What kind of audio can the PS3 do?

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Originally Posted by vick vega

I think I might be confused on what these new audio formats do. I thought they would still be 5.1 or 6.0 with just higher bit rates to improve sound quailty? Or are the new formats adding more channels?

So the PS3 will be able to decode the new audio formats and send them as PCM over 6ch. analog or hdmi I'm confused about this part of the PS3 and the BDP-S1. Can someone clarify?

DTS ES, which is the current codec you can get with DVD, can deliver 6.1 discrete channels at 1.5Mbps. Dolby Digital EX, as on DVD, can deliver 6.1 matrixed channels at 640kbps. Both bitstreams can be used through the optical digital out.

The new codecs can deliver anything from 5.1 to 7.1 channels, from lossy to lossless, from 16-bit/48kHz to 24-bit/192kHz.

PS3 can decode TrueHD out of the box but the LPCM decoded signal will be delivered through HDMI only as there are no analog outs. So to get the higher resolution audio, you must use HDMI.


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