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I just read the review at HDD. He mentions turning the db level up by 20. That sounds about right. I had no idea there were any issues with TrueHD on any of their old discs. The DD+ sounds good though. It'll have to do until WB gets around to re-releasing the BD, which will probably not be anytime soon.

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Okay, I was watching Chuck and Larry the other night. And again, the TrueHD track was much quieter than the DD+ track. I had to turn the TrueHD volume up considerably. Is this the case for every single HD DVD title with lossless audio?

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Ive never had that problem before. What firmware is your A1 rocking? 4.0 is the latest (and likely last).

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4.0

The DD+ audio blasts through the speakers at my normal level. But once I switch to TrueHD, it sounds like I turned the volume down dramatically. Maybe something in the settings needs to be changed. It's not the worst thing since most audio tracks are DD+.

I did manage to get the Complete Matrix set brand new for $36 shipped via ebay. And I just ordered Anchorman and Liar Liar from traderbora. I'm (back) up to 21 titles. Must....slow....down....

If I can't get TrueHD to sound the way it should, I still have a backup A3 to test.

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I have no idea why that is. I assume you are connected via HDMI?

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MrC,

You're not setup for bitstream right?

Just wanted to check - I could see that causing an issue on the A1 as it didn't have the 1.3 chip.

So if you're using HDMI and letting the A1 decode, I can't see why there would be that big a difference.

I still have my A1 in storage but I can hook it up and give it go to see if I get the same results - I still have Training on HD DVD. Not sure if I'd have any other HD DVD's to test though with TrueHD - the bulk of my remaining HD DVD's are Uni titles not yet released on BD, most of which do not have TrueHD.

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It might be set to bitstream. I'm connected via HDMI to my Sony receiver. If the bitstream option is the reason, I wonder why it wouldn't cause the DD+ audio to also be lower?

The issue with Training Day seems to be the disc itself. The issue I had with it is also mentioned in HD Digest's review.

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If you're set to bitstream, it might have something to do with how the player downconverts TrueHD.

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I'll check the settings later today and see what happens. What should the audio settings be?

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Check out the manual here:

http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpasse...hd-a1_om_e.pdf

From the corrections page at the beginning, it looks like DD+ over HDMI at a bitstream setting can be sent undecoded, so if your receiver can decode DD+ you get the full benefit of DD+. With TrueHD over HDMI set to bitstream, you just get 2-channel PCM.

EDIT: Just re-read it again - it seems like the corrections page indicates 5.1 PCM for TrueHD is possible now over HDM if you set it to PCM instead of bitstream. I supposed you could try the auto setting to but typically I like my settings to be specific.