I AM LEGEND and BITSTREAM using PS3

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by JTHV

What we're saying here is that the PS3 can't produce HD Audio sound? So when I watch a DTS-HD encoded BD on my PS3 via HDMI, the sound quality isn't better than that of PS3 via Optical because it's only getting the DTS-Core anyway. So basically I'm gonna need to purchase a standalone BD player later when they're released in Profile 2.0 and are fully HDMI 1.3 compatible with both DD TrueHD and DTS-HD? Grrrreat...

I bought a second PS3 to go in my Theatre Room because I was under the impression that it was "Future Proof" but now I find that it doesn't yet have HD Audio...what a joke! I knew somehow fitting a $400 BD/Game player with a $13k Home Theatre Room was going to be problematic and I was right.

The PS3 internally decodes TrueHD and sends it to the receiver as PCM. The PS3 is not currently incapable of doing the same with DTS-HD, but it has been officially confirmed that an upcoming update will do so.

I may be incorrect, but I don't believe PCM, TrueHD or DTS-HD can pass over optical connections at all (except as 2.0) for content protection reasons.