[krabapple]

There weren't any I could find in 2009. HDMI PCM then was always 2-channel only.


Has the situation changed?

 

[MlNDBOMB]

almost all of them do now, except for certain intel netbooks.

 

[zicoz]

If I'm not mistaken laptops with core ix CPUs can bitstream TrueHD/DTS-HD, and the same goes for laptops with AMDs Zacate, Llano and 5/6-series graphics, so they should also be able to handle multichannel PCM shouldn't they?

 

[MlNDBOMB]

even in 2009, there was the intel 4500mhd and nvidia 9400m that could do multichannel pcm

 

[krabapple]

I'm aware that there were soundcards that could do it in '09 ...it was finding laptops equipped with them, that was the problem for me.


If multichannel PCM is a readily-available feature in laptop HDMI now, that's great news, thanks!

 

[krabapple]

Reactivating this because the time has come to buy a new one -- if anyone knows some specific brand/models/configs of *laptops* that bitstream lossless *surround* (i.e., not crippled to 2-channel) audio, please post.


Even today it's not straightforward from reading reviews and specs whether a given laptop does this -- though I am assuming that when Blu-ray and Dolby TrueHD capability are part of the spec, that should mean 'can stream lossless surround audio from its HDMI port'.