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Post 1 made on Wednesday October 7, 2009 at 11:15
mjsummer
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Hi, first post .
I'm looking at buying the panasonic DMP-BD80 blu ray player , and i have a panasonic sa-ht870 home cinema which has no digital output, not that i can find. i believe the blu ray player has inputs for up 7.1 and also component connection. i believe the the blu ray player can send the audio to it but will it be true hd? also which connection component will that be hd sound? any help would be appreciated. thank you Mjsummer.
Post 2 made on Thursday October 8, 2009 at 04:43
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The SA-HT870 only has analog stereo inputs, so you won't even be able to get any sort of digital audio... never mind HD audio.
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday October 8, 2009 at 05:37
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Hi i would have thought the same but read this :-
When rigged up using analogue ports, the BD80 does a great job with both Hellboy II 's DTS-HD MA and The Dark Knight’s Dolby True HD soundtracks. Channel separation is clean, rear effects are smoothly steered and dialogue is distinct, and I was particularly impressed by the breakneck car chase through Gotham City, which the BD80 orchestrates with exhilarating vigour. It sucks you right in and spits you out the other end, battered but buzzing.

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But what does that £100 premium over the DMP-BD60 get you? For starters, the DMP-BD80 adds 7.1-channel analogue audio outputs, which will appeal to owners of older amps who want to savour the hi-res delights of Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. The unit decodes these formats into uncompressed PCM without compromising their sound quality, and outputs them as analogue signals from these ports. The BD80 also features superior audio circuitry to the BD60.
Post 4 made on Thursday October 8, 2009 at 08:12
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It's still just Dolby Pro Logic decoded from stereo audio. It can sound good - for stereo - but it's not close to what you'd get from real lossless 5.1 or 7.1 HD. Quality wise it IS a notch up from stereo downmixed from ordinary Dolby Digital.

(And with that said, different people have different ideas of what sounds good - so if you're happy, then that's all that really counts.)
OP | Post 5 made on Friday October 9, 2009 at 09:24
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Thanks for the reply not sure if i can find the extra money to upgrade amp as well, unless you know of any cheaper good quality digital amps ! not that cheap and good quality go together much! but will look around have seen some all in one panasonic blu ray home cinema 1000watts but its about 650 ! so would think i could use speakers i have and attach them to a new amp? but would need a amp that would take the cables which have no end (bear wire) if that makes sense ! dont think pana do one thanks again mjsummer.
OP | Post 6 made on Friday October 9, 2009 at 14:39
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i've just been giving a PANASONIC SA-HE7 reciever is that any good for hd audio of any kind it has optical connection, i know its a few years old but seems as new .
Post 7 made on Friday October 9, 2009 at 17:09
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No, that won't be of any use. It'll take an external Dolby Digital 5.1 signal, but it won't even do ordinary DTS.

So you know, the only way to get HD audio is over an HDMI connection, or via 5.1/7.1 analog inputs (combined with a BD player with 5.1/7.1 analog outputs).
Post 8 made on Thursday November 12, 2009 at 00:51
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The spec sheet shows that the PANASONIC SA-HE7 reciever will decode DTS, if I'm reading it correctly. He could use an optical cable and get both DD 5.1 and dts audio?

Of course, he won't be able to get any of the lossless audio formats. And don't some BD's have only a PCM audio track? He'd get only stereo audio from those discs.
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Post 9 made on Thursday November 12, 2009 at 04:50
Daniel Tonks
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Looking further it's possible it does. Because Panasonic USA appears to be confusing the SA-HE70 with the SA-HE7, providing the 70's specifications and user manual under the guise of the 7. :-(
Post 10 made on Thursday November 19, 2009 at 22:46
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On October 9, 2009 at 14:39, mjsummer said...
i've just been giving a PANASONIC SA-HE7 reciever is that any good for hd audio of any kind it has optical connection, i know its a few years old but seems as new .

Have you hooked it up yet? If you use the optical cable, you'll at least get the Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, which was the audio standard for DVD. If the SA-HE7 has the dts logo it will be able to decode dts, too.

Now, you won't get the lossless dts-HD or Dolby TrueHD audio formats when you play a Blu-ray disc, but you will get the dts core and the Dolby Digital 5.1. Both of these are going to sound great. I'm still not convinced that the lossless formats are going to sound any better!

I know that the lossless tracks can sound better, but that could be simply because they're authored better. You'll be able to listen to those better-authored tracks, it's just that they'll have been compressed using a lossy algorithm. A process that degrades the audio, but I'm not convinced it'd be discernable.

There's a third lossless format: PCM. You'll not get any audio out of your surround speakers when listening to these audio tracks on your blu-ray player.

Last edited by Herman Trivilino on December 6, 2009 21:13.
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