Yeah, looking at the article itself, there appears to be a mismatch. The "Features" list says that the Onkyo bitstreams DTS HD MA (and DD+), whereas Murph's write-up claims it decodes them.
That said, this is a box designed to fit into a rack. You'd generally hook the thing up to a suitable receiver. Sure, you can use an older receiver with a BD player that decodes the newer codecs and sends them via analog, but I have to admit to feeling this kind of thing should stay digital until the very last moment, and requiring it be sent digitally to a receiver isn't a bad thing.
Still, at only $600, and with only the purchase of a suitable HDTV and a $500+ AV Receiver required to make use of it, this truly is evidence that Blu-ray's becoming the popular, affordable, format we all want it to be.
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According to the onkyopro website, it doesn't do any decoding on board, rather it bitstream DD Plus, TrueHD, DTS-MA via HDMI.
And squiggleslash, it really doesn't matter what is decoding the audio, the player or the receiver. If the player decodes, it will output a LPCM stream (up to 7.1) via HDMI which the receiver will see, and understand perfectly fine. (The PS3 decodes and outputs this way) The only downside is no pretty DTS MA light will light up on the receiver, and it will say LPCM 7.1/5/1 or something similar. But you still get the full sound out of it.
Ankur - yeah, I was forgetting that group of receivers that do not decode the newer codecs but can extract audio from HDMI. I was thinking more of the choice between the older receivers whose only digital connection is SPDIF, and the newer ones that do HDMI and decoded the new codecs. Are there that many receivers though in that middle tier?
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Only DTS-HD decoding? No DTS-MA?
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Yeah, looking at the article itself, there appears to be a mismatch. The "Features" list says that the Onkyo bitstreams DTS HD MA (and DD+), whereas Murph's write-up claims it decodes them.
That said, this is a box designed to fit into a rack. You'd generally hook the thing up to a suitable receiver. Sure, you can use an older receiver with a BD player that decodes the newer codecs and sends them via analog, but I have to admit to feeling this kind of thing should stay digital until the very last moment, and requiring it be sent digitally to a receiver isn't a bad thing.
Still, at only $600, and with only the purchase of a suitable HDTV and a $500+ AV Receiver required to make use of it, this truly is evidence that Blu-ray's becoming the popular, affordable, format we all want it to be.
HAHAHAHAHA! Ha ha ha ha ha! *snort* Woohoohoohoohahahaha!
According to the onkyopro website, it doesn't do any decoding on board, rather it bitstream DD Plus, TrueHD, DTS-MA via HDMI.
And squiggleslash, it really doesn't matter what is decoding the audio, the player or the receiver. If the player decodes, it will output a LPCM stream (up to 7.1) via HDMI which the receiver will see, and understand perfectly fine. (The PS3 decodes and outputs this way) The only downside is no pretty DTS MA light will light up on the receiver, and it will say LPCM 7.1/5/1 or something similar. But you still get the full sound out of it.
Ankur - yeah, I was forgetting that group of receivers that do not decode the newer codecs but can extract audio from HDMI. I was thinking more of the choice between the older receivers whose only digital connection is SPDIF, and the newer ones that do HDMI and decoded the new codecs. Are there that many receivers though in that middle tier?