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K M players decoding Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master to PCM- could it come with software update?

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iansilv

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Is it possible that the decoding of Dolby True HD and DTS Master to PCM while retaining the full 7.1 channels if they were there originally could come in a software update to the K players?
 
I was told it was a hardware limitation of the processing horsepower available. Apparently rendering the new HD GUI is *very* processor intensive and that chewed up the space for fully decoding the next-gen audio formats. I believe that Malcolm said you wouldn't see this feature until the *next* player release. And, sorry guys! No secret knowledge this time about when that might be.
 
No, they are not software upgradeable.:(


Jim
 
JerryL said:
So who will build us a decoder? Anyone want to explore building one?
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I don't think that you'll ever see an external box that would convert DTS-MA or any of the other lossless formats to LPCM (which is what you'd want with a Meridian or Lexicon processor) and which, by the way, would also require some sort of video recombining if you were using your processor to switch video. I think that I have heard that someone (I don't remember who) makes a box that decodes the lossless formats and converts them into analog audio.
 
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