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Having received numerous emails and telephone calls regarding the M500's lack of decoding the HD codecs (DolbyTrueHD and DTS MA) I'm posting to remind people that the M500 will "Bitstream" (pass-through the undecoded audio) to your Receiver or PrePro for processing. Assuming your component is capable of internally decoding the stream (most newer Receivers, and some PrePro's are capable), you will have HD BR audio.
I know most here understand this, but apparently many do not. Those complaining about the lack of internal HD decoding (justifiably) have either older components, or components that for some reason lack the ability to accept/decode a bitstream signal.
Once the signal is decoded, whether that happens inside the Player or inside the Receiver, the result is the same, you will have HD BR audio.
There is nothing "wrong" with the M500's audio. It just would have been more convenient if the Player internally decoded the HD codecs, especially for those (myself included) that own PrePro's/Receiver's that do not have internal HD decoding capability. (I still upgrading my Players to the M-Class!)
Jim
I know most here understand this, but apparently many do not. Those complaining about the lack of internal HD decoding (justifiably) have either older components, or components that for some reason lack the ability to accept/decode a bitstream signal.
Once the signal is decoded, whether that happens inside the Player or inside the Receiver, the result is the same, you will have HD BR audio.
There is nothing "wrong" with the M500's audio. It just would have been more convenient if the Player internally decoded the HD codecs, especially for those (myself included) that own PrePro's/Receiver's that do not have internal HD decoding capability. (I still upgrading my Players to the M-Class!)
Jim