Yesterday’s 3.50 system software update for the PlayStation 3 might have brought about the advent of 3D Blu-ray movies on a home console, but it appears than decoding the stereoscopic film and HD audio at the same time is simply too much for the machine.
According to the official Japanese PlayStation site (but unverified by us due to a lack of a 3D TV to test the report on) there are a few limitations with regards to DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD audio – they don’t work, with regular DTS and regular Dolby Digital being substituted by the PS3 respectively before being sent to your amp or TV. To clarify: this only occurs when watching 3D content on a 3D TV.
Hardly critical unless you’ve got a system capable of showing off the two HD audio formats, but it’s clearly a technical hurdle the console can’t overcome, at least not yet.
There’s a couple of other issues too: the 3D display of some elements such as menus and subtitles might be different on the PS3 than on other devices, and some BD-J features such as Bonusview and BD-Live might not play properly in 3D, although it’s not clear whether or not this is an issue with all such devices.
Kaminari
If you’re desperate to see your movies in glorious 3D ‘quality’, you probably don’t need HD audio in the first place.
mcduff1979
am i the only one who dont like 3d??
Quinlank
“Takes with one hand…”
What has been ‘taken’ exactly?
BalramRules
NOO!
I thought that if Sony could have HD 1080p, 3D, HD Audio, and ALL THAT WOULD BE MARVELLOUS!
Unfortunately itz only HD 720p, 3D, and SD Audio X(