Can someone explain or direct me to somewhere that could explain the difference. Is one better than the other.
I bought a new receiver (Pioneer 811s.)
From my DVD player it appears that I need to set it to bitstream for the decoding information to work properly on the receiver. When the DVD was set to PCM i got sound but the dolby digital did not light up on the receiver.
Also my STB is a Samsung 151. The choices on it are Dolby and pcm. Is Dolby the same as bitstream? It seems to work with both but neither is registering 5.1 on the receiver.
I'm not sure if the STB will support 5.1 or if any OTA stations are using 5.1 to broadcast?
Any comments suggestions welcome. I’m just starting out in the 5.1 world I have been stuck in Pro-Logic for too long.
I bought a new receiver (Pioneer 811s.)
From my DVD player it appears that I need to set it to bitstream for the decoding information to work properly on the receiver. When the DVD was set to PCM i got sound but the dolby digital did not light up on the receiver.
Also my STB is a Samsung 151. The choices on it are Dolby and pcm. Is Dolby the same as bitstream? It seems to work with both but neither is registering 5.1 on the receiver.
I'm not sure if the STB will support 5.1 or if any OTA stations are using 5.1 to broadcast?
Any comments suggestions welcome. I’m just starting out in the 5.1 world I have been stuck in Pro-Logic for too long.