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Yumbo · 06-20-2008, 04:04 AM

I just ordered a 40GB PS3 from Amazon.

Can I use it on a 240V power supply here in Fiji?

What I've read is though it is labelled as 120V, the actual PS inside is universal.

Or is it a case of different batches have different voltage power supply?

Ron Reda · 06-20-2008, 10:04 AM

Rumor has it another firmware was just released?

TonyD · 06-20-2008, 10:16 AM

yesterdya.
i havernt dl'd it yet.

PS3 Firmware 2.3x - Master Thread [FIRMWARE TALK ONLY PLEASE] - Page 26 - AVS Forum

Paul Hillenbrand · 06-20-2008, 10:49 AM

Firmware v2.36 update.

Quote:

• New for 2.36: System stability during use of some PlayStation® format software has been improved.

Other new or revised features in version 2.36 (with 2.30 / 2.35):

New for 2.35: System stability during use of some PLAYSTATION®3 format software has been improved.

Video

Blu-ray Disc playback now supports DTS-HD Master Audio™ and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio™ output.*
* The PS3™ system does not support playback of DTS-ES and DTS 96/24 for DVD-Video or DTS-ES Matrix for Blu-ray Discs.

Paul

Chris Souders · 06-20-2008, 05:38 PM

Hi guys,

Thought I understood audio back in the day. Not now.
Can you point me in the direction of proper audio settings....

Equipment :
PS3 connected via HDMI to Onkyo TX-SR705. Onkyo out to Oulaw Amp to 5.1 setup speakers.

I want the best/highest resolution audio output naturally.

PS3 setting - Should HDMI Audio Output format be on Linear PCM or Bitstream?

It shouldnt' matter the optical digital setting since that is not connected right?

Any other PS3 settings I should worry about?

For the Onkyo....
Which 'Listening Mode' is purest? There seem to be different ones available depending on what is sent to it.

And lastly, on Blueray's... can someone rank the order of fidelity from best to worst given multitudes of what my blueray's allow (i.e. what should I pick)?

-Dolby Digital Surround
-Dolby TrueHD 5.1
-5.1 Uncompressed (48kHz/24 bit)
-DTS HD 5.1
-PCM 5.1 (uncompressed) [is this the same as 2 up?]
-DTS HD High Resolution ES Audio
-5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX Audio

And so, on my Onkyo, should those symbols light up? and once again, the 'listening mode' to choose?

Thanks for a simple explanation to all this

Chris

MattH. · 06-20-2008, 10:35 PM

It should be Linear PCM. This will allow the PS3 to do the decoding of the advanced codecs and it will then send the audio as Multichannel audio to the Onkyo (which is what it will say on the display). The PS3 can't send the advanced codecs via bitstream to the receiver though I've never really understood why. It can send garden variety DD and DTS via bitstream, of course, as well as PCM 5.1.

In terms of the three best codecs, they'd have to be:

uncompressed PCM 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio
Dolby TrueHD

The latter two are lossless codecs, always preferred to the lossy ones.

gobrigavitch · 06-26-2008, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Souders

Hi guys,

Thought I understood audio back in the day. Not now.
Can you point me in the direction of proper audio settings....

Equipment :
PS3 connected via HDMI to Onkyo TX-SR705. Onkyo out to Oulaw Amp to 5.1 setup speakers.

I want the best/highest resolution audio output naturally.

PS3 setting - Should HDMI Audio Output format be on Linear PCM or Bitstream?

It shouldnt' matter the optical digital setting since that is not connected right?

Any other PS3 settings I should worry about?

For the Onkyo....
Which 'Listening Mode' is purest? There seem to be different ones available depending on what is sent to it.

And lastly, on Blueray's... can someone rank the order of fidelity from best to worst given multitudes of what my blueray's allow (i.e. what should I pick)?

-Dolby Digital Surround
-Dolby TrueHD 5.1
-5.1 Uncompressed (48kHz/24 bit)
-DTS HD 5.1
-PCM 5.1 (uncompressed) [is this the same as 2 up?]
-DTS HD High Resolution ES Audio
-5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX Audio

And so, on my Onkyo, should those symbols light up? and once again, the 'listening mode' to choose?

Thanks for a simple explanation to all this

Chris

PCM, DTS HD MA and Dolby TrueHD are all lossless and all equivalent. They can only be output by the PS3 as linear PCM and will show on your receiver as multichannel PCM. Most new Blu-rays have one of these, and if present, should be selected as the audio. If one of these isn't present then pick the DD or DTS track of your choice. DD and DTS tracks other than the above can be output by bitstream to your receiver. Then your receiver can do whatever processing it wants. Many receivers are limited on the processing they can do to PCM vs bitstream, so you may want to select bitstream output for these lesser tracks. For my pioneer it really doesn't make any difference, but I don't think the Onkyo can apply PLIIx post processing to a PCM signal in which case bitstreaming would be prefferable (that's assuming you have a 7.1 setup)

I'm not really familiar with what listening modes your Onkyo has. Having said that for PCM you likely won't have many if any options to choose from. When bitstreaming DD or DTS you can apply PLIIx processsing and THX processing to the signal. THX processing can tame an overly bright disc and does some other things as well. I believe it also creates a 7 channel mix from 5 channels. PLIIx is the best way to create a 7 channel output from a 5 channel source. I don't believe the Onkyo's can apply this to PCM, but can apply it to bitstream.

I hope that helps.

Douglas Monce · 06-26-2008, 10:06 PM

I created a thread for this, but I thought you guys might find this interesting.

Sony has lost over $3 billion on the PS3 - Video Game Feature - Yahoo! Video Games

Doug

Chris Atkins · 06-27-2008, 01:54 PM

Chris Souders:

I have a