What kind of audio can the PS3 do?

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Originally Posted by WriteSimply

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

I think you mean 16-24 bit word length with sampling rates from 48-192kHz.
192/24 is only up to 5.1, 96/24 can be done into 7.1

Originally Posted by vick vega

So is there any way to get the lossless formats out of the stand alone players? If so how? I don't have a reciever that has an hdmi input also. Just another set of analog inputs not being used by my cable box. And an optical input. If so what audio format do I have to set the player(BDP-s1) to to get the new audio formats? LPCM? I'm just not sure how to set the audio on the player to get the sound.

If you're getting the Sony then it can output the PCM, TrueHD and DTS-HD through the analog outs, 5.1 only though.