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Old 04-16-2008, 06:20 PM   #11 of 11
Zack Gibbs
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Re: Bitstream and LPCM Confusion with the PS3


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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
Optical is bandwidth limited. You will not be able to do any of the advanced audio formats. And, the best I think you can do with PCM is 2 channel.

Optical is actually just DRM limited. It has more than enough bandwidth for lossless or uncompressed multichannel sound, the reasons it doesn't are entirely artificial.
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