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

**The News Bot** · 10-04-2008, 5:50 PM

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 · 10-04-2008, 6:08 PM

Fantastic News.

kingfats · 10-04-2008, 6:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogma21

Fantastic News.

Yep.

chrissyman · 10-04-2008, 10:57 PM

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 · 11-04-2008, 6:01 AM

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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 · 11-04-2008, 7:31 AM

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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 · 11-04-2008, 7:57 AM

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 · 11-04-2008, 8:06 AM

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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 · 11-04-2008, 8:13 AM

Excellent news!

andrewf · 11-04-2008, 9:49 AM

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

Cheers AndyF

SeaneyC · 11-04-2008, 11:13 AM

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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 · 11-04-2008, 12:03 PM

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** · 11-04-2008, 12:21 PM

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

alan29 · 11-04-2008, 1:00 PM

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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 · 11-04-2008, 2:44 PM

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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.

xavier71 · 11-04-2008, 6:06 PM

Good job sony

pricklespons · 11-04-2008, 7:55 PM

Brilliant!!! my life is complete!!!

ramalho · 12-04-2008, 4:28 PM

Can anyone tell me why 640 Kbs via Bitstream on the 605 sounds a lot better than Linear PCM on Uncompressed soundtracks?And why doesn't the receiver identify Tru HD,and converts(when on Linear PCM)Dolby to PCM?
Everything is set to Direct on the receiver and my HDMI cables are 1.3,I just wanted the receiver to identify the signals and not do any tinkering of its own.If the soundtrack is True HD or simple Dolby I want to know it's decoding it faithfully.
Please guys,tell me what did you do to run things perfectly-Lossy sound shouldn't sound a lot better than an uncompressed one

kingfats · 12-04-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ramalho

Can anyone tell me why 640 Kbs via Bitstream on the 605 sounds a lot better than Linear PCM on Uncompressed soundtracks?And why doesn't the receiver identify Tru HD,and converts(when on Linear PCM)Dolby to PCM?
Everything is set to Direct on the receiver and my HDMI cables are 1.3,I just wanted the receiver to identify the signals and not do any tinkering of its own.If the soundtrack is True HD or simple Dolby I want to know it's decoding it faithfully.
Please guys,tell me what did you do to run things perfectly-Lossy sound shouldn't sound a lot better than an uncompressed one

Hi mate.

Somethings a miss

as HD audio should clearly sound better than regular DD/DTS.
With the PS3

will appear as MULTI CH on the amp.

What movies have you tried,and have you asked in the Onkyo forum for advice?

rEVILospud · 14-04-2008, 9:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ramalho

And why doesn't the receiver identify Tru HD,and converts(when on Linear PCM)Dolby to PCM?
Everything is set to Direct on the receiver and my HDMI cables are 1.3,I just wanted the receiver to identify the signals and not do any tinkering of its own.If the soundtrack is True HD or simple Dolby I want to know it's decoding it faithfully.

The PS3 doesn't output bitstream HD audio, therefore it's the PS3 that does the decoding and then outputs the audio as PCM to the AV Receiver.

chrissyman · 14-04-2008, 10:38 AM

On the receiver it should show up as multi channel pcm should it not ?

kingfats · 14-04-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by chrissyman

On the receiver it should show up as multi channel pcm should it not ?

Hi chrissyman.

Yes

it should.

badbob · 14-04-2008, 12:50 PM

Does the PS3 downsample HD audio to 1.5mb/sec DTS to the standard coaxial/optical output? I can't replace my av pre-amp, but want to take advantage of better sound. I believe a early Toshiba HD-DVD downsampled, so although not true HD audio, better than normal DVD-Video audio.

kingfats · 14-04-2008, 1:14 PM

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Originally Posted by badbob

Does the PS3 downsample HD audio to 1.5mb/sec DTS to the standard coaxial/optical output? I can't replace my av pre-amp, but want to take advantage of better sound. I believe a early Toshiba HD-DVD downsampled, so although not true HD audio, better than normal DVD-Video audio.

Hi badbob.

If using optical,the PCM track will be 2ch

TrueHD will be DD 640kbs and DTS-MA will be the core track

DTS @ 1.5Mbs.

OrangeL · 15-04-2008, 2:06 PM

I've just updated to 2.30 and is playing "Entrapment" with audio set to DTS HD MA. PS3 audio output (HDMI) set to bitstream. Connection to Denon 3808 (Surround Mode set to Standard) via HDMI. "DTS Surround" appeared on amp display. OSD showed "DTS Multichannel 48kHz 1.5 Mbps". So am I actually getting HD MA?

kingfats · 15-04-2008, 2:16 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeL

I've just updated to 2.30 and is playing "Entrapment" with audio set to DTS HD MA. PS3 audio output (HDMI) set to bitstream. Connection to Denon 3808 (Surround Mode set to Standard) via HDMI. "DTS Surround" appeared on amp display. So how do I know whether I am actually getting HD MA?

Hi OrangeL

and welcome to the forum.

PS3 should be set to LPCM

will show up as MULTI-CH on your Denon

which is correct.

Select the track you want of the disc and your good to go!

Press select on the PS3 controller to view full audio spec.
All the best.

OrangeL · 15-04-2008, 3:37 PM

Tks, Kingfats, that's very helpful

. Tested HD-MA track of Independence Day on both PS3 and Panny BD30. The latter has more details and sounds richer, I'll have to say though.

cmclean · 16-04-2008, 12:35 PM

Sorry for sounding dumb on this one but I know next to nothing about these audio standards

I have a Logitech Z-5500 connected to my PS3 via optical cable. Will I get the new higher audio playback quality?

Thanks

Sonic67 · 16-04-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cmclean

Sorry for sounding dumb on this one but I know next to nothing about these audio standards

I have a Logitech Z-5500 connected to my PS3 via optical cable. Will I get the new higher audio playback quality?

Thanks

Optical cable doesn't have the bandwidth to fit all of the information down it. You need a HDMI cable to a HD amp.

badbob · 16-04-2008, 3:49 PM

What about multi-region (DVD and Blu-ray) Also need IR remote control, without too much expense (and has to have standby/power on from the remote)

Can't believe Sony didn't include a IR sensor...not bothered if no remote is supplied, but if it's IR capable easy enough to aquire IR codes (ie losing your TV remote, if you have a remote where other people have the codes learnt, which you can then import to yours)