[drizznay]

Ok so my wife suprised me today with a new ps3 and i was wondering if i connect it via the toslink audio cable to my panny xr55 if i will be able to get the 5.1 surround on the blu-ray or do i need to do something different? i will connect the ps3 to my panny pdp via hdmi.

 

[tokerblue]

You will still get Dolby Digital and DTS over toslink, but you need HDMI for the higher resolution audio formats of BluRay.

 

[drizznay]



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Originally Posted by tokerblue /forum/post/0


You will still get Dolby Digital and DTS over toslink, but you need HDMI for the higher resolution audio formats of BluRay.

That's what I thought. so is there any way i can set that up with an xr55 or do i need a new receiver? it doesn't have any hdmi inputs.

 

[tokerblue]

Since the PS3 doesn't have 5.1 analog outputs, HDMI is the only way.

 

[Anthony1]

I have the XR55 and a PS3, and it's a pretty good combo, but it would be better to have the XR57. Did you just buy the XR55? Or have you had it for awhile? The thing about the XR55, is that the sound is absolutely amazing, but it doesn't have HDMI, so that means no lossless sound. Ideally, Panasonic would come out with a brand new model, similar to the XR55, that has HDMI 1.3, and can layer DPLIIx on top of 5.1 and 6.1 LPCM, and can do the full 7.1 LPCM, and doesn't have any bass management issues over HDMI. Unfortunately, I don't see any on the horizon that fill all those requirements.



The XR57 can do lossless 5.1, but it can't do lossless 6.1 or 7.1, and it can't layer Dolby Pro Logic IIx over lossless 5.1. It also has the bass management issues.



Having said all of that, my XR55 still sounds amazing with Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 with DPLIIx on top making it 7.1, but I do wish I could hear the true lossless sound. I'm planning on upgrading soon, but waiting to see if the Onkyo 605 does everything I need it to. The jury is still out on that.

 

[drizznay]

yea i've had the xr55 for almost a year now. i didn't know that about the xr57 though. sounds like i'll stick with what i have and keep an eye out for what comes out in the future. i so love the sound of my xr55 so it should keep me satisfied for awhile.