question about Onkyo 804

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by ikcizokm

I've seen a lot of pics of people with other receivers, and when playing a movie it display on the front of their receiver will read something like DTS-MA or True-HD.

I have an Onkyo 804 with a 5.1 setup. Whenever I play a Blu-ray movie via the PS3, I have 2 audio options available that display on the front LED: Direct or Multich(annel).

Is this the way it's supposed to be? Am I missing something? I just want to make sure I'm getting the most out of the receiver.

unfortunately your receiver is a couple of years old now...and does not have Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MASTER decoding abilities.

Thankfully though, it is Multichannel PCM compatible (pg.32 in User Manual shows its 5.1PCM)

Since the PS3 can decode Dolby TrueHD, it is converted back into its original PCM form...and sent as Linear PCM. Which is why you see, and should see "Multichannel" or "Direct" displayed on the front.