PS3 DTS MA & TrueHD Questions

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Originally Posted by rock-ranger

But aside from this I still have the feeling that the PS3 does not fully support TrueHD as it still shows only the core 640k data rate.

If the PS3 is set to output Linear PCM, if a TrueHD track is selected and you push the display button on the PS3 remote, it will show that it is playing a TrueHD track and output it as PCM. The TrueHD track is almost never set as the default track, are you not selecting the TrueHD track?

Originally Posted by rock-ranger

I really like the PS3 as a blu ray player (I don't play games on it!) and I have thought about replacing it with an affordable standalone player like the Samsung 1400, but then you get a machine which does not have the same upscaling quality for standard DVD's and a much slower disc access...

Not to mention consistently late firmware updates. If you're going standalone, the new Panasonic is the only way to go. As far as the upscaling quality, I've heard the Samsungs actually do a pretty good job.