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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: What do you think of the Samsung 5000? posted by Christine Tham on February 03, 2008 at 11:49:07

Panasonic will be releasing their BD50 by late Q1/Q2. It will be Profile 2.0, decode and bitstream the advanced audio codecs and won't have issues like Samsung BD products. It will probably be around $500. The only potential problem is that their current player (BD30) has a -5dB bug on the LFE/.1 channel when (native or decoded to) PCM is involved. If they get this issue worked out, the player will pretty much do anything you need.

The PS3 will be upgraded to Profile 2.0 very soon (technically it is right now, but the "official" upgrade is coming shortly). While there are no multichannel analog outputs, it will decode all of the audio codecs and send them as PCM over HDMI. The exception is DTS-HD Master Audio, but there's supposed to be a firmware upgrade on the way in Q2.

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The PS3 has done wonders for audio in my HT system - Jazz Inmate 14:20:07 02/03/08 (3)
And by forcing me to go HDMI, it greatly reduced the spaghetti and expense of six interconnects at the rear panels of the front end and preamp. Are you sure that DTS HD MA compatibility is firmware-upgradable? I heard a rumor that it required some type of hardware (chip) upgrade, but I never know what to believe with so many lies floating around.
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- software vs hardware issue - Joe Murphy Jr 20:39:40 02/03/08 (2)
  There are some people who believe that the HDMI 1.3 chip in the PS3 will some day be able to bitstream the advanced codecs: I'm not one of them. The design parameters of that chip (HDMI transmitter), which were released by Silicon Image, clearly do not include the bitstreaming of the advanced audio codecs: the later HDMI chip produced by Silicon Image, however, clearly spells out advanced audio codec bitstream capabilities.
  
  DTS-HD Master Audio would be a firmware upgrade to the PS3, such that it would decode in software (the way the PS3 handles all audio) rather than a dedicated SoC (hardware) solution. The resulting multichannel PCM from the decode, up to 7.1 channels, would then be sent via HDMI to the receiver. I don't see DTS-HD Master Audio coming until after the PS3 is "officially" upgraded to Profile 2.0 status (probably Q2).
  
  Since the PS3 is more-or-less Profile 2.0 right now, I don't see why SCEA can't include DTS-HD Master Audio in the next firmware update (provided the software decode version is available at that time).
  - Would be nice for the DTS HD MA update to come soon - Jazz Inmate 21:20:35 02/03/08 (1)
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    "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
    - But, you said not decoding DTS-HD MA was a non-issue (nt) - Jack G 15:08:57 02/05/08 (0)
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