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Thread ID: 38951 2003-10-23 00:49:00 Surround sound on TV Andrew B (867) Press F1
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185828 2003-10-23 00:49:00 Does any TV channel in NZ have surround sound? Andrew B (867)
185829 2003-10-23 02:26:00 None that I am aware of, just stereo transmissions or mono. Pheonix (280)
185830 2003-10-23 04:07:00 The occasional item is broadcast in dolby, I think that Bathurst *might* be. -=JM=- (16)
185831 2003-10-23 04:11:00 And they all have heavy compression for advertisements. :D Graham L (2)
185832 2003-10-23 04:19:00 What about movies on Sky digital? PoWa (203)
185833 2003-10-23 04:29:00 Sky digital stereo fed into my Dolby Prologic Surround Sound stereo certainly works . Its "synthetic" surround sound but quite effective, normal TV stereo is not decoded as well though .

My TV has surround sound as well, (Nicam Stereo) Widescreen, and its OK, but not as good as Sky sound .

When a helicopter flies across the screen in a Sky movie, you duck as it flies across the room . Awesome, until SWMBO (wife) comes in and turns the sound down . You then get one of those "looks" .

Its a long time since I tried surround sound at volume, come to think of it . . .
godfather (25)
185834 2003-10-23 04:33:00 > When a helicopter flies across the screen in a Sky
> movie, you duck as it flies across the room . Awesome,
> until SWMBO (wife) comes in and turns the sound down .
> You then get one of those "looks" .

:D
stu140103 (137)
185835 2003-10-23 04:41:00 The main centers should be able to get NICAM stereo (usually your TV or video tuner will give an indication of a stereo signal - well the carrier is present at least - the program itself may not be stereo). I think TV1, 2 and 3 are all NICAM stereo. I have noticed some programs have a Surround logo on there somewhere. Apparently the new receivers with Pro Logic II make a good job of taking a stereo signal and "surrounding" it.

Finally with DVD, in most cases, the labelling has what type of sound tracks are contained on the disk.
Dolby Digital (160)
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