RE: \\\lowly, clueless retired EE,///..........

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Posted by Jazz Inmate (A) on February 9, 2008 at 14:16:42

In Reply to: RE: \\\lowly, clueless retired EE,///.......... posted by es347 on February 9, 2008 at 07:54:51:

>> The audio as via optical cable and as far as I know, with the Celine SACD, there was no further setup required. Processing took place in my B&K which cannot process the new hi-res formats so not sure what was happening there. The sound was etched and harsh; essentially, in my opinion, unlistenable--an opinion shared by everyone present. <<

Well, again, without trying to criticize you, it's premature to write off the audio on this or any other BD. For one thing, your comments pertain more to DVD than BD becuse you were only accessing Dolby Digital. BDs allow you higher-resolution audio, if you can access it. Even using HDMI you need to go into the PS3 menu and make sure the audio output supports 24-bit (which your B&K couldn't handle anyway unless it can pass-through uncompressed PCM without processing it) and the Blu-ray disc menu must be elected to output uncompressed PCM from the disc setup menu.

I'll defer to your judgment on the video as I've never seen this BD or tried to watch a BD via a 780 projector. On my old 780 plasma, the picture of BDs was significantly better than upscaled DVD. It wasn't even close.
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Topic - PS3 on my A/V system.. - es347 07:00:59 02/08/08 (12)

In all fairness,.... - kootenay 19:26:01 02/09/08 (0)

Wait minute... - Jack G 05:12:53 02/09/08 (1)

RE: Wait minute... - es347 07:58:57 02/09/08 (0)

What connectors did you use? What settings did you use in the BD/DVD and audio output menus? - Jazz Inmate 13:11:17 02/08/08 (8)

RE: What connectors did you use? What settings did you use in the BD/DVD and audio output menus? - es347 14:47:33 02/08/08 (7)

\\\lowly, clueless retired EE,///.......... - three_sox 02:14:23 02/09/08 (4)

RE: \\\lowly, clueless retired EE,///.......... - es347 07:54:51 02/09/08 (3)

consider the connection method - Joe Murphy Jr 15:45:53 02/09/08 (1)

RE: consider the connection method - es347 11:02:53 02/10/08 (0)

RE: \\\lowly, clueless retired EE,///.......... - Jazz Inmate 14:16:42 02/09/08 (0)

RE: What connectors did you use? What settings did you use in the BD/DVD and audio output menus? - Jazz Inmate 21:11:31 02/08/08 (1)

RE: What connectors did you use? What settings did you use in the BD/DVD and audio output menus? - es347 07:43:56 02/09/08 (0)

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