In article <uuclqr2g4pi3$.axe4wvafig75.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Patty <patty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:39:41 +0000 (UTC), Mike S. wrote:
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>> In article <1pj9377q8jh00.1mrv9l8hf7v6l$.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Patty <patty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:06:59 +0000 (UTC), Mike S. wrote:
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>>>> In article <13r3ps5t01q1939@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> David L. Martel <marte005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>Mike,
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you saying that the surround sound information is actually
included
>>>>>in the stereo FM signal being broadcast? I thought it was created
>inside the
>>>>>receiver by the "pro-logic" stuff.
>>>>
>>>> No, because this discussion is about getting audio from a DVD player,
not
>>>> broacast FM.
>>>>
>>>> I am saying that the surround sound information is included in the
>2-channel
>>>> analog audio output from a DVD player (if it is so configured). It is
>>>> downmixed by the player from the encoded 5.1 signal on the DVD.
>>>
>>>Is that the same when it's on a digital connection?
>>
>> The digital connection sends the 5.1 surround data to your receiver "as
>> is", without downmixing to stereo as is done on the analog outputs.
>
>That's what I thought. So, we are set with 5.1 surround sound from the
>blu-ray player.
>
>Now to just get the TV hooked up with digital, however, our current cable
>tuner box says "interactive digital communications", but I think that's
for
>the digital cable. The only connectors on the box are the typical analog
>and the regular coax cable that connects to the cable company. So, I'm
>thinking that if I use the the analog connection on the cable box, it
will
>just give me the pro-logic surround rather than true 5.1 channel surround
>regardless of how I connect the TV to the receiver (digital OR analog)?
That's correct. In fact, if the surround information is not matrixed into
the stereo signal, there may actually be nothing for the Pro-Logic decoder
to recover, and you may actually get more pleasing sound just by playing
it as stereo (some receivers have a "stereo x2" mode which dpulicates the
front speaker content in the back (satellite) speakers in an attempt to
fill the room with (non-surround) sound.
>Also, if you know, if I connect the cable box to the TV using the analog
>cables and connectors, then I shouldn't also need the large coax cable
>hooked up to the TV antenna connection? I'm guessing I would have to
tune
>the TV to the AV source where the analog cables are connected in order to
>see the picture and hear the sound, rather than to the antenna source.
Yes. If your TV has audio and composite video inputs you would not need
the coaxial (RF) cable for viewing; and in fact will get a better and
less noisy picture using those inputs instead of the antenna (RF) input.
You may, however, want to use the coax for something else, like a VCR.
If the cable box has more sophisticated outputs that your TV had matching
sockets for (like S-video or component video) the picture could be better
still.
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