just bought toshiba A35 at J&R music world for 250.00. dolby thruehd is awesome! must get something w/dts-ma. thanks guys! oh, and it plays my dvd-audio discs! oh joy!
Blu-ray / SACD and HD DVD / DVD Audio support
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yes! in glorious multichannel-played donald fagens "the nightfly"-sounded great 
The HD DVD players do not support DVD Audio. All DVD Audio discs include a DD and/or DTS SD audio track - that's what you heard. ALL DVD players can play those tracks, nothing special required...
true that; but it played neil youngs "harvest in dts 96/24 surround, but on further reflection, yes the other discs WERE in dd 5.1 or dts 5.1. my oppo 981 plays the advanced res track. haven't gone thru the rest to see if neil is the only disc that will play in hi-res, but i suspect it is.
Granted but DTS is a lossy codec so it would not qualify as HD audio. Great audio, better than DD, better than generic DTS but still not the real McCoy.
As far as I know DVD-A only plays on most universal players, not high def players. Sure, HD and Blu Ray can play music at better codecs, but music (except for concerts) have not been released on either HD or Blu Ray yet. The least expensive quality universal player is one of the OPPO players. I like both the OPPO DV-980 and the OPPO DV-981. These players playback almost all formats that aren't HD or Blu Ray.
Go to OPPO website.
Greg
Go to OPPO website.
Greg
agreed. i own the 981 and the ability to play both hi res formats is great. the 981 is not the last word in resolution, but my Patricia Barber sacd sounds great, and Santana's ABRAXAS sounds better on the oppo than on the ps3!
Kato-
The OPPO should play SACD discs and DVD-A better than the PS3. PS3 doesn't play those formats. The PS3 plays DVD's and Blu Ray. And it probably only does a good job on Blu Ray.
Greg
The OPPO should play SACD discs and DVD-A better than the PS3. PS3 doesn't play those formats. The PS3 plays DVD's and Blu Ray. And it probably only does a good job on Blu Ray.
Greg
the ps3 does play SACD in stereo and multichannel via hdmi-ask herbie hancock's "chameleon",Chris Botti's "night sessions", or any of the Stones discs released a few yrs ago by Abco. if sony enabled a gaming device to play blu-ray, why wouldn't it enable a hi-res audio format that they also developed/support.
Kato--
Sony's PS3 doesn't have the analogue outputs to play full SACD. Also, its HDMI output doesn't have the coding for full SACD. So whatever you are hearing, it isn't full bandwidth SACD.
Greg
Sony's PS3 doesn't have the analogue outputs to play full SACD. Also, its HDMI output doesn't have the coding for full SACD. So whatever you are hearing, it isn't full bandwidth SACD.
Greg
I can't find anything that says the PS3 supports SACD just like with the Toshiba HD DVD players and DVD Audio.
I'm pretty sure HD DVD does not. But I think you're asking if any of the HiDef players support DVD Audio and if you are, there's one BluRay player that does, the Panasonic BD10ak. It's the first BluRay that Panasonic put out and the only one of the 3 announced (Bd10, 30 & 50) that will do this - also comes with 7.1 analog outs - the BD30 and BD50 come with 5.1. It does not do SACD.
Yes it does but it performs poorly in other areas...
Panasonic DMP-BD10A Blu-ray and SD DVD player
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/reviews/200 ... player.php
Panasonic DMP-BD10A Blu-ray and SD DVD player
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/reviews/200 ... player.php
The Toshiba A35 may somehow play your DVD-A discs, but I assure you you it doesn't decode DVD-A format. If it is truly playing it back you are undoubtedly hearing it played as a standard DVD. I'm not saying that is bad, but it isn't as good as playback on an OPPO 980 or 981, which does recognize that format and decode it fully.
Greg
Greg
I can't find anything that says the PS3 supports SACD just like with the Toshiba HD DVD players and DVD Audio.
Richard, the 20 and 60GB older (read: more expensive) models support SACD playback and PS2 compatibility whereas the newer (read: cheaper) $399 40GB model does not. All PS3 models now feature DivX and WMV playback as well as Blu-Ray profile 1.1 (Bonus View) playback. Ironically, Sony's more expensive standalone Blu-Ray players do not support SACD playback. As stated, the Panasonic BD-10AK features DVD-A playback in addition to DVD, CD and Blu-ray.
The Toshiba HD DVD players playback CD's, DVD's and HD-DVD's. They don't play DivX, , DIVX, Xvid, WMV, Quicktime, MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, DVD-A, SACD or Blu-Ray.
