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The PS3 has done wonders for audio in my HT system

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: if you can wait posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 03, 2008 at 13:03:13

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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  - 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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