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Originally Posted by emacs

if the PS3 is configured to send Linear PCM audio through HDMI and you selected the DTS-HD Master Audio track from a Blu-ray disc, the PS3 will only send the DTS core track. it's multi-channel (5.1) with a maximum bitrate of 1.5Mbit/s. Master Audio is also multi-channel (unlimited actually) with maximum bitrate of 24.5Mbit/s on Blu-ray. so, what's the sound difference between 1.5 and 24.5? well, a very crude analogy is to compare the audio quality between a 128kbps MP3 with a 7.8kbps MP3. i'm sure you can tell the difference. admittedly, it's not an entirely accurate analogy although it does give you some sense of the kind of quality DTS-HD Master Audio has over DTS core.

so would sony be able to add DTS HD MA decoding though the ps3 via a firmware update?