PS3 firmware 2.30 adds DTS-HD Master, High Resolution Audio

Being really huge video game nerds doesn't leave us much time for other kinds of nerddom. So we're not even going to pretend that we're hardcore enough audio geeks to tell you the implications of PS3 firmware 2.30, which Sony announced this morning will add DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio. See that? We just copied and pasted that. We weren't sure we could even type it right.

We know that DTS-HD MA will pull audio off the Blu-ray at the "incredibly high variable rate of 24.5 mega-bits per second," which sounds like a lot of bits. It's also got 7.1 audio channels which looks pretty good to us, and that's at "96k sampling frequency/24 bit depths." Awesome (we bet). Be sure to scroll down to the comments where one of our brilliant readers will explain what all this means.

When will you get your hands ears on it? Well, you need it to access the new PlayStation Store, which is coming on April 15th. Check out the PlayStation blog for all the details or peep their video after the break.