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I have a stereo receiver with external prologic processor. I would like to get a DVD player, but I do not want to a dolby digital receiver and do not especially want to spend the dough for an external DD processor either. Aren't DVD players also compatible with prologic? How much is lost if I do not have Dolby Digital decoding capabilty? Forgive me if this question has been asked a gazillion times before. I am new to this room.
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I didn't care for for the prologic tracks on most DVD's at all when I bought my first DVD player- they seemed to lack the dynamics and soundstaging of thier laserdisc counterparts. I ended up selling my DVD player and buying one that had built in DD/DTS decoders (Pioneer DV-626D), which works fine with the 5.1 inputs on my Yamaha processor/3 channel amplifier. Much better, particularly DTS!Ken
In a word... a lot! specially if you not only compare pro-logic to DTS!.... In every single case that i have mistakingly left the DVD player playing simple dolby surround, it is immediatly noticeable when the audio comes on... On modern recordings, they have put all thier efforts into 5.1 either DD or DTS, since most movie theaters use the multi-channel format.Having mono-surrounds and no LFE channel really takes away from the experience..... Remember, the trend is towards more and more channels...
-Sam
If the player has an AC-3 decoder, then you need 6 channel inputs on your processor with a bypass mode.My friend has his DVD player on a prologic reciever and it sounds good. All the DVDs provide a prologic track. I just hooked one up to one system and did notice that you did get a bit more with DD. The rear channels are discreet so airplanes roaring around the room and gunshots are a bit more realistic. The LFE channel also adds a bit more bass for effects. Bottomline is that you'll lose a bit on he special effects but the picture quality improvement is still more than worth the upgrade from video tapes.
There are a good many DVD players with Dolby Digital decoders built in (Toshiba has some, from ~$250 on up). You could get one of those and have the best of both worlds. You could use the receiver as the front end for DD or use prologic when you want to. You might have to pony up for amplification for the rears though, if your receiver doesn't allow for it.
Thanks, I had wondered about that possibility. But seems like a rather complicated hookup. I am not sure how to integrate the prologic processor with the DD processor from the DVD.
It's not hard. All you do is go from the DVD front outs to the receiver ins. That's your front channel. If the receiver has dolby surround, then when you want to use prologic, just switch to that at the DVD player. If you want to use Dolby digital and your receiver doesn't have separated inputs and outputs for rear channels then you'll need a separate amp for the rear channels. The DVD rear outs would go to that amp. The DVD player has a feature where you can balance all the channels.All this is a bit clumsier than having a dedicated HT control center but it saves money and once the system is set up you'll probably leave it alone and won't need all the control that a HT preamp would give.
-Al
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