[mythtv-users] OT RANT on DirecTV DD5.1 offerings!

[Steven Adeff]

On 3/8/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 03/08/06 21:47, Jim Minihane wrote:
>
> > Oh well. I guess I'll have to settle for ProLogic until I play a DVD
> > or ripped DVD. OK… I guess I'll just buy a few PVR-500s and stuff them
> > into a case for capture. I suppose this simplifies things.
> >
>
> Should I mention that the audio chips on the PVR-x50's/500's only decode
> the stereo portion of a ProLogic signal (they don't use the matrixed
> data for the other channels), so the audio that's encoded into the
> recording has only 2 channels? Probably not... :)

they don't decode anything, they just record. and since the signal is
analog when you play it back, your receiver will be able to extract
the prologic matrix from the analog signal.

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Steve