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In Reply to: My Panasonic F61A reads "PCM-dwnsmple" when playing DVD-As. posted by Duilawyer on April 17, 2004 at 13:59:41:
Your player is downsampling the hi-res audio (down to 48/16) for the SP/DIF port only. The digital audio going to the DACs is still hi-res, so you are hearing hi-res from your analog ports.The digital is downsampled because of a flag set on the disc by the content owners so that hi-res audio (1) doesn't go out of an unsecure digital port, (2) conforms to the IEC 958 spec for bandwidth.
Newer DVDA players will support 1394 (Firewire) digital outputs to appropriate receivers.
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I had trouble with some answers, too high tech. Yours I followed. :-)
SPDIF (IEC 958) supports 24/48 output. there is no limitation for 16 bit only.
I only use the analog outs (2 only), so I guess I am getting the "good stuff".
The "good stuff" is the DVD-F85. Killer redbook, 6 analog out +2 stereo out.
Which includes HDCD. "Killer" redbook? All I'll say is I was quite surprised at what I heard for the price right out of the box!
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