I want to be able to decode DTS-HD MA, Dolby TrueHD and Multichannel Uncompressed Lossless PCM via HDMI?What is Multichannel Uncompressed Lossless PCM? Also what does it mean to decode and output "The Sony BDP-S550 and Panasonic DMP-BD55 decodes and outputs over HDMI"?Dont I only need to output these as long as my reciever I buy will decode them? And last I guess will these codecs be upgradable via firmware in the future So I should deffinately get a player that is equiped with Ethernet? Thanks again Mike Chris it seems I may have found my answer via Cnet.com "High-resolution soundtrack support on the BDP-S350 is good, although not perfect. There's onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD--which means you can hear Dolby TrueHD on any HDMI-compatible receiver--but DTS-HD Master Audio cannot be decoded by the player. On the other hand, the BDP-S350 can output both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in bit stream format, which means that people with newer receivers with onboard decoding can still take advantage of DTS-HD Master Audio. Of course, the similarly priced Sony PlayStation 3 can decode both formats, which means you only need a receiver with HDMI support to take advantage of both formats. However, keep in mind that the differences between these high-resolution soundtracks and standard Dolby Digital and DTS may be hard to hear unless you have a high-end listening environment. " but does this the BDP-S350 can output both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in bit stream format happen via HDMI or something else? I want the best quality that will support future upgrades. |
