Playstation 3 audio question
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If your receiver does not support HDMI 1.3 switching/processing, you will not be able to take advantage of lossless compressed audio streams (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD) on some Blu-Ray DVDs.
Thx. I went to the store and they suggested PS3 will break down after 2 years if used mainly for Blue Ray movies. Any truth to this?cypherpunk said:By default everything is pushed through HDMI, but you can manually change audio to optical.
Why not get a "true" player if you're paying roughly the same price, and not really buying the console for games.
I don't think so, they're trying to sell you a player because they're harder to move.spino1123 said:Thx. I went to the store and they suggested PS3 will break down after 2 years if used mainly for Blue Ray movies. Any truth to this?
I haven't heard anything like that and it sounds ridiculous. Games should generate much more wear. As far as I know, it's a high quality Japanese product with the usual low failure rate (Sony claims ~0.02%). It hasn't even been out for two years. What store was this? Were they pushing some $999 players?spino1123 said:Thx. I went to the store and they suggested PS3 will break down after 2 years if used mainly for Blue Ray movies. Any truth to this?
EDIT: It should be noted that stores have no incentive to sell you a console as there's no profit in it. All of the profit is in the games and accessories, a less certain and less immediate profit.
If you care about newer Blu Ray features, the PS3 is the only future-proof player so long as you can download firmware updates.The Bandit said:Why not get a "true" player if you're paying roughly the same price, and not really buying the console for games.
yeah it makes sense that they would push the players, since on average they are $100 to $200 more. It was the top electronics retailer that for some reason really likes Sloan.cypherpunk said:I haven't heard anything like that and it sounds ridiculous. Games should generate much more wear. As far as I know, it's a high quality Japanese product with the usual low failure rate (Sony claims ~0.02%). It hasn't even been out for two years. What store was this? Were they pushing some $999 players?
EDIT: It should be noted that stores have no incentive to sell you a console as there's no profit in it. All of the profit is in the games and accessories, a less certain and less immediate profit.
At this moment, I'd say its crap. However, if you look at the PS2's track record then it is possible. My personal experience is that the PS2 laser became less effective over time when used a lot for DVD playback. But the PS2 was always plagued with disc read errors and I don't think the lasers were the best.spino1123 said:Thx. I went to the store and they suggested PS3 will break down after 2 years if used mainly for Blue Ray movies. Any truth to this?
The PS3 has been so efficient right out of the box. There definately is no evidence right now to suggest that the PS3 laser will breakdown if used primarily for Blu-ray play back, but you don't know yet. Its too early to tell.
The breaking down bs is just that bs.
Yes you can run the optical. But you'll get the DVD quality audio.
If you want Lossless audio: LPCM, DTS HD MA or DD TrueHD(The latter two get decoded into PCM anyway) then there's only two ways. 1 is via HDMI which the PS3 has, you'd need a receiver that can send 1080p video through to the t.v. AND use the lossless audio from the HDMI.
OR
You can use Mulitchannel Analog inputs and get the exact same sound, however the PS3 dosn't have these outputs. Most Standalone player's do. So if you Receiver dosn't have HDMI but does have Mulitchannel analog inputs you'll get better sound via buying a good quality standalone that Decodes TrueHD and DTS HD MA before sending it out as LPCM.
PS3 advantages are Fast loading times, and futureproof profile wise as an update is coming for 2.0. it's disadvantage right now, is that like most players it dosn't decode DTS HD MA. It also won't be able to bitstream them, but you'd need a really expensive receiver to bitstream anyway, and whether their's a benefit to that is debatable.
Hope this helps.
Yes you can run the optical. But you'll get the DVD quality audio.
If you want Lossless audio: LPCM, DTS HD MA or DD TrueHD(The latter two get decoded into PCM anyway) then there's only two ways. 1 is via HDMI which the PS3 has, you'd need a receiver that can send 1080p video through to the t.v. AND use the lossless audio from the HDMI.
OR
You can use Mulitchannel Analog inputs and get the exact same sound, however the PS3 dosn't have these outputs. Most Standalone player's do. So if you Receiver dosn't have HDMI but does have Mulitchannel analog inputs you'll get better sound via buying a good quality standalone that Decodes TrueHD and DTS HD MA before sending it out as LPCM.
PS3 advantages are Fast loading times, and futureproof profile wise as an update is coming for 2.0. it's disadvantage right now, is that like most players it dosn't decode DTS HD MA. It also won't be able to bitstream them, but you'd need a really expensive receiver to bitstream anyway, and whether their's a benefit to that is debatable.
Hope this helps.
