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Old 04-26-2008, 08:30 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by sarge1976 View Post
I was on the BD50 thread and I read somewhere that DTS-HD MA is not a Lossless audio format but indeed a Lossy format, Can someone please straighten this out for me? Also is there a difference between PCM and LPCM or they the same thing? I really didn't know which area to post this question so i appologize ahead of time for those who are gonna give me s**t.
DTS-HD MA is lossless but not uncompressed. PCM and LPCM (the same thing I believe) is uncompressed audio. After decoding of DTS-HD MA, it comes out bit-for-bit the same as uncompressed. So DTS-HD MA is indeed a lossless, but not uncompressed, audio.
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