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Also in this thread I will only reply henceforth if there is substantial need for it !! This thread was posted thinking it would help people !! So who so ever think it does not may please refrain from bashing
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That said now will come to the point !!
No movie is encoded in 7.1 discrete channels, they just use the cross-channel encoding also referred to as matrix encoding to split the rear center surround channel in to 2 (surround left and surround right)
Well buddy please check the facts before proclaiming such things ! Sajith has correctly interpreted my post on the matter !!
But still let me try to clear this doubt once in for all !
There does exit a number of discs with TRUE 7.1 Ch sound ! and the very purpose of creating the Master Audio formats was to enable this (which cannot be done by existing ones) besides the adding the advantages like Lossless and such !!
Here's what DTS says bout the format !
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DTS-HD Master Audio
A disc encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio delivers ALL of the information from the original master recording bit-for-bit, it's identical to what the sound engineers laid down. Audio doesn't get any better than this.
7.1 channels, for more intense movies and music
DTS-HD is capable of 7.1 channels of sound, totally immersing you in movies and music. (Remember, a typical 5.1-channel system consists of two front and two rear speakers, a center-channel speaker, and a subwoofer / bass management channel, which is the ".1") By using two additional channels for "side surround" speakers at your left and right sound can be more accurately placed in your listening room. This means that special effects pans, like jet-fighter flyovers or arrows whizzing past you, will be more dramatic and life like.
DTS-HD Audio in 7.1 channels is amazing when listening to music, too it's like being in the front row of a concert hall, with instruments and voices placed in different locations in your listening room.
Now to the actual list of all the disc with
7.1 discrete channels !! these are only a fraction of what is available as of now and many many such to come in the future !!
* 3:10 to Yuma
* The Arrival (Release date April 21st 2009)
* Bach: Orchestral Suites No.1, 2 & 3 / Tripelkonzert
* Bangkok Dangerous
* The Bank Job
* Be Kind Rewind
* Beethoven - Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Belly
* The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
* Black Mask
* Busoni: Doktor Faust Blu-ray
* Chris Botti in Boston (Release date March 31st 2009)
* The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
* Circle of Iron (Release date May 19th 2009)
* The Condemned
* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The First Season Blu-ray (Release date May 19th 2009)
* Daddy's Little Girls
* Dark City
* Dead & Buried
* Delta Farce
* Disaster Movie
* Doctor Strange
* The Doors
* Dragon Tiger Gate
* The Eye
* Fast Company (Release date May 19th 2009)
* Fearless (Directors Cut)
* Ferruccio Busoni: Doktor Faust
* The Final Countdown
* The Forbidden Kingdom
* Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata at La Scala
* The Golden Compass
* Good Luck Chuck
* Grieg - Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Hairspray
* Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
* Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
* Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army Universal
* Hellboy II: The Golden Army Collector's Edition
* House of a 1000 corpses
* House of Fury
* Hulk Vs.
* The Invincible Iron Man
* Ip Man
* Johann Strauss: The New Years Concert in Vienna - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Lady Cop & Papa Crook
* La Traviata at La Scala
* Lust Caution
* Meet the Browns
* The Midnight Meat Train
* Mr. Woodcock
* My Best Friend's Girl
* Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
* The Nightmare Before Christmas
* Nino Rota: Complete Music For Viola /Violin and Piano - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Oldboy
* The Orphanage
* Pan's Labyrinth
* Perhaps Love
* Pinocchio
* Protege
* Punisher: War Zone
* Rambo (2008)
* Red Cliff
* Red Cliff 2
* Repo! The Genetic Opera
* Run Fatboy Run
* Rush Hour 3
* Saw IV
* Saw V
* Secret
* Semi-Pro
* Shoot 'Em Up
* Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Sleeping Beauty
* Space or Dream of Life
* Spatial Dynamics
* The Spirit (Release date April 14th 2009)
* Star Trek - The Original Series - Season 1 (Release date April 28th 2009)
* Star Trek: Motion Picture Collection: The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier, The Undiscovered Country (Release date May 12th 2009)
* The Stendhal Syndrome
* Step Into Liquid
* Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos Nos. 1&3 - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Transporter 3
* Two Evil Eyes (Release date March 31st 2009)
* Ultimate Avengers
* Van Wilder
* Verdi: Rigoletto
* Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico - The Best of Violin Concetros - Acoustic Reaity Experience
* W.
* Wagner: The Best of Overtures & Preludes - Acoustic Reality Experience
* Waiting...
* War
* The Warlords
* Weeds: Season Two
* Weeds: Season Three
* Weeds: Season Four (Release date June 2nd 2009)
* Witless Protection
Source :
The Official Blu-ray forum
Now if still one thinks this pointless discussion the I have nothing to say !!
You also mentioned about 7.1 analogue out. Again its nice to have feature. But when you can pass 7.1 stream in raw or processed format over HDMI, why one would need separate analogue out?
Boss may be to people like you !! but for people like me who are not just interested in these new ages boxes of crap with HDMI and what not and who are very much happy hooking their multichannel power Amps to the devices with said output it makes a world of difference !!
Like I have mentioned in this forum before, all media players have a life span of 2-3 years max. The SoC manufacturers (like Sigma) keep rolling new chips in 2-3 years. When new chip comes a new breed of media players come in market. Eventually the older devices lack firmware support. So no matter how much powerful the media player is, it is going to get outdated in 2-3 years.
Well Good God, Sir which technology in todays date is expected to last forever ?? today its technology by force not by choice !! they make you throw stuff even if its perfectly good ! A number of examples say this !!
Take SACD for one,Take DVD-Audio,Take HD-DVD ! Take any such new age tech and you know what is the life span we are talking here !!
Last but certainly not the least,A small piece of Info on these Media Players !!
All the Media Players till date produced or developed are by Chinese and Taiwanese (some in their own name and some in other Famed Brands),
The super famous Popcorn Hour is chinese,so is Ac ryan and a gazillion more of them ! they have already established themselves and are here to stay !! So its just matter one's own belief to either buy it wait forever for some alternatives to come or to see the product sustain or such !!
Regards.