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I presently have a Panasonic DMR-E30 DVD Recorder/Player and have been transferring of my VHS tapes to DVD. Some of the tapes are in DD or Pro Logic but the E30 only records in 2 channel stereo. Is there any DVD recorder that can record in DD, Pro Logic, or any form of "surround sound?"
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I realize that no VHS tapes are recorded in Dolby Digital. In my query to Panasonic, they stated that none of their recorders can record in that format, from whatever source. I mistakenly slipped it in my post.
The sound from the VHS tapes, both stereo and Dolby Surround encoded (there is no Pro-Logic encoding -- DPL and DPLII are decoding formats, not encoding formats -- or Dolby Digital in analog) will be recorded on the DVD. The only problem is that most DVD recorders have either a 192 or 384kb/s data rate for the audio (not high quality by a loooooong shot!) in all of their recording modes. There are some DVD recorders that have 2-channel 16/48 LPCM at 1.54Mb/s capability (just above CD quality -- that's real CD quality, not the bullshit "CD quality" MP3 you hear about) in their "highest quality" mode. Just be aware that in this mode you will be limited to about 1 hour of recording time.
My understanding is that there are currently no DVD recorders that will accept anything other than two analog channels of audio. But, I also understand that a company (who's name I cannot recall) is promising multichannel audio recording in the future.My interest is more with your comment about VHS tapes with Dolby Digital on them. How is that done, and what VCR has DD? Is there an optical or coax output, or just six analog outs?
Oh, and to answer your last question, your current DVD recorder will record Dolby ProLogic just fine. Or any other variety of matrixed two channel surround.
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