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The Outcome: Wall's crumbling, windows smashing and me turning 100% deaf!
> Yeah thanks but it's already soughted. My TV's new, my DVD players new
> therefore they both support it. To use 6.1 on my GC the system needs a
> decoder installed into it. This system does for £100. To use it
> with a PC you need a sound card that supports 6.1. That costs
> £30.
But you will need a decoder for your DVD player and TV I would have thought as well. TVs and DVD players do have the optical in, but I dont think they have built in decoders unless there top of the range. My friend has a brand new Sony 28in flatscreen widescreen TV and he needs an amp to play 5.1 on it.
All good DVD players should have a 6.1 decoder built into them but once again I am not talking about the systems I am talking about the software released for them. Hardly any DVD's as of yet support 6.1 but for those that do mine does support it. Its like buying a 2.4GHZ PC with 512MB ram and a new Ge Force graphics card and then purchasing Command and Conqer 1 to run on it. Yes the system supports what is needed but the software doesn't require or doesn't support what the hardware demands/requires.
WS you said you built your PC with a 6.1 Dolby chip but there was no point as PC games are developed in 4.1 and apart from a few DVD's it is pointless having it. The same applies to the TV, unless the software supports it you can't run it in 6.1! I can't run my GameCube in 5.1/DTS because it only supports Pro Logic/Pro Logic 2 and until developers use Dolby Digital technology for the GameCube then I will have to keep running it at 4 channel or 5 channel surround/Pro Logi/Pro Logic 2.
> Nice one!
>
TV, CD Player and PC don't support 6.1
> smashed.
Says you, god of all knowledge.
It depends wha tou have, I built my PC from scratch and oh yes it does support 6.1. And if you're willing to buy an expensive TV/CD player then those will support it too.
However your GameCube, TV, CD Player and PC don't support 6.1 and only a few DVD's (Blade 2 and Seven in my collection) actually support it. I have a 5.1 system that supports 6.1 or DTS EX as it is sometimes reffered to and to be honest I would get a system that supports it rather than paying more for a 6.1 system just for a few DVD's. All 6.1 does is use the central speaker as 2 seperate channels for different sounds and I have watched Blade 2 in 5.1 and DTS EX 6.1 and bar a slight difference in some of the fight scenes I couldn't tell the difference, in fact I would say that the 5.1 mix suited the film much better.
Definitley get a 5.1 system that supports Pro Logic/Pro Logic 2 for your GameCube but I wouldn't focus on 6.1 because it isn't much better (if any better) than Dolby Digital 5.1 I even use 4 channel Surround for Resident Evil because it doesn't support Pro Logic and it actually is very good and I have jumped numerous times as windows have smashed.
This is of course my opinion but you could save yourself money without losing quality :)
The Outcome: Wall's crumbling, windows smashing and me turning 100% deaf!