Nielsen VideoScan for week ended March 11

[phloyd]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

They can't decode it for TrueHD. How about DD+?

They have to be able to decode it from somewhere right? otherwise it is false advertising?

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by phloyd

They have to be able to decode it from somewhere right? otherwise it is false advertising?

It's a FORMAT ad, not a player ad. The FORMAT defines 7.1 support, and the codecs support 7.1.

The Blu-ray ads (and promos) also promote 7.1. Of course, we can be pretty sure every BD player would handle 7.1 LPCM.

The HD DVD camp always play up what current BD players don't do as a format issue, and conveniently ignore what the current HD DVD players don't do.

Gary

[shamus]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

It's a FORMAT ad, not a player ad. The FORMAT defines 7.1 support, and the codecs support 7.1.

The Blu-ray ads (and promos) also promote 7.1. Of course, we can be pretty sure every BD player would handle 7.1 LPCM.

The HD DVD camp always play up what current BD players don't do as a format issue, and conveniently ignore what the current HD DVD players don't do.

Gary

I dont think Samsung handles over 5.1 PCM.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by shamus

I dont think Samsung handles over 5.1 PCM.

I would have thought it would amount to transfering the 7.1 LPCM audio stream from the disc into the output HDMI stream.

Do they ignore two channels, or would it mess up if they were there?

Gary

[phloyd]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

The Blu-ray ads (and promos) also promote 7.1.

They can list titles that actually have 6 or 7 channels though... cos there are some!

And the Panasonic at least supports 7.1 with analogue outs.

It is there and real