Sony PS3 DTS-HD Master Audio: Best Blu-ray player again

Yesterday among the detritus of spam and nonsense in our inbox we noticed that with only minor fanfare the PlayStation 3 is set to support DTS-HD Master Audio. Previously the console didn't have the best audio support, but now it can decode a DTS-HD source and send it to your AV equipment as uncompressed multi-channel PCM sound.Some people will be upset that the PS3 won't send the raw DTS-HD MA bitstream via HDMI, but as long as your equipment can handle a PCM stream it really makes little difference where the decoding happens, be it in the PS3 or your amplifier. We're just thrilled to see such complete support for all Blu-ray features.If all this was

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Microsoft Xbox

Beneath the cool, tough exterior is a system capable of powering the very best single and multiplayer gaming experiences available today.Xbox.comMicrosoft's first serious games-only solution claims to blow away the Sony Playstation 2 and was released for under £300. The Xbox always had a good chance of competing as it has better graphics provided by nVidia famous for its GeForce graphics cards sold for PCs. The Sega Dreamcast was the first console to feature PC-like components and PC code-like OS system and an old PowerVR graphics as used by a few people years ago.The Xbox runs at 733 MHz, which is twice the speed of the PlayStation's graphics and aim

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