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Old 01-12-2008, 9:33 AM   #4 (permalink)
Mark.Yudkin
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Re: Pioneer VSX-LX70 - PCM, not Dolby Digital plus/HD?

Unlike Bluray, HD DVD has manadatory onboard decoding of TrueHD. Your player is decoding the TrueHD and sending the decoded stream (PCM) over HDMI. You are hearing the HD sound, and everything is working as it should.
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