If u have a blue-ray player that encodes Dolby TrueHD, do u need an A/V reciever that decodes Dolby TrueHD?

Question

Is there a night and day difference with Dolby TrueHD? Is it worth the extra $$$$?

Answer 1

Yes and no.

No if your Blu-Ray has Multi Channel Outputs.

If your Blu-ray player has these outputs you can hook up the player to your Receiver using these RCA jacks on the back of your player.

Yes if your receiver does not have Multi Channel inputs.

If your receiver does not have a set of multi channel inputs and can not decode these two HD format, then yes you will have to buy a new receiver.

No if you not an Audiophile.

Absolutely if your are.

I have install many system and can say YES there is a Night and Day Difference with Dolby TrueHD and HD-DTS.

I would Highly suggest using it in the 7.1 configuration.  And Pay a Real sound tech to adjust the system.

Use one of these two sites to find someone.

I am a THX Level II installer.

HAA (Home Acoustics Alliance) also has Very well trained Techs that can help you out.

http://thx.com/training/find.html

http://www.homeacoustics.net/locator/Fin...

Edit: To run Dolby TrueHD down converted to PCM Would be like having a Corvette in your garage but driving your AMC Pacer to the car show.

You would be better off not buying any HD audio disc at all. It would be a BIG waste of money.

To convert to PCM your system will play back the audio in only two channel mode. Your Dolby Pro-logic (analog) will help it sound like surround but the information in the signal will be greatly compromised.

You will not be lissening to Dobly TrueHD or DTS-HD.

I'm installing a system today. I will be testing it with a Real Time Analyer. I'll make a point to note the different's between TrueHD and PCM. I can tell you this, It wouln't be pretty.

Edit 2: PCM stands for Pulse-code modulation. It's a digital representation of an analog signal. In short. Some digital playback systems (Blu-Ray,DVD Players, Sat receivers,Cable Box,ETC...) can take a multi channel digital signal and translates it into a two channel down converted signal. It's used to allow older systems to decode audio from newer formats.

You just have to remember that the converted signal is a DOWN graded signal.

Answer 2

If the player does the decoding, then it sends it to an HDMI receiver (1.1, 1.2, or 1.3) as PCM and will play it as PCM.

If the player bitstreams it, then you will need an HDMI 1.3 receiver to decode it.

Answer 3

Depends on want you want, if you already have a receiver that has Dolby Digital, that receiver should suffice.

But if you want the latest and greatest receiver with all the whistles and bells that go with it, then you would need Dolby True HD.