Denon 3808 & PS3 - DTS-MA

[meckel]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

I'm looking at getting a 3808 as well, but i'm not sure my player will bitsteam in order to take advantage of the denon's decoding abilities. I have a sony bdp-s300.

The BDPS300 does not bitsteam DD TrueHD only PCM, and does not decode DTS-HD at all. If you plan on upgrading your player, the Panasonic BD30 will bitstream all audio codecs, also the Sony BDPS350 (coming soon) will bitstream as well and 2.0 ready just add update.

I'm in the same boat as you looking to upgrade to the Sony 5300ES so the receiver will do the decoding but the 300 does not bitstream (or do DTS-HD) thinking of getting the Panny 30 or 50 have not made up my mind yet, may wait for the Sony 550 this fall and see if Panasonic will reprice their players.

[Riff Magnum]

Originally Posted by meckel

The BDPS300 does not bitsteam DD TrueHD only PCM, and does not decode DTS-HD at all. If you plan on upgrading your player, the Panasonic BD30 will bitstream all audio codecs, also the Sony BDPS350 (coming soon) will bitstream as well and 2.0 ready just add update.

I'm in the same boat as you looking to upgrade to the Sony 5300ES so the receiver will do the decoding but the 300 does not bitstream (or do DTS-HD) thinking of getting the Panny 30 or 50 have not made up my mind yet, may wait for the Sony 550 this fall and see if Panasonic will reprice their players.

Cool. Thanks for the info.
So what your saying is if the BD30 comes down in price it would be a good choice to pair up with a high end receiver that does all the decoding/converting? How does the BD30 compare to the PS3 in terms of bitstreaming ability, SQ, PQ, and upscaling? I'm not much of a gamer, so i'm looking for any excuse to avid the PS3, but like the idea that it's "future proof" and fast and all that stuff.