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• not correct - Joe Murphy Jr 09:56:32 09/03/06 (1)
  In Reply to: Digital out question???? posted by PaulC on September 2, 2006 at 14:02:25:

  The option you select in the menu is what you'll get on the digital out. If you select 2.0, you'll get the 2 channels of audio that's recorded on the disc sent to your receiver. If you select 5.1, then you'll get the surround mix that's recorded on the disc.

  If you have options in the DVD menu for 2.0 or 5.1, these selections are dedicated tracks. Many concert DVDs actually use an uncompressed 2-channel PCM track for the 2.0 track, rather than 2 channels of lossy compressed Dolby Digital at 192kb/s. That's not always the case, but better fidelity/quality would be my first choice when available. Movie DVDs are not going to give you 2 channels of PCM on the disc (for the 2.0 track), but may give you better sound than the downmix from the 5.1 track. The reason is that most DVD players don't use the .1/LFE channel when downmixing for a 2-channel output.
  
  

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  • Re: not correct - PaulC 10:34:38 09/03/06 (0)
    In Reply to: not correct posted by Joe Murphy Jr on September 3, 2006 at 09:56:32:

    Ok that answer is better..So let me see If I get this. My DVD play is connected from its coax digital output to my Denon AV Receiver's digital input with it own internal D/A converters, which is a 6.1 A/V Receiver, but if I select doby 2.0 on the dvd menu then that is what will be sent through the digital output and if I select dolby
    5.1 then this is what will go to the digital output. I know that statement is about as clear as mud, but I thought the audio selection on the dvd menu 2.0, or 5.1 was important if you were using the players internal decoder..I learn something new everyday.

    Thanks Joe

    Paul C
    
    

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