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Is it necessary to buy DVD with DTS, Dolby, etc. decoding....

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when I already have A/V receiver (Marantz SR-19)? Should the basic model be enough?
Your inputs very much appreciated. Thanks.
indy

Re: Is it necessary to buy DVD with DTS, Dolby, etc. decoding.... Keith from Canada 16:09:47 03/15/01 (0)
Go with a basic model without DD or DTS decoders built in.
Re: Is it necessary to buy DVD with DTS, Dolby, etc. decoding.... kotches 12:37:10 03/09/01 (1)
The basic answer is no.
It gets more complicated than this though. Typically as you ascend up the line of a company's DVD Players, you end up getting more and more features thrown into the DVD Player. Entry level machines will only have digital output capability for DD/DTS bitstreams.
Mid-level machines will sometimes toss in a DD decoder. Some mid level machines also toss in the DTS decoder.
In terms of sonic performance, I definitely prefer the results using my pre/pros DD/DTS decoders.
Hope this helped rather than added to your confusion.
Regards,
- I think I got it. Thanks. indy 15:12:23 03/09/01 (0)

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