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Jack Gilvey · 03-06-2008, 07:31 AM

No real downside to the analogs, aside from more cabling. Surprisingly, that player apparently lacks any kind of onboard decoding for the advanced formats, so neither TrueHD nor DTS-HD MA would be available at the MC analog outs (or as PCM via HDMI).
Assuming it passes the uncompressed PCM tacks from BD over analog (didn't see anything in the manual), it'd be the only way you'd hear them. You'd be relying on the player's own bass-management and processing, of course.

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Jack Gilvey SVS Customer Service Location: Jersey, USA Join Date: Mar 1999 Local Time: 02:09 AM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 6,234	Re: 5.1-Channel/multi-Channel output No real downside to the analogs, aside from more cabling. Surprisingly, that player apparently lacks any kind of onboard decoding for the advanced formats, so neither TrueHD nor DTS-HD MA would be available at the MC analog outs (or as PCM via HDMI). Assuming it passes the uncompressed PCM tacks from BD over analog (didn't see anything in the manual), it'd be the only way you'd hear them. You'd be relying on the player's own bass-management and processing, of course.