HTPC for Dad

[balake777]

need a board that does Dolby True HD, but other than that I'm open for suggestions. Thanks

 

[FlyinBrian]

http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=25&l2=150&l3=0&l4=0&model=2355&modelmenu=1

The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 I believe does True HD or DTS I cant remember. Cant think of another more powerful sound card than that.. Its a beauty

here is another pic of it and a bit more info
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14856

 

[CrimandEvil]

If you had bothered reading anything from the sticky or did any research you would have known already that currently TrueHD has to be done in software and outputted via analog for it to work. That means PowerDVD decodes the audio and then sends to your audio card which then sends it out to your reciever.

HDMI on the PC sucks and is only DVI video + SPDIF audio (DD5.1, DTS only). You're going to have to wait for an HDMI pass through sound card if you want TrueHD + video.

 

[FlyinBrian]

If you had bothered reading anything from the sticky or did any research you would have known already that currently TrueHD has to be done in software and outputted via analog for it to work. That means PowerDVD decodes the audio and then sends to your audio card which then sends it out to your reciever.

HDMI on the PC sucks and is only DVI video + SPDIF audio (DD5.1, DTS only). You're going to have to wait for an HDMI pass through sound card if you want TrueHD + video.

Check out my above link.. HDMI passes thru that sound card for True-HD, it also has some video processing capabilities.

 

[CrimandEvil]

Check out my above link.. HDMI passes thru that sound card for True-HD, it also has some video processing capabilities.

Yes, which is exactly why I said:

You're going to have to wait for an HDMI pass through sound card if you want TrueHD + video.