Is PCM better than Dolby Digital?

[Petra_Kalbrain]

HUGE DIFFERENCE!!! If setup in the proper way, it is a comparison about how much natural light is available during the night and the day.

[SDon1969]

Originally Posted by teemacone

I have to say that the DTS MA, which I know only comes out at legacy DTS, sounds awesome.

Wish I could hear it (PS3 owner)! I hope that someday the PS3 will let me check out DTS HD-MA (a lot of my BDs use this, and I love PCM and True HD), if all the rumors about a firmware update are bunk then I'll have to start thinking about a dedicated player...

[Stiny-Ray2]

Does a Bear $h!t in the woods?

[tommystinson]

Originally Posted by rarredoa

Well I am not aware of any stand-alone blu-ray players with 7.1 analog outputs, with the exception of the new top-of-the-line Denon player, but adequate PC setups DO provide 7.1 analog outputs. There are several sound cards with this capability as well as some motherboards.

I think crackinhedz comments may have been missed here. I just received the Panasonic DMP BD10A for my birthday and it does have 7.1 (8 channel) analog output, the reason I chose (begged for) it over a PS3 to use with my previous generation Yamaha receiver. Still need the PS3 though...

[TheTenth]

the real question is "will everyone hear the difference"?

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by TheTenth

the real question is "will everyone hear the difference"?

well i would think so i mean the quality of PCM, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS HD-Master audio is made in higher quality then just plain old dolby digital but people claim to not hear the difference well i think they don't have very good speakers if they say something like that

[markjdye]

Yes. It's exactly the sound the audio engineers hear in their studios. Completely uncompressed. Smooth and easy on the ears.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Originally Posted by TheTenth

the real question is "will everyone hear the difference"?

If you care anything about audio, the difference between DD and PCM is night and day. I was blown away the first time I heard it on my home setup, I didnt realize that my setup could sound that good.

Edit: I was using 5.1 analogs at the time (before I got the equipment in my sig). Analog outputs is a very important feature, especially to those of you without HDMI.

[tolledesign]

unfortunately with the surround sound system I have right now will not output HDMI audio. For now, I am running an optical digital cord which is the max that it will play. It sounds amazing, but I'm still saving up for a new one It sucks because my surround system is just a year and a half old!

[WinLwin]

Originally Posted by tolledesign

I have just started building my collection of blu-ray discs and was wondering if PCM is the best sound over Dolby Digital 5.1? Please help...

Of course PCM is the best.

[4kDisc7521]

Can someone explain if I should watch 5.1Dolby audio track only such as Workd Trade Center in bitstream (DD 5.1) or PCM 5.1 on my Onkyo 4K receiver from my UB-700 Sony UHD player as well as streaming content from Netflix/Amazon/ VUDU not in Dolby Atmos

[hedliniv]

Pcm 5.1

Originally Posted by 4kdisc7521

can someone explain if i should watch 5.1dolby audio track only such as workd trade center in bitstream (dd 5.1) or pcm 5.1 on my onkyo 4k receiver from my ub-700 sony uhd player as well as streaming content from netflix/amazon/ vudu not in dolby atmos