Uncompressed PCM... huh?!

[Theo Cupier]

Originally Posted by MacDaddyOJack

Yes, you can use the analog outputs if your player has them. The best way to go with older recievers IMO. The ONLY way to go if your reciever does not have an HDMI input.

I've got an older receiver that lacks HDMI (or support for HD audio formats). So i need the BD player to send the audio via analog to the receiver.

I'm familiar with the idea of the player converting something like TrueHD or DD+ (or even DTS-MA) onboard and sending it to the receiver, but is an uncompressed PCM track different?

I'm coming to this from HD DVD, so is this a Bluray only feature, or just something else being described in a different way?

[paulfromtulsa]

so if i have a hdmi 1.3 receiver and panasonic dmp30 if i want to use the uncompressed option on the disc do i need to change the option on my player to pcm from bitstream or can i just leave it on bitstream?

[supersix4]

for my bedroom since I dont need 7.1 or anything like that I just use pcm from the ps3 to the tv and man it sounds so much better than old 5.1.. I would say if you have a tv that supports it just run it through the tv if your in a middle to small sized room like I am.

[J6P]

Originally Posted by Theo Cupier

I've got an older receiver that lacks HDMI (or support for HD audio formats). So i need the BD player to send the audio via analog to the receiver.

I'm familiar with the idea of the player converting something like TrueHD or DD+ (or even DTS-MA) onboard and sending it to the receiver, but is an uncompressed PCM track different?

I'm coming to this from HD DVD, so is this a Bluray only feature, or just something else being described in a different way?

Nope, they are exactly the same (decoded TrueHD/DTS HD MA vs. uncompressed PCM). When the player decodes the TrueHD track, it is decoding it to uncompressed PCM and passing it along to the receiver. An uncompressed PCM track on disc is effectively the same end product; it's just a PCM track that hasn't undergone a compression/decompression process.