PS3 Slim bitsreams Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA audio, at last

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Without any fanfare or even a passing mention in its official announcement, the upcoming slim PS3 is getting an additional feature, one long requested by those who use the console as a Blu-ray player: it will be capable of bitstreaming DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD to a compatible receiver for it to decode those advanced audio signals. The HDMI chip on previous generations of the PS3 didn't support bitstream output of the new(ish) high def codecs like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA. As such, the PS3 had to decode it internally before sending it over to your receiver via LPCM. A process that could garble the lossless audio depending on your setup(even though very few people would actually notice). This time the original TrueHD and True-HD encoded bit streams can be directly outputted to your receiver of choice.

This has been revealed by Engadget, quoting a story posted on Japanese electronics site AV Watch.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/ps3-slim-bitsreams-dolby-truehd-and-dts-hd-ma-audio-at-last/