BDP-550 Answers for decoding

[callas01]

Because there are a lot of threads discussing if the Sony 550 internally decodes DTS-HD MA I wanted to answer this so that everyone can read it once straight from the manual.

When "BD Audio Setting" is set to "Direct" audio is recorded by the source is output by bitstream. However this audio may be output as follows depending on the audio formats suppoerted by the AVR.
When the AVR doesn't support DD+, DDTHD, DTS HR and DTS HD MA but does support Multi-channel LPCM, up to LPCM 7.1 is output.



So to answer all questions regarding what it decodes, there you go, yes it decodes all the HD audio codecs.

[garak]

Originally Posted by callas01

Because there are a lot of threads discussing if the Sony 550 internally decodes DTS-HD MA I wanted to answer this so that everyone can read it once straight from the manual.

When "BD Audio Setting" is set to "Direct" audio is recorded by the source is output by bitstream. However this audio may be output as follows depending on the audio formats suppoerted by the AVR.
When the AVR doesn't support DD+, DDTHD, DTS HR and DTS HD MA but does support Multi-channel LPCM, up to LPCM 7.1 is output.



So to answer all questions regarding what it decodes, there you go, yes it decodes all the HD audio codecs.

Thanks callas. This seems to be another piece of confirmation. Along with reports from some owners that the audio information displayed by the player indicating that it is in fact decoding dts-HD MA, it appears that the 550 does everything as initially advertised.

Can't wait to get mine.

[callas01]

me too, my wife has agreed