dts-hd

[Giggity]

"Your older receiver will play back DTS-HD material with DTS surround audio at twice the data rate of other DVD video surround formats. Meaning? You get immediate compatibility and a boost in quality"

-dts website

anything that backs this up?

[umainebearman]

Thats true if your BR player is decoding the stream. I receiver does not decode DD HD or dts HD MA but the ps3 does and I can definitely tell the difference between regular DD and DTS and there HD counterparts.

[Giggity]

so with the 5.1 channel from the Blue Ray player out to my receiver and component to my 55"
for video is it worth getting for both sound and video?

[umainebearman]

I don't know about components. I use hdmi to the receiver and then to the tv. I am quite sure you'll see a HUGE picture quality difference and will be able to tell your listening to an HD audio stream.

[Giggity]

yeah I've been told I can get 1080i with component which is all my TV can receive anyway.

But I might actually be more excited about the sound quality.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Giggity

"Your older receiver will play back DTS-HD material with DTS surround audio at twice the data rate of other DVD video surround formats. Meaning? You get immediate compatibility and a boost in quality"

-dts website

anything that backs this up?

Well 1.5mbps is twice the norm of data when compared to DVDs & yes the quality does have a boost to it. While both can have the same db output in your HT by bitsteaming dts, this by no means makes it clearer sounding than dts-HD.

dts-HDHR & dts-HDMA push the limits as well but these are not night & day differences from dts-HD but are worlds ahead of standard dts.