soundproof: BTW - I hope it says Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx Yes, the latter (IIx).

Why not just get a PS3? Superb multi-format DVD player, plus you can play the odd game, if you desire. It's cheap, too.

Erm, one final thing. I notice in 3:10 that the movie playback Mbp/s goes DOWN when when you select uncompressed PCM as the bandwidth is used to send the audio track (at 6.1 Mbp/s)! Switch back to Dolby Digital and the movie Mbp/s goes back up. Which means that you might see a slight visual deterioration when you choose uncompressed PCM as the bandwidth

Trying 3:10 Yuma now. Still says PCM as input and Dolby Pro Logic as the output, configured for uncompressed PCM 7.1. Sadly you have to stop/pause this film to switch tracks, whereas Batman Begins does it 'on the fly'. BTW, people who aren't commenting on this thread must think we're freaks. I can hear Peter chuckling in the background

Razlaw: On our BV7, when the Sony Blu-Ray is set to output PCM the BV7-Sound-Sound System options shows Multichannel PCM for both input and output. That's weird. The Sony PS3 is supposed to be the best Blu-ray player on the market (in terms of supported formats) and, as it can be updated via the Internet (just put the latest firmware on this morning

Oh the BS3 definitely supports uncompressed PCM, for sure. Also, that should be better than the basic Dolby Digital. However, uncompressed PCM isn't True HD, so you need to get yourself a True HD Blu-ray. Another thing though, reading through those docs you posted, it seems that we WON'T get support for DTS-HD as that does require both HDMI

No, it's not just a volume issue, there is a difference between Dolby Digital and True HD. It's much more dynamic. Still, no idea if that's full HD though. I don't think I'll ever know for sure. I just now the sound is more dynamic. You hear sounds you don't hear in the Dolby Digital track. One thing I saw is that in the BV7

One thing I was thinking was this: perhaps the BS3 in the BV9 and BV7-40 MKIII contains an upgraded chipset which supports (or part supports) True HD? This would be a reason why B&O say it isn't supported, as older standalone BS3's - where the user paid over £5K for the priviledge of ownership - would demand an upgrade? Older BS3 owners

Interesting. Just tested Batman Begins with True HD turned on using the PS3. It says 'Dolby TrueHD 5.1Ch. 48kHz 2.7 Mbps VC-1 14.2 Mbps' in the pop-up display. If I switch back to Dolby 5.1, it says: 'Dolby Digital 5.1Ch. 48kHz 640Kbps VC-1 14.4 Mbps' Erm, and the sound is much more defined using True HD over Dolby Digital, playing the

Razlaw, let's concentrate on the BS3 and get some hard facts. One thing I did read though was if your Blu-ray player can show the current "audio bitrate that would indicate which track is being decoded. DTS-HD HR is variable but should have bitrate >1.5Mbps and peaks much hihger. DTS "legacy" will be a flat 1.5Mbps CBR (constant