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[diogen]

You will never have a 100% hardware solution for HD audio.

I think we will, one way or another.
PAP will be implemented on onboard audio next year.
Either commercial or VLC/MPC/Foobar/etc. players should be able to bitstream
lossless codecs by then (talking only about DRM-free hard drive copies of BD movies).

BTW, ffdshow supports Dolby TrueHD decoding since the beginning of this year
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1112456

Diogen.

 

[vurbano]

Well I got my imon remote programmed today for TMT3 and now the setup is sweet. Love it. I can even sit there and take snapshots during the movie with the click of the remote.

 

[vurbano]

I think we will, one way or another.
PAP will be implemented on onboard audio next year.
Either commercial or VLC/MPC/Foobar/etc. players should be able to bitstream
lossless codecs by then (talking only about DRM-free hard drive copies of BD movies).

BTW, ffdshow supports Dolby TrueHD decoding since the beginning of this year
FFDShow TrueHD decoding quality ??? - AVS Forum

Diogen.

Wow the new Diamond 5870 is available for preorder at 400 bucks at zipzoom. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011252&prodlist=celebros
Supposed to bitstream everything. Way to rich for me. But in a year a MB for 100 bucks will replace it?

 

[diogen]

Wow the new Diamond 5870 is available for preorder at 400 bucks...

Don't forget you get the fastest video card in existence as well. I don't think it's a bad deal if you are a gamer...
I wouldn't be surprised if the bitstreaming features are added to every 5-series card by year end...

But in a year a MB for 100 bucks will replace it?

I think so. That will be based on Intel chipset with onboard audio/video.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3648&p=8

Diogen.