ripthorne

ok, if my dvd player has a DD decoder and it has 6 outputs for speakers, does that mean i can just buy 2 bookshelf speakers and connect them to the OUTPUT of the left and right channels of the dvd player?

or do those outputs go to a reciever and THEN to speakers?

im not exactly sure how all this 5.1 works because i cant afford it and dont have my own house yet.

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Lush

Yes, it must go thru an amplifier (receiver) before a speaker can use the signal.

ripthorne

ok thanks,

wait one more question,

if i get a receiver with DD decoding, does my dvd player need a decoder at all?
or should i just get a plain dvd?

or get a dvd player with DD decoding and just a receiver?

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Jamezuva

if you have a decoder in your receiver than you do not need a decoder in your dvd player. So just get a plain dvd player. It is better to have to decoder in the receiver than in the dvd player IMO

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Johnny Zhivago

Don't forget about DTS... You may want this now or in the future... Make sure your receiver has a DTS decoder and that your DVD player can pass the DTS stream...