Sony VGN-FZ190 - Manual (Page 29)

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Question What audio codecs will Blu-ray support?
Answer Linear PCM (PLPCM) - offers up to 8
channels of uncompressed audio.
Dolby ® Digital (DD) - format used for DVDs,
offers 5.1 channel surround sound.
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of DD,
offers increased bitrates and 7.1 channel
surround sound.
Dolby TrueHD - extension of MLP Lossless,
offers lossless encoding of up to 8 channels
of audio.
DTS Digital Surround - format used for
DVDs, offers 5.1 surround sound.
DTS-HD - extension of DTS, offers
increased bitrates and up to 8 channels of
audio.
Please note that this simply means that
Blu-ray players will have to support
playback of these audio codecs, it will be up
to the movie studios to decide which audio
codec(s) they use for their releases.