Mark Abrams
Stunt Coordinator
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- Feb 13, 1999
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I notice when I play back discs from my Blu-Ray player, using only the HDMI connector to my receiver (Sony STR-DH700), that the display on my
receiver doesn't show the audio format being played (i.e. Dolby Digital, or DTS etc) when I have the sound output on the Blu-Ray set to PCM. If I set it to Bistream (audiophile) output, the receiver is forced to do the decoding and it shows the type of audio on the display, however Bistream (audiophile) setting isn't capable of transmitting secondary or effect audio on the soundtrack. I talked with their support people who at first were surprised that even "LPCM" didn't appear on the display, let alone DD or DTS, but in the end said that showing only "HDMI" on the receiver display is OK as long as I'm hearing the sound from all speaker sources properly.
Has anyone had experience with this? The support person also told me to I shouldn't have both an HDMI and an optical cable attached from the Blu-Ray player to the A/V receiver, since HDMI can do it all...
receiver doesn't show the audio format being played (i.e. Dolby Digital, or DTS etc) when I have the sound output on the Blu-Ray set to PCM. If I set it to Bistream (audiophile) output, the receiver is forced to do the decoding and it shows the type of audio on the display, however Bistream (audiophile) setting isn't capable of transmitting secondary or effect audio on the soundtrack. I talked with their support people who at first were surprised that even "LPCM" didn't appear on the display, let alone DD or DTS, but in the end said that showing only "HDMI" on the receiver display is OK as long as I'm hearing the sound from all speaker sources properly.
Has anyone had experience with this? The support person also told me to I shouldn't have both an HDMI and an optical cable attached from the Blu-Ray player to the A/V receiver, since HDMI can do it all...