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any ati card starting with a 4
dont both with a 3 series - they support audio but only 2 channel stereo or dd/dts. the 4 series supports 7.1 LPCM so surround sound for everything with no fuss.
he is incorrect, what you get is limited HD audio decoding, that means you'll get 48khz/16 bit output from blurays using the appropriate software (pdvd ect). what you dont get is full resolution decoding from hd audio (96khz from the 3 or 4 discs that support it, and 24bit audio but there are debates as to how much difference that really makes) and you dont get trueHD or DTS:MA streaming either (no sending the stream to the amp for the amp to decode), it has to be decoded by the software player
I dont know what any of that stuff means mate really. I just want stereo, this feed is going into my houses HDMI matrix system to be displayed on plasma's, projectors and LCD's around the house, through each tv's internal speakers.....
While watching in my living room i will flick the audio feed over to the htpc's sound card, which outputs using spdif to an external receiver. Its the audio in the other rooms which i am interested in as i only have single HDMI's plastered into the walls to each one and the matrix is only currently fed by skyhd, so needed a solution to get both video and audio to each display using that cable alone from the pc.
I have an RF long range keyboard with trackpad for control which works all over the house, the idea is that i can now choose on the matrix whether i have sky HD or the pc on each screen, currently the pc only works in the lounge as it is connected via standard dsub to the lounges projector.
If that makes sense
he is incorrect, what you get is limited HD audio decoding, that means you'll get 48khz/16 bit output from blurays using the appropriate software (pdvd ect). what you dont get is full resolution decoding from hd audio (96khz from the 3 or 4 discs that support it, and 24bit audio but there are debates as to how much difference that really makes) and you dont get trueHD or DTS:MA streaming either (no sending the stream to the amp for the amp to decode), it has to be decoded by the software player
I dont know what any of that stuff means mate really. I just want stereo, this feed is going into my houses HDMI matrix system to be displayed on plasma's, projectors and LCD's around the house, through each tv's internal speakers.....
While watching in my living room i will flick the audio feed over to the htpc's sound card, which outputs using spdif to an external receiver. Its the audio in the other rooms which i am interested in as i only have single HDMI's plastered into the walls to each one and the matrix is only currently fed by skyhd, so needed a solution to get both video and audio to each display using that cable alone from the pc.
I have an RF long range keyboard with trackpad for control which works all over the house, the idea is that i can now choose on the matrix whether i have sky HD or the pc on each screen, currently the pc only works in the lounge as it is connected via standard dsub to the lounges projector.
If that makes sense
the software players like powerdvd and total media theatre can decode HD audio to 7.1pcm, which the card will output fine but that decoding is is limited to 48khz/16bit. anything over that will be reduced to 48/16 unless you are using a xonar hdav1.3 which can bitstream HD audio anyway making decoding completely pointless unless your amp cant decode it lol.haha yeah it does. in that case anything with a hdmi output will do but id still go with an ati 43xx if only for its low power consumption and silent running
