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I have another question for all you PS3 owners...
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTheMadMartian
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How did you connect your PS3 to your A/V Receiver?  Did you connect from your TV to your receiver or did you use the Digital (optical) connection?

Thanks again.
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At this point i've got an HDMI cable to my TV and an optical cable to my reciever. This means however you can not listen to all soundformats and sometimes the sound is downscaled to a PCM 2.0 track.

To prevent this go to Settings>BR/DVD Settings>BD Audio Output Format (optical Digital) and change the setting to Bitstream.

I want to but a new reciever though with HDMI support so i can have a PS3 connected to my reciever (via HDMI) and my reciever to my TV (again using HDMI).

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I have my PS3 wired by HDMI directly to my receiver (Onkyo 605)
Awesome audio and picture quality
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I have my PS3 wired by HDMI directly to my receiver (Onkyo 605)
Awesome audio and picture quality


My Onkyo is pre-HDMI.  The only digital inputs are Coax or Optical.  I guess I will go with Optical until I can upgrade the receiver.
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Optical here as well...
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As with Unicus, my DS989 is pre-HDMI.  Sadly, not something they can add with a firmware update. 
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How did you connect your PS3 to your A/V Receiver?  Did you connect from your TV to your receiver or did you use the Digital (optical) connection?

I am using optical connector to connect to my receiver (also pre-HDMI).

The optical will only give you 5.1 (and not the TrueHD stuff etc.), but for the time being it's god enough for me until I care to spend more money to upgrade the audio system.
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How did you connect your PS3 to your A/V Receiver?  Did you connect from your TV to your receiver or did you use the Digital (optical) connection?

I am using optical connector to connect to my receiver (also pre-HDMI).

The optical will only give you 5.1 (and not the TrueHD stuff etc.), but for the time being it's god enough for me until I care to spend more money to upgrade the audio system.


My amp is 6.1 - does this mean that even if I send as bitstream I would be downgraded to 5.1 if I have an optical connection?
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My amp is 6.1 - does this mean that even if I send as bitstream I would be downgraded to 5.1 if I have an optical connection?

I am no expert, but that is how I understood all the thig I have read.

It is, however, apparently still recommended to select bitstream as output.

I think the search term to be used in Google is "TOSLINK"... That one gave me the best results when investigating this.
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My amp is 6.1 - does this mean that even if I send as bitstream I would be downgraded to 5.1 if I have an optical connection?

Check out this article from PC World Magazine. For the information you are looking for is under Audio and Display Output. I found this article to very helpful.
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My amp is 6.1 - does this mean that even if I send as bitstream I would be downgraded to 5.1 if I have an optical connection?

Check out this article from PC World Magazine. For the information you are looking for is under Audio and Display Output. I found this article to very helpful.

thanks thats very useful.
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My amp is 6.1 - does this mean that even if I send as bitstream I would be downgraded to 5.1 if I have an optical connection?

Check out this article from PC World Magazine. For the information you are looking for is under Audio and Display Output. I found this article to very helpful.

thanks thats very useful.

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How did you connect your PS3 to your A/V Receiver?  Did you connect from your TV to your receiver or did you use the Digital (optical) connection?


Initially I had a RGB output from the special output to the RGB-in of my Sharp TV. Both HDMI ports on the TV were already occupied by other equipment: the region-free upscaling DVD player and the HD-DVD player. The image on screen was fabulous already though upper limit was 1080i. Audio was via the optical out to my pre-HDMI Sony 5.1 receiver (similar to the equipment connected via optical or coax spdif). This allowed for anything like DD5.1 or DTS 5.1.

Since a weeks I have a Denon receiver that accepts 4 HDMI inputs and still other video-ins, like from the cable decoder. It also accepts the HD audio formats. It cleaned up a lot of cables running to the TV. The PS3 is now HDMI-only connected to the receiver. This now allows 1080p from the PS3.

Apart from the technical plusses of this set-up it greatly simplifies controlling the hardware by technofobe guests!
Eric

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Neither my PS3 nor my HD DVD will upscale standard DVDs if I am not using a HDMI cable.  It will definately be woth the money to get a HDMI receiver if your monitor has a HDCP compliant DVI or HDMI port for video on it.
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Neither my PS3 nor my HD DVD will upscale standard DVDs if I am not using a HDMI cable.  It will definately be woth the money to get a HDMI receiver if your monitor has a HDCP compliant DVI or HDMI port for video on it.


My TV has 2 HDMI inputs.  My receiver, however, has none.  I have HDMI video going to my TV and optical, for audio, going to my audio receiver.
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Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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Neither my PS3 nor my HD DVD will upscale standard DVDs if I am not using a HDMI cable.  It will definately be woth the money to get a HDMI receiver if your monitor has a HDCP compliant DVI or HDMI port for video on it.


My TV has 2 HDMI inputs.  My receiver, however, has none.  I have HDMI video going to my TV and optical, for audio, going to my audio receiver.


That is how I am doing it right now.
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