Yamaha YHT-196 vs SONY HTAS5 (and PC HDMI sound question)

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Hello there!

I've been wanting surround sound for a while now, but always thought I needed DTS-HD and TrueHD decoders on the amp for HD sound. I realised yesterday that my PS3 can decode these formats and forward the sound (via PCM?) to the reciever, and there you go, HD sound!

I have a budget of £180ish and I've spotted the Yamaha YHT-196 and the SONY HTAS5. Both have good reviews, but there arn't many out at all.

I have a sony bravia TV and a PS3 slim. I also will plug my PC into the reciever and I want to know if I can get HD sound from my PC? Or will it just be DTS? I have an ATI 5830 and a Asus Xonar DX soundcard.

P.S I want smooth bass, but I don't need lots as I live in flats! I'm on the bottom floor but have people above and to the 1 side of me.

Thanks OCUK's!
 
Yes, you can, if you are playing a blu ray off of your PC's hard drive (that has been ripped with the HD tracks) or directly from the disc from the optical drive. Additionally, you will have to connect the PC to the receiver via HDMI from your video card and have a program that can decode the DTS HD/TrueHD tracks and output it as PCM over the HDMI cable.
 
pete248 said:
Yes, you can, if you are playing a blu ray off of your PC's hard drive (that has been ripped with the HD tracks) or directly from the disc from the optical drive. Additionally, you will have to connect the PC to the receiver via HDMI from your video card and have a program that can decode the DTS HD/TrueHD tracks and output it as PCM over the HDMI cable.
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Awesome thanks, will VLC work or do you have any recommended programs? Yeah I have the PC to the TV via HDMi at the moment so will just bang it into the receiver.

Any recommendation on the Yamaha or Sony?
 
My friend has the Sony, seemed pretty good but without hearing the Yamaha I couldn't give any good advice I'm afraid. And for players I'd download the K Lite codec pack, it comes with Media Player Classic which will decode HD soundtracks. VLC does not support HD decoding I believe.

EDIT: Scratch that, download a player called PotPlayer. Much simpler than K Lite to configure.
 
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