Video Asylum

Posted by Neville (i) on January 09, 2001 at 04:43:02:

In Reply to: Re: dolby EX and DTS ES ???? posted by Karl W. on January 08, 2001 at 21:29:08:

Karl is right. You dont need a new dvd player. Its the same dvds but with extra information. A lot of the new AV receivers coming out have support either for Dolby EX (THX) or DTS (NEO). In fact all it is is backward compatbility with 5.1 surround PLUS an extra pair of rears that mimic the front center speakers. If you dont want to splash out something that has the THX emblem (like me) look for 6.1 or 7.1 channel AV. The Denon AV3801 has this capability as well as support for the new DTS NEO. If you are in the market for one then also make sure it has at 24/96 builtin DACS or 24/192 DACS (for dvd-audio / sacd),.

Hope this helps