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Originally Posted by videoworx
Tell me Ruined, if you can hear the difference between the PCM mix and the DD mix (other than the 5db LFE difference), why did you create multiple threads discussing the lack of difference between lossy and uncompressed audio? Why are there dozens of your posts suggesting that PCM is overkill and/or unnecessary?
It's incredibly contradictory, and you of all people would be able to determine whether this minor LFE issue is worth dumping Blu-Ray for. You already know what you're going to do. The fact that you have to ask members on a forum suggests you're simply taking yet another opportunity to bash Blu-Ray.
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Or, you could have read my original post:
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Originally Posted by My original post
After all, lossless doesn't sound THAT much better than Dolby 640kbps, sometimes not any better. But I think its more of a being treated like crap by the company/principal issue I am dealing with... combined with the fact that this is a $500 player and not a $200 HDAO!
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And lossless w/ -5db LFE is hugely inferior to 640k DD w/ correct LFE, if that is what you are asking. 5db is not subtle especially when we are talking LFE. That is why currently I pick DD instead of PCM with this player. I should not have to do this, though. This is a $500 Panasonic, not a $29 Walmart Sansui special.
Also there are some titles I've run into that do not give a DD option, such as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. With that one I just have to deal with crippled LFE. :/
The fact is, I haven't made up my mind, hence the poll. Its a choice of keeping knowingly defective hardware that I'm not satisfied with whose manufacturer probably won't bother fixing vs. having no player for 3 months - which will also irritate me. It has nothing to do with "dumping Blu-ray," although it is true I will have no Blu-ray player until a suitable one is released in May/June... Overreact much?