Re: Best sound from Blu-Ray

18 Mar 2008 22:47:02 GMT, "jeffc" <jeffc226@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"Kalman Rubinson" <kr4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>news:frkscc0ea@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>In most cases there isn't much choice.  A Blu-Ray might only have Dolby

>>>and
>>>TrueHD.  Or PCM and Dolby.  Is there a benefit to favoring one format
over
>>>another when selecting your equipment, considering you usually can't
have
>>>everything?
>>
>> Why not?
>
>Maybe you can at nosebleed prices for audio components, but anyway I
haven't 
>seen, for example, any Blu-Ray players that do it all.  And you certainly

>can't dictate the formats on your Blu-Ray discs.  And if you want a 
>component that does one thing the best, it often isn't the best at other 
>things.  etc. 

 I see no reason to favor one format over another since one cannot
predict what one will get on a disc and you are right about the
limitations of most BD players today, unless one is spending lots of
money.

However, there are decently priced receivers that will decode all the
HD audio formats.  The Onkyo TX-SR605, for example, sells for under
$400.   

Kal