Richard, the 20 and 60GB older (read: more expensive) models support SACD playback and PS2 compatibility whereas the newer (read: cheaper) $399 40GB model does not. All PS3 models now feature DivX and WMV playback as well as Blu-Ray profile 1.1 (Bonus View) playback. Ironically, Sony's more expensive standalone Blu-Ray players do not support SACD playback. As stated, the Panasonic BD-10AK features DVD-A playback in addition to DVD, CD and Blu-ray.
The Toshiba HD DVD players playback CD's, DVD's and HD-DVD's. They don't play DivX, , DIVX, Xvid, WMV, Quicktime, MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, DVD-A, SACD or Blu-Ray.
the 20 and 60GB older (read: more expensive) models support SACD playback and PS2 compatibility
Really... That's what I have...
Yep, the current PS3 manual doesn't say a thing but as you note that must reflect the recent version only.
i have the 80gb model-it plays SACD, and displays whether stereo or multchannel in sixaxxis menu.
This link just came up from another thread at the site and appears to be well maintained with informative stuff.
http://www.ps3sacd.com/index.html
http://www.ps3sacd.com/index.html
thanks-seems to confirm what i already knew; plus that big sacd logo on the safety and support manual was hard to miss!!
also the setup manual states"mulit ch content from sacd can only be output from the hdmi out connector."
Dear Richard,
I have heard this before. I read that one had to hook-up each speaker individually with RCA jacks and unplug any hdmi connections and then you should be able to listen to true analog DVD-Audio tracks.
Do you know if this is true?
And How about Blu-rays with SD-DVDoor DVD- Audio.
The HD DVD players do not support DVD Audio. All DVD Audio discs include a DD and/or DTS SD audio track - that's what you heard. ALL DVD players can play those tracks, nothing special required...
fpnovak
I have heard this before. I read that one had to hook-up each speaker individually with RCA jacks and unplug any hdmi connections and then you should be able to listen to true analog DVD-Audio tracks.
Do you know if this is true?
And How about Blu-rays with SD-DVDoor DVD- Audio.
The HD DVD players do not support DVD Audio. All DVD Audio discs include a DD and/or DTS SD audio track - that's what you heard. ALL DVD players can play those tracks, nothing special required...
fpnovak
Mr. Novak--
Hd players and Blu Ray players do not have the decoding chipsets for playing DVD-A. You will need one of the OPPO players and if you have a considerable library of SD DVD's get the new OPPO DV-983HD @ $399, which has the best chipsets and circuitry for playing SD DVD's and it also p-lays SACD's and DVD-A's. Obviously there are other universal SD players that play SACD and DVD-A, but the OPPO players are the best at their price and the top of the line DV-983HD is the best regardless of priice.
Greg
Hd players and Blu Ray players do not have the decoding chipsets for playing DVD-A. You will need one of the OPPO players and if you have a considerable library of SD DVD's get the new OPPO DV-983HD @ $399, which has the best chipsets and circuitry for playing SD DVD's and it also p-lays SACD's and DVD-A's. Obviously there are other universal SD players that play SACD and DVD-A, but the OPPO players are the best at their price and the top of the line DV-983HD is the best regardless of priice.
Greg
fpnovak, not sure what you are referring to but Greg is correct. Neither of these products support DVD-Audio codecs. All support the SD video and audio that naturally comes with all DVD Audio discs and since it works, you get sound, is often times interpreted as being DVD Audio when it is not.
Thank you all for the information that the Blu-Ray & HD-DVD playerdo not contain the codecs required to play the DVD-Audio discs.
-fpnovak
-fpnovak
My 60 GB PS3 has been updated to v. 2.30 and is connected to my Yamaha HTR-6090 via HDMI. I believe that I have selected all relevant audio options in the PS3 set up menu, with BDs playing flawlessly in all supported codecs. However, I fail to get ANY sound from either CDs or SACDs, although the PS3 indicates that the discs are playing (showing track and elapsed time). Although this is no big thing, as I continue to use a Denon universal DVD player for CDs, SACDs (6 channel analog outs) and SD DVDs (at 480i out which is ultimately upconverted to 1080p via a DVDO VP50), I would like to understand the reason for this apparent lack of support for CD/SACD on the part of the PS3/HDMI. Thanks for any help that can be provided.
Hi everyone. I don't know if this has been mentioned but for SACD on the PS3 you need to make some changes in Setup. In "Settings" you need to go to "System Settings" "Disc Auto Start" and turn off. Then when you put in a disc you will be given the choice of Multi Channel Super Audio, Two Channel Super Audio, or Audio CD. This way you can select the layer you want and you will know what you are hearing. Connect using HDMI and use PCM for the best audio on the DVD's DD HD and DTS HD Maser Audio with the latest software update. Great Listening!