In Reply to: I didn't think much about the LG BH100 either but it's grown on me.... posted by oscar on December 6, 2007 at 19:06:48:
>>I'll seriously consider replacing/supplanting it with a player which can internally decode DTS HD MA for the 5.1 analog outputs<<
Although Samsung says that DTS-HD is one of the decoded formats, it sure doesn't say anything about DTS-HD Master Audio.
Pure speculation on my part, but I'd be willing to bet that its DTS-HD decode capability is confined to "core" (IOW, it's really just doing garden-variety DTS decoding).
I think it's going to be quite a while before we see any players that can do internal decoding of anything other than DTS core. It's too bad, because I've got a brand-new concert HD DVD with a DTS-HD soundtrack sitting next to me. Oh well.
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Follow Ups
- I don't think the new Samsung is the player for you... - racerguy 19:22:46 12/06/07 (7)
- That "DTS HD" logo is pretty misleading; when I got the LG originally.... - oscar 19:27:49 12/06/07 (6)
- You've got that right - racerguy 19:38:47 12/06/07 (5)
- I've got a friend who swears his Halcro pre/pro upgrade supports DTS HD MA. - oscar 19:42:02 12/06/07 (4)
- Your friend is wrong, it seems - racerguy 19:52:47 12/06/07 (3)
- My (aborted) pre/pro upgrade also would have re-digitized my MC SACD analogs... - oscar 19:58:37 12/06/07 (2)
- I've seriously considered a multichannel analog pream - racerguy 20:47:02 12/06/07 (1)
- I still use a Proceed AVP to do the DD/DTS, then feed it's output through the Meitner... - oscar 04:53:23 12/07/07 (0)