Philips DVP642: Plays DTS?
02-11-05, 12:31 AM
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Philips DVP642: Plays DTS?
I was just playing LOTR:ROTK EE in my DVP642, and hey, it actually outputs a DTS signal. Kinda took me by surprise.
This is probably known to everyone on the planet, but it's great news to me.
This is probably known to everyone on the planet, but it's great news to me.
02-11-05, 11:45 AM
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I've had real iffy experience with DTS on a 642. Usually when I try to play a DTS track, it will play for a minute or two, then the audio cuts out and I get a "No DTS Audio Stream" or some such message. That's really odd, since it can obviously decode it, yet gives up trying after a minute. Maybe some kind of buffer issue? Haven't tried it since I upgraded the firmware last week, though. What firmware are you using?
02-11-05, 04:22 PM
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It's the /37 firmware version.
I'll make note about the cutting out after a few minutes, but last night, I watched the entire LOTR:ROTK EE in DTS. I didn't notice any cutting out. I'll look more closely this time (on my AVR-5700, it's handy to have the channel signals light up when a signal is passing through). I'll try it on a few other movies and see what happens too.
I'll make note about the cutting out after a few minutes, but last night, I watched the entire LOTR:ROTK EE in DTS. I didn't notice any cutting out. I'll look more closely this time (on my AVR-5700, it's handy to have the channel signals light up when a signal is passing through). I'll try it on a few other movies and see what happens too.
02-18-05, 06:35 PM
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Ive never had problems with it other than the "Cannot decode DTS" message when you first start a movie. Just hit pause then play and it goes away. Otherwise plays perfectly.
02-19-05, 03:56 AM
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What firmware version do you have? I haven't had any problems at all. I wonder if the type of DTS decoder on the receiver/amp has any part to do with these messages.
