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Thinking about upgrading...

03-26-2010, 02:30 AM

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BIslander

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Quote:

Originally Posted by volcomsocal

Wait, when you said "On Blu-ray, when you play a lossless track over optical, you get a DD 5.1 output at 640 and DTS at 1509." If I am listening to a lossless track on Blu-ray through optical, wouldn't it ultimately be lossy, because of the fact that I'm using optical and not HDMI?

Yes, both DD 5.1 and DTS are lossy codecs. Blu-ray players are backwards compatible with older equipment and interfaces. Since optical doesn't support lossless, the player sends lossy versions instead. But, they are better lossy versions than you get on DVD.

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