What audio settings on my ps3 should I use when playing blu ray, bitstream or linear pcm?
You want linear PCM, the PS3 only can bitstream stereo signals and not multichannel surround sound. You can also get the new audio features TruHD, DTS-HD and lossless audio which your PS3 will convert to LPCM and transmit to the Denon. Trust me you won’t tell the difference between PCM and higher priced Bluray players than can bitstream multichannel audio, but bitstreaming is a hardware issue and not a audio codec issue, and the PS3 can only handle stereo bitstreaming. PCM all the way. Somebody posted a similar question yesterday (question was resolved) and somebody stated that you can get multichannel bitstream via the PS3 and that information was INCORRECT. The person stated they were getting it and this is an impossibility, Sony has very publicly stated that the PS3 doenst have the hardware to bitstream multichannel audio and has no plans to do so (it would make the cost of the player much more to add the hardware). The person who posted is bitstreaming alright, but what he is getti
