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BrettGallman · 08-29-2006, 12:38 PM

DD Plus is output fully over 5.1 analog inputs. It's downconverted to a high-bit rate DTS track over digital audio cables, at least that's my understanding. Someone else can jump in here and correct me if I'm wrong.

Dave Moritz · 08-29-2006, 06:00 PM

I believe that the player will decode Dolgy True HD in 5.1 and it will most likely 7.1 mixed for some movies via HDMI once recievers and pre/pros have the surround processors. As far as I know unless it is a two channel mix you should get a 5 channel mix as I believe most Dolby True HD tracks on disc are 5.1.

According to Dolby here are the max channels for there formats:
Dolby Digital - 5.1 Channels
Dobly Digital Plus - 7.1 Channels
Dolby True HD - 8 Channels

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John H Ross · 08-29-2006, 07:06 PM

Presumably this Toshiba player re-introduces the dreaded layer change?

Any chance that situation will change with future models/manufacturers?

John

Robert Crawford · 08-29-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by John H Ross

Presumably this Toshiba player re-introduces the dreaded layer change?

Any chance that situation will change with future models/manufacturers?

John

I haven't noticed any layer changes.

dpippel · 08-29-2006, 07:23 PM

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I haven't noticed any layer changes.

Neither have I. Not a single instance.

John H Ross · 08-29-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug Pippel

Neither have I. Not a single instance.

Really? This is quite promising! I haven't seen any mention of a memory buffer in any of the specs I've browsed. Is a memory buffer part of the official HD-DVD spec or will it be up to the individual manufacturers? Or is it simply that this particular player is built around a computer hard drive (and all computer hard drives have large memory stores)?

John

BrettGallman · 08-29-2006, 08:28 PM

I haven't noticed a layer change either.

Steve Blair · 08-29-2006, 10:34 PM

It must have a buffer as no layer changes here either...

RobertDW · 08-29-2006, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by John H Ross

Really? This is quite promising! I haven't seen any mention of a memory buffer in any of the specs I've browsed. Is a memory buffer part of the official HD-DVD spec or will it be up to the individual manufacturers? Or is it simply that this particular player is built around a computer hard drive (and all computer hard drives have large memory stores)?

John

The Toshiba player has 1GB of I believe PC2700. It also has flash memory but I don't know how much.

TedD · 08-30-2006, 09:17 AM

If you want to know how much buffer memory the Toshiba has, get out your watch, press stop on the remote and time how long it takes for the HD DVD to actually stop playing after the "Plackback has stopped" window pops up on the screen.

Ted

John H Ross · 08-30-2006, 12:36 PM

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The Toshiba player has 1GB of I believe PC2700. It also has flash memory but I don't know how much.

Okay, my next obvious question is, does it play standard DVDs the same way? Are the layer changes seamless on those too?

John

Larry Sutliff · 08-30-2006, 12:52 PM

John,
I do see an occasional layer change on regular DVD's, but it's really quick, quicker than any other DVD player I've had(with the possible exception of the Oppo).