What Kind of Sound am I Getting?

[djtempest]

I live in a small apartment, and have a very simple "home theater" setup. I love good sound, and video, but at this point in time cannot afford an elaborate setup. I just bought a blu-ray player - the Samsung BD-p1500. I did a lot of research, but in the end not quite enough apparently because I now realize it cannot decode DTS-HD Master audio (that or my timing was just bad because the BD-p1590 just came out, and it does).

Basically I run my blu-ray player directly to my Dell Ultrasharp LCD monitor

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=320-6272

which has an HDMI 1.3 input, and HDMI Out via miniplug. My 2.1 speakers are Klipsch Pro Media 2.1.

http://www.klipsch.com/products/deta...media-2-1.aspx

Honestly my setup looks and sounds awesome. And I understand in the end that's all I should worry about - how it sounds to my ears, and looks to my eyes - but I want to know technically what I'm getting.

The Samsung BD-p1500 does decode Dolby TrueHD, but not DTS-HD Master Audio. I have the option (via the player - remember I don't use a receiver, it gets connected to my monitor via HDMI 1.3) of choosing PCM, Bitstream (audiofile), and Bitstream (regular?). I have it set for PCM. What happens when I play a disc with DTS-HD Master Audio with the PCM setting on my player? Or even a Dolby TrueHD disc for that matter? Am I getting the best audio possible considering my equipment? Or should I use the Bitstream (audiophile) option for DTS-HD Master Audio? Thank you in advance for your response.