thread: Could someone please explain HDMI when it comes to Amps.
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Old 30-03-2007, 5:42 PM   #14
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Re: Could someone please explain HDMI when it comes to Amps.
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Originally Posted by Chris Moseley View Post
Hi

I fully understand PCM. I was trying to simplify it as, contrary to your post, there are many threads amongst these forums where members do not distinguish the difference between a 2 channel PCM signal and a multi channel PCM signal carried over HDMI. Whilst both are LPCM there is, as I'm sure you'll agree, a difference.

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Chris Moseley
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I must admit, although I do refer to uncompressed multi-channel PCM as LPCM and not MPCM, I do try to also include the words 'multi-channel' or '8 channels' before the 'LPCM' if that is what I am referring to.
But 'MPCM' does remove the chance of mis-interpretation as Chris points out.
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