PS3 finally gets DTS-HD Master Audio support for Blu-ray

[The News Bot]

The PlayStation 3 will finally get support for DTS-HD Master Audio on Blu-ray discs. The high-quality lossless audio format will become available to PS3 owners with a firmware update due April 15. DTS-HD MA has long been favoured by Fox for its movie releases. With a bit-rate up to 24.5 Mbps,* the system can deliver 7.1 [...]
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[Dogma21]

Fantastic News.

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by Dogma21

Fantastic News.

Yep.

[chrissyman]

Is this as lpcm or bitstream and what sort of amp say a onkyo 605/705 or maybe a sony 3200 es/denon 1908 both these can do LPCM i believe' also do you need hdmi 1.3 ? .

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by chrissyman

Is this as lpcm or bitstream and what sort of amp say a onkyo 605/705 or maybe a sony 3200 es/denon 1908 both these can do LPCM i believe' also do you need hdmi 1.3 ? .

Hi chrissyman.
LPCM DTS-MA decoded in the player instead of at the amp.
605 would be fine any amp that can accept LPCM over HDMI will do the job.
Mine does and it's only HDMI 1.1.
All the best.

[sdb123]

Originally Posted by chrissyman

Is this as lpcm or bitstream and what sort of amp say a onkyo 605/705 or maybe a sony 3200 es/denon 1908 both these can do LPCM i believe' also do you need hdmi 1.3 ? .

Just a heads up in addition to kingfats reply...the PS3 cannot bitstream HD audio over HDMI.

[chrissyman]

Thanks for that so the onkyo 605/705 or the sony 3200es/denon 1908 can do LPCM over hdmi i was a bit confused as the onkyo has tru hd and dts hd decoding but says nothing about LPCM on the specs.

The onkyo looks to be the best bet as it can handle just about anything

cheers

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by chrissyman

Thanks for that so the onkyo 605/705 or the sony 3200es/denon 1908 can do LPCM over hdmi i was a bit confused as the onkyo has tru hd and dts hd decoding but says nothing about LPCM on the specs.
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Hi chrissyman.
The 605 and above can handle bitstream HD audio and accept decoded HD audio.

[kevin_irl]

Excellent news!

[andrewf]

Anyone know how us poor watsits without the internet will be able to update their firmware?

Cheers AndyF

[SeaneyC]

Originally Posted by andrewf

Anyone know how us poor watsits without the internet will be able to update their firmware?

Cheers AndyF

They usually issue the download at the same time, so you can either go to a mates and stick it on CD or USB key, or if you get really desperate i'm sure a kind soul on the forum will send you a copy.

And DTS-MA wooohooo go the PS3. Now all we need is mkv and full xvid and divx playback and i can stop p-ing about with media PCs!

[davidisom]

Sony have done a great JOB with the PS3 and I wish them all the best for HUGE PROFITS they deserve them.

With this device we have the best value for money Audio Visual device ever produced to date. I cannot see it being topped anytime soon.

David Isom

[inzaman]

This really is excellent news, i just need to find me some BDs now with DTS HD on them

[alan29]

Originally Posted by davidisom

Sony have done a great JOB with the PS3 and I wish them all the best for HUGE PROFITS they deserve them.

With this device we have the best value for money Audio Visual device ever produced to date. I cannot see it being topped anytime soon.

David Isom

If they could make one with a "IMPROVE PLOT" or "BETTER ACTING" button on it, I might actually consider paying, oooooh, let me think...... £50 for one.
Alan

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by inzaman

This really is excellent news, i just need to find me some BDs now with DTS HD on them

Big list here,mate.