Do DVD players come with 4-channel sound?

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#1 erstellt: 21. Dez 2005, 14:32

I have a surround sound speaker system with 4 satellite speakers and a subwoofer with built-in amps for itself and the satellites. It has 4 RCA inputs.

If I purchase a DVD player with built-in decoder for Dolby Digital, will I be able to get surround sound (with phantom center) using this speaker system? In other words, besides 2-ch and 5.1 ch, do DVD players also have a 4-ch option (like computers have)?

Any drawbacks to this setup. Anyone who understands DVD players, please explain.

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#2 erstellt: 02. Jan 2006, 08:42

DVD players does not give a phantom center channel option, they give only 5.1/stereo option.

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#3 erstellt: 02. Jan 2006, 16:33

Thanks.
Isn't it strange that a cheap computer soundcard can actually do what a DVD player can't. My n-Force2 offers 2ch, 4ch, and 5.1 ch. In addition it even offers low freq redirection to a sub using a variable low-pass filter.

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#4 erstellt: 03. Jan 2006, 06:54

You see the sound card has got the Pentium 4 CPU for help, but poor DVD player is not so fortunate

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#5 erstellt: 03. Jan 2006, 10:00

Ya a processor is a big help. nForce2 has a built-in processor. Which is why it's also used in the X-box.

To get back to the point. If I split the center channel signal (using a single RCA to double RCA splitter) and connect these to the left and right channels in addition to their own signals, will it work? Does anyone know how a phantom center channel is created?

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#6 erstellt: 05. Jan 2006, 05:55

Phantom center channel is created by giving the center channel signal to left and right speaker. But you should not physically connect two signals together but rather mix this in a preamp/mixer.

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