SPECS:
- ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 motherboard
- AMD Phenom II X2 555 black edition processor
- Corsair 2x 2Gb XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz memory
- Gigabyte HD 5770 1Gb GDDR5 video card
- LG 10x OEM blu ray player / DVD writer
- Windows 7 Pro
- connected via HDMI to 42" Vizio E420VL LCD TV
Granted, I haven't activated my PowerDVD software yet (it's not obvious where you get a key for v8 on this site).
There are only two sound settings for watching videos with this software when using an HDMI cable. PCM output sounds terrible; the dialogue is soft, and special effects are very loud. AC3/DTS passthrough seems to work just fine for the first day or two, then suddenly stops working for the blu ray movie itself, but not the previews.
Am I correct in assuming that the reason AC3/DTS passthrough stops working is because my version isn't activated? If so, how the heck do I buy an activation key for version 8 on this website?