2015-08-20, 01:43
(2015-08-20, 01:30)Milhouse Wrote:(2015-08-20, 00:44)noggin Wrote: But did he say you couldn't hear the difference between 5.1 and 7.1? You only get 7.1 with HD Audio set-ups, with DD/DTS legacy stuff limited to 5.1 (or 6.1 with a DTS ES track?)
No, you're right - he was specifically referring to 5.1 TrueHD and 5.1 AC-3.
Suspect he must have been talking about high bitrate AC-3 as well. You can definitely hear the bitrate difference between 384k and 640k AC-3... (And 256k AC-3 5.1 sounds... err... interesting...)