Apr 22, 2010 · Whenever I watch TV, it always shows the audio as PCM on my receiver. I was watching Start Trek blu ray last night which has option of Dolby True HD but it was still showing as PCM on my receiver. I tried going into the menu on the TV to see if there was anything I could change but the option to change from PCM to Dolby was greyed out.

Jan 17, 2022 · Multichannel PCM is better than Dolby because it is uncompressed and Dolby is based on multichannel PCM. This is a wired observation, I have been watching Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 content in Multichannel PCM 7.1 and the sound mix seems so much quieter, and also the sound mix such as voices seem to be placed behind everything else like they have ...

Sep 26, 2009 · amp says "pcm 48khz", same as when playing a blu ray with hd audio. all speaker lights plus lfe are lit. No prologic enabled either. basically if ps3 is set to output lpcm over hdmi, and set to output 5.1ch, it will decode dd / dts / true hd / …

Mar 11, 2021 · 3. Always output in PCM The soundbar supported ATMOS - so if I select option 1 - then i can see a ATMOS (or other depending on source format) received at speaker. If i select PCM I see LPCM at speaker. I logged case with both Sony and B&O and both seem to suggest PCM is the best option which surprised me.

Apr 9, 2008 · From what I've read PCM is the correct option for Xbox games due to the way the audio engine works, MS have to inject system audio (UI sounds, chat etc) into the audio stream, this is much easier to do with PCM than it is with proprietary formats like Dolby Atmos & can cause a variety of problems.

Jan 4, 2011 · When you run the ps3 it comes up on the display as 5:1 and sounds wicked, but when i run the sky hd it just says "PCM fs : 48Khz" on the display of the reciever. It actually still sounds really good but i dont think its in true 5:1. Can anyone explain what the pcm thing means to be please, im not great at this kind of stuff.

Feb 10, 2025 · WAV and AIFF are arguably the most popular uncompressed audio file formats, both based on PCM (Pulse Code Modulation), which is widely recognised as the most straightforward audio storage mechanism in the digital domain. Both WAV and AIFF files use similar technology, but store data in slightly different ways.

Nov 5, 2024 · The PMC Prodigy 1 standmounters we have here make up a two-strong range alongside the Prodigy 5 floorstanders, together opening up PMC speakers to a wider audience looking for compact loudspeakers for small-to-medium-sized rooms below the £2000 / $2000 / …

Oct 29, 2020 · There is much better support for weird channel mappings in the bitstreams too. Alot of sources output 4 channel PCM as FlFrSblSbr which has poor support but quad or 4.0 support in DTS HD is universal. Dolby offer correct mappings for old Dolby 70mm sound ( Fl,Fr,C,Mono Surround) which is unsupported by multichannel PCM too.

May 7, 2012 · PCM PCM is practically never used these days, DTS-HD is the most commonly used format and will be automatically selected as the default when present, but TrueHD requires that you select it or you'd end up with SD Dolby Digital instead. No one knows why TrueHD encoded titles don't have the HD audio flagged as default?