[mythtv-users] AC3, Analog Cable and 5.1
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Thu Mar 23 03:20:29 UTC 2006
On Mar 22, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Michael Heironimus wrote:
>
>
> That being said, very few TV programs make any real use of Dolby
> Surround. When I play a DVD I'm surprised if it doesn't have at
> least 4
> channel audio, but I'm even more surprised when a TV show on cable has
> anything on the rear channel. Usually almost everything is through the
> center channel.
One of the first shows to use surround sound encoding was the old
"Arsenio Hall" show. This caused a lot of problems because most
stations transmitting stereo use a "monoguard" to detect and correct
an out-of-phase condition, which will result in almost inaudible
sound on a mono receiver. Since the encoding used phase modulation it
drove the monoguard crazy, switching back and forth trying to correct
what it detected as a "fault". Stations were given no warning of this
at all and it was a real problem. Eventually everyone just switched
off their monoguards for the program but it still created strange
sounding stuff on a mono set.
Just thought you might be interested in some ancient history.
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