Weak Uncompressed 5.1. Why? - Blu-ray Forum

GreenMotion · 09-08-2007, 12:28 AM

You cannot get PCM 5.1 (or PCM 7.1 for that matter) out of an optical connection.

Marcusarilius · 09-08-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMotion

You cannot get PCM 5.1 (or PCM 7.1 for that matter) out of an optical connection.

Please pardon my ignorance, but how does one get PCM if not thru optical? Thanks, Mark

Brain Sturgeon · 09-08-2007, 01:37 AM

You can play multichannel PCM out of Blu-ray players via either HDMI or the 5.1/7.1 analogue outputs.

Neither optical (TOSLINK) or coaxial S/PDIF have the bandwidth to handle anything more than two channel 24/192 audio. These formats can, of course, also pass DD and DTS bitstreams.

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09-08-2007, 12:28 AM	#1
GreenMotion Special Member Member since:Apr 2007 4K collection:82 Blu-ray collection:1064 Trading Score:10	You cannot get PCM 5.1 (or PCM 7.1 for that matter) out of an optical connection.

09-08-2007, 01:37 AM	#3
Brain Sturgeon Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:39	You can play multichannel PCM out of Blu-ray players via either HDMI or the 5.1/7.1 analogue outputs. Neither optical (TOSLINK) or coaxial S/PDIF have the bandwidth to handle anything more than two channel 24/192 audio. These formats can, of course, also pass DD and DTS bitstreams.

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