Ratatouille, why DD 5.1 sounds better PCM 5.1?

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Ratatouille, why DD 5.1 sounds better PCM 5.1?

01-26-2008, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by jd13

Toslink, aka digital optical, cannot handle next generation sound streams. It sounds loud and cool because your receiver is matrixing a 2.0 channel PCM. You should leave it on bitstream and always choose the legacy, DD 5.1, DTS, DD EX, soundtracks to get the best sound from your movie.

So basically I cannot [functionally] use the uncompressed audio track unless I'm sending the audio via HDMI?

Seems like I'm almost wasting my money on BD since I won't be able to take advantage of the uncompressed audio tracks.

-Matt

Last edited by GotToyota?; 01-26-2008 at 05:13 AM.

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