PS3 Slim DOES Bitstream HD Audio!

[RBBrittain]

PS3 Slim DOES Bitstream HD Audio!

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/200...firmware_3_00/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10314795-1.html

One feature was previously announced: compatibility with Sony's Bravia Link technology. When enabled, this allows your PS3 to interact with certain Bravia televisions and be controlled by the television's remote.

But there's another added feature exclusively for PS3 slim owners. The new model will allow for Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio bit stream output.

Both of these features are achieved at the hardware level, Sony says, explaining why current model owners are out of luck.

ORIGINAL POST:

It makes no difference to me (I'm on the other side--PCM 5.1/7.1 is really the same thing), but some folks prefer bitstreaming Dolby TrueHD & DTS-HD Master Audio to be decoded by their AV receivers.

It's been said that the PS3 can't bitstream because its hardware was locked in before HDMI 1.3 came out; but the time to fix that is when new hardware comes out...as in the PS3 Slim. It's been announced that the Slim will support Bravia Sync (aka HDMI-CEC), another HDMI 1.3 feature. Does this mean the Slim will bitstream TrueHD & DTS-HD MA over HDMI 1.3 connections as well, or not?