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@Shawn - Will the Oppo 980 put out 5.1 channels of 48kHz decoded DD/DTS audio when set to 480i/576i? Is the restriction on sampling rate or on the number of channels as well?

" Will the Oppo 980 put out 5.1 channels of 48kHz decoded DD/DTS audio when set to 480i/576i? Is the restriction on sampling rate or on the number of channels as well?"

HDMI can carry 6 channels at 48kHz with 480i/p. The Oppo will output up to 88.2kHz at 6 channels (DSD->PCM) over 480i/p. If you try to play back a 6 channel 96kHz DVD-A over HDM at 480i/p it downsamples it to 6 channels of 48kHz.

Same restrictions on what it feeds its DACs.

Having discrete resolution codes for the Oppos would help. What would be really nice is if Oppo would allow one to set what the default output resolution is and what resolution to output for DVD-A/SACD playback.

Shawn

Thanks. That means I can run with the Oppo decoding DD/DTS and my G68 upsampling without compromising the video. Comparisons with the G68 decoding but not upsampling will be interesting.
Yes, this would be the best solution. I've asked this question of Oppo three times (including today), but each time I've simply been told "This functionality has not yet been implemented in any of our DVD player designs".

Shawn,

My son is running your modded Oppo 980 directly into 2 DSP5k's, using the MSR to crontrol level. Redbook and SACD's sound great but we've both noticed his few DVD-A's don't sound that spectacular. Could it be that the Oppo is not running at 1080p and the Oppo needs to be reset for DVD-A's? Not sure how you would do that without a display.

Ken

Hi Ken,

Have him press the HDMI button on the remote with the unit not playing anything. That will show the resolution it is set to in the display, if he presses it again it will change the resolution. Have it set to 720p/1080i or 1080p for 96kHz output from DVD-A.

It should already be set to one of those as I normally turn up the resolution before I ship them.

Thanks,

Shawn

Shawn,

It was set to 1080i so maybe he doesn't have a couple of the greatest DVD-A's.

Ken

I've created a WIKI Page for HDMI solutions

http://www.meridianunplugged.com/wiki/index.php/HDMISolutions

Shawn:

Sorry to be a nimrod, is the Clux all formats decoding?

John,

No, the CLUX has no built in decoding at all. Your sources need to decode to LPCM.

Shawn

Shawn:

Thanks for the info!

Best,

That's very useful, thanks.

However, I hope you're wrong about it being doubtful that the 'Meridian box' will only have 1 HDMI output. That could be a deal breaker for me as I certainly don't want to spend �1500+ on the box and then have to buy a separate splitter. I will certainly look hard at third party options if this come to pass.

Cliff

I watched an episode of Firefly last night on PAL DVD with my Oppo 980 decoding the DD soundtrack and my G68 upsampling the 5.1 channels of PCM. I didn't do any comparisons, but can report that it sounded excellent and there were no audio glitches.