Suggest one Media player for bitstreaming HD AUDIO from all containers

[guru98]

Dear all,

Recently I had got one Onkyo HTS-3300 which supports all HD Audio decoding like DTS-HD MA/HR and Dolby TrueHD. I was also having one WD TV HD (Gen1) which neither deocodes DTS nor bitstreams HD audio to my newly purchased receiver for known reasons that HD audio is supported only HDMI 1.3 or above while WD TV HD has only HDMI 1.2.

So I had sold my WD TV HD (Gen1) and trying to look for one such GOOD media player which just bitstreams all my audio especially DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR and Dolby TrueHD to my Onkyo A/V receiver.

Requirements:-
1. should bitstream HD audio from all containers like mkv, ts, m2ts, bd iso etc
2. need not have internal HDD storage.
3. budget 10000/-
4. should be available in Chennai.

hope to get your suggestions. Thanks.

 

[Kittu]

You can buy a playonHD there is a group buy program going on which will fit into your budget .... Check this thread.


http://www.hifivision.com/media-str...tential-buyers-playon-hd-media-player-15.html

 

[gobble]

From all containers? Here is a kid trying the same thing, but he is not an audiophile hyeah:

Maybe you should start like him then graduate on to HD ...

Cheers

 

[mechmohra]

Check this Welcome To Popcorn Hour It come around 228$ shipped to india.

 

[WHATSINANAME]

Popcorn would be out of your budget, the ideal for you would be the AC Ryan Playon HD. But be careful to go in only for the latest ACR-PV73100P+ model, which has the Realtek 1073DD+ chipset.This is the one the people in the group buy are getting, so best to join them.

Here are the specs:

Audio Output Supported:

* Stereo
* Dolby Digital AC3 5.1
(passthrough & downmix to stereo)
* Dolby Digital Plus
(passthrough)
* DTS
(passthrough & downmix to stereo)
* DTS-HD Master Audio
(passthrough core stream & downmix to stereo)
* DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
(passthrough core stream & downmix to stereo)
* FLAC 7.1
(passthrough & downmix to stereo)


I think it pretty much covers everything you want.

 

[hemantwaghe]

D I was also having one WD TV HD (Gen1) which neither deocodes DTS nor bitstreams HD audio to

It passthrough DTS , not downmix
Have you tried optical connection?

 

[guru98]

yes, WD TV HD gen 1 pass through DTS on both optical and HDMI. No downmix. Neither I dont want to downmix when I have the A/V receiver to do all decodings.

Now I am in dilemma between :-

ACRyan PlayOn!+ Realtek 1073DD+
Xtreamer Sidewinder Realtek 1283DD+


Somebody throw light on the above 2 models.

 

[guru98]

Thanks GOBBLE for your "comments"!!!!

 

[raj691]

Hi All

I was planning to buy WD Live Hub with 1 TB of internal storage. Does it bitstream Dolby HA Ma and DTS HD Ma.

 

[akhil1280]

Hi All

I was planning to buy WD Live Hub with 1 TB of internal storage. Does it bitstream Dolby HA Ma and DTS HD Ma.

it can only bitstream Dolby TrueHD but not DTS-HD MA, it can only pass the core DTS from DTS-HD

 

[rajudhs]

Popcorn Hour - Networked Media Jukebox

i had a PCH A110 with Onkyo HTS 3300 and plays all DTS-HD and Dolby HD flawlessly