Linear PCM audio...what the heck is it ?

[Nocturno]

OK, so is it ithe case then that if I'm playing a disc with a TrueHD or DTSHD soundtrack, and the amp is displaying Linear PCM, that the player is converting the signal to PCM before it reaches the amp?

[02audionoob]

OK, so is it ithe case then that if I'm playing a disc with a TrueHD or DTSHD soundtrack, and the amp is displaying Linear PCM, that the player is converting the signal to PCM before it reaches the amp?

Wouldn't this just be a case where your movie has a choice of two audio programs and its default is apparently the PCM program? You could go to the movie's menu and change the audio program from 2-channel PCM to the multi-channel choice.

[Nocturno]

I've never seen that as a choice on a disc, just the usual DD, DTS, True HD, DTS-HD etc.