Too bad there is no PC hardware that can output TrueHD or DTS-HD over a digital connection. The only only way to do it is over HDMI, and all of the current HDMI solutions only output 5.1 PCM. Hopefully there will soon be a high-bandwidth HDMI audio interface to take advantage of this.
G35 and (soon) G45 Intel mobos are working for some people to output high res audio over the onboard HDMI.
Better solutions have been announced by nVidia (8200 and 8300 mobo chipsets) with hardware accellerated video and full hig res audio off their HDMI port.
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Too bad there is no PC hardware that can output TrueHD or DTS-HD over a digital connection. The only only way to do it is over HDMI, and all of the current HDMI solutions only output 5.1 PCM. Hopefully there will soon be a high-bandwidth HDMI audio interface to take advantage of this.
True, but you can use a audio card with 6-channel out to connect to just about any AV/R. Or at least in theory, we couldn't get it to work.
G35 and (soon) G45 Intel mobos are working for some people to output high res audio over the onboard HDMI.
Better solutions have been announced by nVidia (8200 and 8300 mobo chipsets) with hardware accellerated video and full hig res audio off their HDMI port.
I read that Asus is due to release a card that takes a video only HDMI in and overlays the HD audio to output a single HDMI with sound and video.
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The Asus Xonar Cards make no mention of supporting Dolby True HD or DTS HD. They just pass 5.1 PCM data the way current SPDIF / Optical digital ports do:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/asus-shows-off-hdmi-equipped-xonar-dx-and-xonar-av1-sound-cards/