idk if this hd sound???? HELP - Blu-ray Forum

jnatalizio · 08-26-2007, 03:03 PM

well im planning on buyin th ONKYO HT-RS600 and i dont know if it has HD sound for my blu ray player???? any oneknow andit does have Dolby Pro Logic 2,Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital EX,DTS, DTS-ES, DTS NEO:6,and DTS 92/24 SO PLEASE HELP

mastertang · 08-26-2007, 03:31 PM

I'm not familiar with exact specs, but you should expect to pay around $500 for an HDsound capable system (just the reciever). What I do know is optical carries 5.1 sound, but not uncompressed PCM. HDMI (or direct player output) is required for PCM sound. I'm not sure what Dolby HD needs. My brother got an HDMI Onkyo reciever (sound processing, unlike some so-called HDMI recievers) for about $500 and it's pretty decent. I would say spend the money on something like that, unless you buy new recievers every other year.

Upon further investigation: check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_TrueHD
Seems the old optical/coax connector is not sufficient. Look into getting an HDMI sound processing unit. Sub-$500 systems usually switch HDMI, but may not process it.

08-26-2007, 03:03 PM	#1
jnatalizio Banned Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray reviews:5	idk if this hd sound???? HELP well im planning on buyin th ONKYO HT-RS600 and i dont know if it has HD sound for my blu ray player???? any oneknow andit does have Dolby Pro Logic 2,Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital EX,DTS, DTS-ES, DTS NEO:6,and DTS 92/24 SO PLEASE HELP

08-26-2007, 03:31 PM	#2
mastertang Active Member Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:62 Blu-ray reviews: 3	Regarding HD sound I'm not familiar with exact specs, but you should expect to pay around $500 for an HDsound capable system (just the reciever). What I do know is optical carries 5.1 sound, but not uncompressed PCM. HDMI (or direct player output) is required for PCM sound. I'm not sure what Dolby HD needs. My brother got an HDMI Onkyo reciever (sound processing, unlike some so-called HDMI recievers) for about $500 and it's pretty decent. I would say spend the money on something like that, unless you buy new recievers every other year. Upon further investigation: check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_TrueHD Seems the old optical/coax connector is not sufficient. Look into getting an HDMI sound processing unit. Sub-$500 systems usually switch HDMI, but may not process it. Last edited by mastertang; 08-26-2007 at 08:39 PM.

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