Sound help

[hockey4life0099]

can someone please tell me what i should have checked for my sound settings?

I just bought this 32' tv (l32w761 (http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11272731&search=envision&Mo=3&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=envision&Ntt=envision&No=3&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1)) and used the automatic setting for the sound (i used HDMI). when i went to play cod4 i noticed the sound was cracky. so i went into the sound settings and went to manual and noticed 5.1 was checked along with many other options. So i unchecked every option exept linear pcm 2 channel 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz.

after that the cracking went away, but i want to know what i should have checked to get the best sound quality. i looked in the manual to see what it supported but could not find anything. i would test other ones but it said it could damage my speakers if they do not support that option.

Specs at Cnet (http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/envision-l32w761/4507-6482_7-32923308.html)

[Stylee]

stick with the linear PCM 44/48.

although via HDMI with auto the set should have negotiated with the ps3 what is supported. (thats what the hdmi hand shake is for).

from the sets specs, you only have 2 speakers with a virtual surround sound mixer. there is no need to use any 5.1 or anything as there will possibly be a loss of audio. (the channels it wants to send sound to do not exist)

btw, do not enable surround sound, while the perceived output may sound better at times, or seem to draw you in closer, it really doesnt and you lose audio quality more often then not.

[hockey4life0099]

stick with the linear PCM 44/48.

although via HDMI with auto the set should have negotiated with the ps3 what is supported. (thats what the hdmi hand shake is for).

from the sets specs, you only have 2 speakers with a virtual surround sound mixer. there is no need to use any 5.1 or anything as there will possibly be a loss of audio. (the channels it wants to send sound to do not exist)

btw, do not enable surround sound, while the perceived output may sound better at times, or seem to draw you in closer, it really doesnt and you lose audio quality more often then not.

thanks for the help. there were a few other options for 2 channel speakers, is there any other that would be ok to check.

[Stylee]

generally, i would say no.

while the perceptive belief for people is that higher is better, while true some times, you currently do not have the setup to make it worth while.

you can choose to enable them, but theres a off chance that the sets sound board will just either down mix if its decent (which seems so) or drop frequencies once its limit is reached (clipping or distortion, possible but not likely)