|   Pro Logic With DVD? Part II | ToLiveAndDieInNY
May 6, 2002 8:33 AM | | I want to connect a DVD player, once I purchase one, to my Yamaha Pro Logic-only receiver (and once I get the surround speakers, which I do not have yet); but, my concern is, will I be getting a true surround sound effect, even though my receiver isn't Dolby Digital or DTS? I know the VCR movies will sound right out of Pro Logic when playing from my Sony Hi Fi deck, but once I connect a DVD player to my receiver, will I achieve a surround effect out of the DVD soundtracks? Will there be that actual "Dolby delay" effect, as on the VHS tapes? This receiver only has Pro Logic decoding.
Thanks in advance for any insights. |
| Yes, you will be getting Dolby Stereo surround..... | Terrible Terrence
May 6, 2002 9:15 AM | | TLADINY,
You will be getting the same surround experience as you get with VHS hifi tape. Two channel, four track Dolby Stereo. The same prologic settings used for VHS hifi will be used for DVD's analog channels. Aside from a measure of clarity, both the DVD analog tracks, and the VHS hifi tracks essentially sound the same.
Terrence |
| Yes, you will be getting Dolby Stereo surround..... | ToLiveAndDieInNY
May 6, 2002 11:05 AM | | Thank you, Terrence. Thats what I wanted to know. Essentially, whoever sits in my apartment and hears a movie Im playing in "surround sound" will be able to tell there is definite "delay" surround effect going on, even though it's a DVD that's playing, right? |
| As long as you set it that way..... | Terrible Terrence
May 6, 2002 12:26 PM | | TLADINY,
The great thing about Dolby surround is that you can adjust the delay for the surrounds to anything you want once you past the 20 millisecond Dolby minimum requirement. I always chose a slightly longer than necessary delay time because it increases spaciousness, and makes fly overs sound more spactacular.
Terrence |
| As long as you set it that way..... | ToLiveAndDieInNY
May 6, 2002 1:08 PM | | Thank you, Terrence...I guess I will have to play with the delay effects once I have everything set up; right now, my receiver is running in 2 channel stereo just for music. |
| re: Pro Logic With DVD? Part II | kelsci
May 6, 2002 9:40 AM | | You will be using the analog audio outputs of the DVD player into a chosen analog input of your receiver. DVDs may give you two channel sound needed for Pro-Logic in two ways but first you must check to see on the packaging what audio tracks are offered and/or check the audio or language set-up when the disc is loaded. On some discs, you will use your machine to mix down a 5.1 channel track into two channels for Pro-Logic. Note that the .1 LFE channel will be excluded in the mixdown however you still will get bass response. Some discs offer what is called a 2 channel Dolby Surround track. That would be your choice to use since supposedly it has been engineered to play properly in that mode over the "mix down" version. If you have a disc with both soundtracks you can try one against the other to see which sounds better to you. My personal impression according to the equipment I have is that I have not been impressed using DVD in this manner. IMO a well recorded two channel linear or hi-fi stereo VHS tape or a well recorded two channel analog or digital laser disc recording are superior to the whole DVD business I described above. On DVD, I was only impressed with two discs. THE MATRIX which is a 5.1 to two channel mixdown and the Dolby Digital version of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN which has a separate Dolby Surround track played very well in DPL. |
| re: Pro Logic With DVD? Part II | ToLiveAndDieInNY
May 6, 2002 11:07 AM | | Thank you very much for your input; I shall consider everything you said once I get the surround speakers, subwoofer, and DVD player. |
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