BD player with 5.1 PCM out via analogue?

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

yeah the PS3 decodes DD true HD and DTS HD into PCM 5.1, but in order to effectively communicate that to your Yamaha, I believe you need an HDMI connection from the PS3 to the Yamaha, as optical cable can't support PCM. So if you're Yamaha doesn't have HDMI input then you'll probably need an HDMI receiver, like the Onkyo 605

The Onkyo would be a definate down grade from the OP's original amp. To the OP: You will have to wait for the Panny BD50 or you can get the Samsung 1500 and wait for the firmware update for DTS-HD Master support - both of these have analog outs. The other way would be building a HTPC and getting the Xonar HDAV 1.3 audio card (July) with the daughter card for analog out (you could do analog out from you onboard sound card but it will be downsampled to 48 bit /16 khz, but hey - they put Narnia out like that . Currently these are all of the solutions I know of.