Official Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-Ray player thread - Page 19

Neil Joseph · 08-04-2007, 04:33 PM

5.1 is 5.1 no matter which format the audio is in. However, a title like X-Men: The Last Stand which has dts-hd 6.1 will have the additional rear centre channel and there are even a few titles that have pcm 7.1 audio. At World's End may be one of those titles.

RobertSiegel · 08-04-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil Joseph

5.1 is 5.1 no matter which format the audio is in. However, a title like X-Men: The Last Stand which has dts-hd 6.1 will have the additional rear centre channel and there are even a few titles that have pcm 7.1 audio. At World's End may be one of those titles.

Neil, I have all 7.1 channels hooked up from the Panasonic player to my Denon amp (rca-type jacks) but what I was wondering is, will I be getting Dolby True or DTS ES sound through those connections if I set the movie to that soundtrack? (my receiver does not decode them but the player does). Or are those signals only through HDMI audio?

Craig730iL · 08-04-2007, 06:08 PM

The RCA jacks will output uncompressed PCM, to all 7.1 channels if thats the audio track you select. If you select Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital plus, or DTS HD, then the player will decode this into the applicable number of channels, and output this via the RCA jacks. I dont think the player can decode the DTS ES, althouygh I may be wrong. I typically used the uncompressed PCM track on Blu Ray discs if its there because i think it sounds so good. I will try a DTS ES DVD and see what happens. You will get the full sound quality though, regardless of whether the player or the amplified does the decoding, assuming the player and the reciever are of the same quality.

Regards

Craig

RobertSiegel · 08-04-2007, 08:04 PM

Craig, thanks...I've been trying to find an answer to that for a while. My Denon is a very good receiver, so I am sure it will do fine. For 3 years I didn't even know it had 7.1 channel inputs, because they are with the rest of the inputs, and the 7.1 outputs on the receiver are in a separate area. I guess I never really had to look before. I just found this a few days ago, so tonight I will be trying a few titles with DTS ES and uncompressed, and certainly those will sound great if the Dolby True and DTS ES is passed unchanged through those outputs. Please let me know how the DTS ES disc test goes.
Rob

Craig730iL · 08-05-2007, 07:58 PM

The player doesnt seem to decode the DTS ES on a DVD, possibly because this format has been superceded (I believe) by the DTS HD and DD+ on Blu Ray discs. You can however output this as a bitstream via the optical out to your reciever, if it decodes DTS ES. Given your Denon has 7.1 inputs I think it should decode DTS ES and DD EX; what model Denon is it? I usually decode the ES/EX 6 and 7 channel sound from DVD's on my Onkyo Integra reciever, and have found this works brilliantly. The DTS ES is quite a good format I think, almost as good as a DTS LaserDisc...

Regards

Craig

RobertSiegel · 08-05-2007, 10:14 PM

Craig, I( made a mistake in my last post....I meant DTS HD not ES, sorry

RobertSiegel · 08-05-2007, 10:16 PM

My receiver is the Denon AVR-3802. I am "assuming" that sending the signals on the Panasonic will play the Dolby HD and Dolby True tracks fine (I hope).

Craig730iL · 08-06-2007, 12:30 AM

Selecting the multi channel input on the Denon will allow you to listed to the Hi Resolution audio from a Blu ray disc. The Panasonic will decode which ever format is on the disc (ie DTS HD, DD+, linear PCM), and output this to the applicable number the RCA multi channel outputs. All the formats are output as PCM audio via the RCA leads, so any reciever with the multi channel inputs will play it. This is the beauty of a good reciever with multi channel inputs, you can connect virtually anything to them, so you wont have to keep replacing your reciever. I have my Blu Ray player, my SACD/DVD-A player, and my AC3 laser disc player all connected this way. Aside from the fact that the back of my cabinet looks terrible, its a great set up.

RobertSiegel · 08-06-2007, 04:08 PM

Craig, so how do you have more than one source feeding those 7.1 channel inputs on the Denon? Or are you using optical or a single rca-type digital sound for the ac3 laserdisc?

Craig730iL · 08-06-2007, 08:18 PM

I have 8 3-to-1 RCA adaptors, with a small one foot long cables going to the reciever, and three sets of three foot long leads going to the various sources. This works fine, but you MUST only have one source on at a time. There is a remote control switch block you can buy which will switch 3 multi channel sources into one input, but it is very pricey. I find my set up works quite well, as I only ever use one source at a time. There are a few recievers with more than one multi channel input, but you are talking a mega dollar Macintosh or similar, which is way out of my price range.

GoldenRedux · 08-07-2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig730iL

I have 8 3-to-1 RCA adaptors, with a small one foot long cables going to the reciever, and three sets of three foot long leads going to the various sources. This works fine, but you MUST only have one source on at a time. There is a remote control switch block you can buy which will switch 3 multi channel sources into one input, but it is very pricey. I find my set up works quite well, as I only ever use one source at a time. There are a few recievers with more than one multi channel input, but you are talking a mega dolla