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I own an Integra DTC-9.8 and a PS3. Just wanted to confirm that the PS3 will decode most of the HD audio formats and send them via PCM to the Integra. DTS HD Master will be decoded as a 1.5Mbps DTS "core" track, but most of my Blu-rays have been Dolby TrueHD, so no worries there.

As far as DTS HD Master tracks go, my favorite is the HD DVD of Pan's Labyrinth. The best sounding disc I have ever heard, regardless of audio codec, is the Dave Matthews / Tim Reynolds show from Radio City Music Call on Blu-ray (TrueHD).

I will be re-buying that in bluray once I get a bluray player. I bought it on DVD and it is Amazing even in the lossy format

What does keming mean?

The Blu-ray also has the regular DD track, so I went back and forth between the two on a couple songs. The DD track does sound as good as the format will most likely allow, but in contrast the TrueHD track is just outstanding. The Blu-ray also contains a 2 channel uncompressed PCM track which sounds damn good, especially if you want all the sound up front in the M80's.

One correction. 1400 decodes all HD audio formats except for Master Audio. But it can bitstream all formats (including MA)

help me help you. ?

if your blu ray player can handle all the new fancy audio, this and that, then what the heck do i set it to output??

bitstream, pcm, blah, blah, blah, blah.

seriously, i have a denon 2808ci that can handle all the fancy new audio. so i guess i set my panny bd30 and tosh a3 to bitstream. or is that pcm?

I believe you want bitstream

^^^^ i am a winner!! i was just a bit confused as i had it setup this way on my toshiba a3, but when playing the matrix the denon did not flash trued hd on its display.

maybe it doesnt. i could totally hear the diff when switching audio formats in the dvd menu. it was actually very impressive.

i should stop posting. my HT has been up an running ofr 5 hours and i have done no setup. i am bad. but it looks so good.

later.