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If I have my player connected by SPDIF optical out (method #1) can I listen to DD+, TrueHD or DTS-HD tracks?

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If I have my player connected by SPDIF optical out (method #1) can I listen to DD+, TrueHD or DTS-HD tracks?

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For DD+ and TrueHD tracks the audio will be transcoded to Dolby Digital @640K or DTS @ 1.5Mbps. This is due to limitation on the SPDIF (optical) connection. You will hear the movie however the sound quality will be reduced. The sound quality is still superior to SD DVD which are generally 448K DD or 768K DTS. No HD DVD player has a decoder for DTS-HD & DTS-HD MA tracks. The DTS-HD format has a DTS “core” which is 5.1 DTS @ 1.5Mbps. The player will extract the “core” and output it via SPDIF. You will not hear the higher quality DTS-HD or lossless DTS-HD MA track.