Great set, great price, check it.ChickenAndStars

That is a terrible tv with no redeeming qualities. Why would you lie to the OP?

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[QUOTE="justin_06"]no you dont need one to enjoy the ps3...but it helps :) i have a 27 inch Olevia LCD, and it works great. it doesnt support 1080p...but it does support 1080i, and the human eye can't tell the difference between the two.justin_06

Rofl I truly beg to differ with you on that remark. At 27" no, hell, HDTV is barely noticeable. But after 46" 1080p becomes EXTREMELY noticeable.

what games do you have that runs on 1080p anyways? i said the human eye cant see the difference between 1080i and 1080p, not that it cant tell the difference between SD and HD.

It is easy to notice the difference between 1080i and 1080p if you have any type of experience with the material. Also, with a subpar set like an Olevia that has a cheap internal scalar you will want to stick to 720p input for all devices.

I know this. I am almost sure thatall receivers thatdecodes dolby digitalwill accept PCM 2.0. Who would want to listen to PCM 2.0 though when there is Dolby 5.1. Unless you only have two speakers. Interesting discussion though.Deihmos

Well the two speakers being utilized for uncompressed 2.0 are going to sound a lot better than any of the two speakers in compressed lossy DD5.1. It really depends on the material.

You said optical can only do 2.1 PCM. Optical only has the bandwidth foruncompressed PCM at 2.1 which is never used.The only difference between the uncompressed and compressed PCMis the bitrate.Deihmos

There are quite a few SACDs that include 2 channel uncompressed tracks. Most people listen to music in stereo sound which makes for a great usage of optical. Optical actually has enough bandwidth to do 7 channel uncompressed sound, but due to industry standards it will never be utilized. Do you just randomly pull crap from nowhere just to be able to make a post?

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One more thing to add, optical can only output up to 2.1 PCM. For any more channels you need HDMI.

Deihmos

Really? I think someone needs to do research before posting.

Optical can only do up to two channels of uncompressed audio while HDMI can currently do 7.1. There is a GIGANTIC leap from compressed to uncompressed sound, and the price difference in receivers is easily worth it. I think my dog even notices when an uncompressed track is played vs a standard lossy compressed DD track. I have to assume you are only knocking it because you either can not afford it, or just are ignorant to anything dealing with current home theater setups. There is more than one game that supports LPCM after the latest update, and nearly every single blu-ray movie supports it. Why do people have this fetish of posting absolute inaccurate trash on these forums? They would do themselves more good if they ran out into oncoming traffic.

Optical uses compressed audio streams not uncompressed. To say optical can only output 2.1 PCM is clearly false that is all.

Optical can also handle 2 channel uncompressed tracks as well. So I have to think that the poster you criticized meant that optical can only do uncompress 2 channel pcm, which is true.