hi-def sound

[admin_exported]

hi im still struggling to try and work out how it all works. after spending even more money on new hdmi cables i still cant get the new sound format from the onkyo 605 am i missing something out???? samsung 50" 1080i tv onkyo 605,toshiba ep30 hi-def player,samsung blue-ray player amp connected to tv via hdmi and both dvd players connected to amp via hdmi the hdmi cables are v1.3 1080p cables and i still cant get the wee light telling me that im listening to true hi-def sounds pleze,pleze can any-body out there help me set this up from scratch or if i need more cables

 

[Anonymous]

what is the display on your onkyo saying when you play either bluray or hd disc?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Toshiba EP30 won't output true HD sound - for that you need to have bought the EP35 - and IIRC neither does the Samsung. Instead you get Linear PCM or 5.1-channel analogue output, either of which the Onkyo can handle and give you excellent HD sound.

 

[Anonymous]

thanxs for the info

checking the spec of the samsung bd-p1400 it says that it has all the hi-def decoders on board so should the onkyo decodes these and light up accordingly??? kinda new to all this stuff and if not then i really dont have a hi-def system???(very confused consumer at the mo)

 

[Anonymous]

ti says it is pcm??? the samsung dvd player i have is the bd-p1400 ive checked the spec and it says it has all the hi-def decoders on board so surley the onkyo should decode these??then if not it seems after all the money ive spent i still dont have a hi-def system of sorts?????

thanxs for all the help

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, it decodes them, and then outputs them in Linear PCM or analogue audio. LPCM sounds just as good as a native bitstream of the Dolby/DTS HD soundtrack, all things being equal, and it makes some sense for such soundtracks to be 'unzipped' in the player then output to the receiver, rather than transmitted to the receiver for decoding.