HD-A1 Audio question
07-31-06 | 09:27 AM
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HD-A1 Audio question
Do the HD-A!'s built in decoders have the ability to decode advanced Dobly Digital and DTS formats on SD DVDs, like Dolby Digital EX and DTS ES?
07-31-06 | 09:48 AM
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With the digital ouput, it would be totally up to your receiver/decoder. So it should work if that's how you would be connecting it.
With analog, it can't because it only has six analog outputs. In addition, I believe the player would have to be THX certified to officially output DD EX.
With analog, it can't because it only has six analog outputs. In addition, I believe the player would have to be THX certified to officially output DD EX.
07-31-06 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Drexl
With the digital ouput, it would be totally up to your receiver/decoder. So it should work if that's how you would be connecting it.
With analog, it can't because it only has six analog outputs. In addition, I believe the player would have to be THX certified to officially output DD EX.
With analog, it can't because it only has six analog outputs. In addition, I believe the player would have to be THX certified to officially output DD EX.
Ok, thanks for the info.
07-31-06 | 11:36 AM
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Drexl is spot-on. This little bug-a-boo basically necessitates having both analog and digital audio connections to your receiver. Even though my receiver does digital processing on analog audio and can send 5.1 information to a 7.1 setup, it would never get the matrixed, in the case of DD-EX, or discrete, in the case of DTS-ES, information in the first place from the player.
At this point, I plan to use SPDIF for SD DVD regardless of whether it is DD-EX or DTS-ES and will continue to use analog audio for HD DVD.
At this point, I plan to use SPDIF for SD DVD regardless of whether it is DD-EX or DTS-ES and will continue to use analog audio for HD DVD.
07-31-06 | 12:39 PM
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Spot-on except for the info about THX being required for Dolby-EX. That is not the case, except with a couple products from about 4 years ago. Those products happened to be made when THX-EX was done, and shipping (read: available to manufacturers), but Dolby-EX was not yet shipping. Bizarre situation.
