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> region the DVD player could use. I guess a number of people are
> importing DVD's.
As a nation of immigrants... absolutely!
Richard Fisher
www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
Hugh Campbell wrote:
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> Thanks Anthony and Jason, that is what I thought but I couldn't
> understand why people in this country would be concerned over what
> region the DVD player could use. I guess a number of people are
> importing DVD's.
>
> Hugh
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Burroughs" <
[email protected]>
> To: "HDTV Magazine" <
[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: 7.1 audio
>
>
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>>
>> Dvd players and movies are both coded with a geographic region (the US
>> and
>> Canada are in 'Region 1'). If you buy a dvd player that is 'region 1'
>> then
>> you can only play Region 1 titles. The idea is to prevent pirated DVDs
>> made
>> in China from being usable elsewhere in the world. It doesn't prevent
>> piracy
>> as much as it slows it down a bit.
>>
>> There are lots of 'region free' players for those who want movies made in
>> other parts of the world, but no major manufacturer makes them.
>>
>> In the PC world, you can change the region of your dvd-rom drive, but you
>> can only do it 5 times before you're locked into that last region.
>> There are
>> also hacks to make dvd-rom drives region free (so you can watch dvds from
>> other regions on your computer), and to reset the counter.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
>> Hugh Campbell
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:19 AM
>> To: HDTV Magazine
>> Subject: Re: 7.1 audio
>>
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>>
>> My dumb question of the day. What does "region" have to do with DVD's?
>> I've read this a million times and just finally decided to ask what it is
>> about.
>>
>> Hugh
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Rizzuto"
>> <
[email protected]>
>> To: "HDTV Magazine" <
[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: 7.1 audio
>>
>>
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>>>
>>> I think you've confused DTS ES with Dolby Digital EX. None of the Harry
>>> Potter films to my knowledge have a DTS soundtrack. The first I believe
>>> is
>>> 5.1 Dolby. The second is Dolby EX. EX however is not discreet the two
>>> extra rear channels are derived from a matrix. The sixth channel of DTS
>>> ES
>>> is discreet. If you have two back channel surrounds as I do the
>>> audio is
>>> duplicated in both speakers. If you want a complete list of discs
>>> with a
>>> DTS soundtrack go to
www.dts.com click on consumer, then click on home
>>> theater, then click on DVD title search., select United States as the
>>> country and then click submit and you will get the entire list of DVD's
>>> with
>>> both 5.1, and 6.1 DTS soundtracks.
>>>
>>> Anthony R.
>>> Orlando, FL
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
>>> Bill Tilghman
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:11 AM
>>> To: HDTV Magazine
>>> Subject: Re: 7.1 audio
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Not 7.1, but 6.1 separate discreet channels available on these DTS-EX
>>> discs
>>> - the list is a few months old by the way:
>>>
>>> 1. 102 Dalmatians
>>> 2. Alien Adventure - 3D (IMAX)
>>> 3. Art Of War, The
>>> 4. Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
>>> 5. Astronaut's Wife, The
>>> 6. Atlantis: Lost Empire, The
>>> 7. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
>>> 8. Austin Powers in Goldmember
>>> 9. Avenging Fist, The (aka Tekken)
>>> 10. Bad Taste
>>> 11. Bats
>>> 12. Beastmaster
>>> 13. Bone Collector, The
>>> 14. Bones
>>> 15. Blade II
>>> 16. Can't Stop The Music
>>> 17. Cast Away
>>> 18. Caveman's Valentine, The
>>> 19. Chicken Run
>>> 20. Church, The
>>> 21. Claim, The
>>> 22. Contamination
>>> 23. Day of the Dead
>>> 24. Dead & Buried
>>> 25. Die Another Day
>>> 26. Digital Video Essentials
>>> 27. Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition
>>> 28. Encounters in the 3rd Dimension - 3D (IMAX)
>>> 29. E.T.: The Extraterrestrial
>>> 30. Evil Dead, The
>>> 31. Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen
>>> 32. Fight Club
>>> 33. Final Countdown, The - May 25th, 2004
>>> 34. Final Destination 2
>>> 35. Finding Nemo
>>> 36. Freddy vs Jason
>>> 37. Gladiator
>>> 38. Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets
>>> 39. Harry Potter And The Sorceror's Stone
>>> 40. Haunted Castle - 3D (IMAX)
>>> 41. Haunting, The
>>> 42. Highlander
>>> 43. Hollow Man
>>> 44. House of the Dead - January 27th, 2004
>>> 45. Hulk
>>> 46. Jurassic Park III
>>> 47. Knockaround Guys, The
>>> 48. Legend Of Bagger Vance, The
>>> 49. Long Past Dead
>>> 50. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The
>>> 51. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The
>>> 52. Man Who Fell to Earth, The
>>> 53. Maniac
>>> 54. Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc
>>> 55. Mexican, The
>>> 56. Minority Report
>>> 57. Mission To Mars
>>> 58. Monster's Inc.
>>> 59. Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion
>>> 60. On Golden Pond
>>> 61. Opera
>>> 62. Perfect Storm, The
>>> 63. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
>>> 64. Pitch Black
>>> 65. Punch Drunk Love: Superbit Deluxe
>>> 66. Q: The Winged Serpent
>>> 67. Rush Hour 2
>>> 68. Say It Isn't So
>>> 69. Secondhand Lions: Platinum Series - February 3rd, 2004
>>> 70. See Spot Run
>>> 71. Se7en: Platinum Series
>>> 72. Signs
>>> 73. S1mone
>>> 74. Someone Like You
>>> 75. Spy Kids
>>> 76. Spooky House
>>> 77. StageFright (aka Aquarius)
>>> 78. Standing in the Shadows of Motown
>>> 79. Stargate: Ultimate Edition
>>> 80. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
>>> 81. Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
>>> 82. Stunt Man, The
>>> 83. Suspiria
>>> 84. Terminator
>>> 85. Terminator 2: Judgement Day: Extreme Edition
>>> 86. Terminator 2: Judgement Day: Ultimate Edition
>>> 87. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - March 30th, 2004
>>> 88. Treasure Planet
>>> 89. Transporter, The
>>> 90. Toy Story 2
>>> 91. Two Evil Eyes
>>> 92. Unbreakable
>>> 93. Vigilante
>>> 94. Watcher in the Woods, The
>>> 95. We Were Soldiers
>>> 96. When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb and Dumberer
>>> 97. Willard - October 7th, 2003
>>> 98. World Is Not Enough, The
>>>
>>> Bill T.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: HDTV Magazine On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Anthony Rizzuto
>>> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 2:38 PM
>>> To: HDTV Magazine
>>> Subject: Re: 7.1 audio
>>>
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>>>
>>> There is nothing that is 7.1 on the market for DTS or Dolby. The only
>>> thing
>>> that I am aware of that uses 7.1 discreet channels is SACD or DVD A.
>>> DTS
>>> ES
>>> uses 6.1 as do some versions of Dolby EX but the back surrounds share
>>> the
>>> same audio track. I'd say they were mono but that would be a
>>> misnomer. I
>>> don't think this is a Blu-Ray issue so much as it is a software issue
>>> and
>>> to
>>> some degree a hardware issue. There are receivers and amps etc offering
>>> up
>>> to nine separate audio channels but these are hybrids and there is no
>>> software currently that utilizes them.
>>>
>>> Anthony R.
>>> Orlando, FL
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
>>> Jason Burroughs
>>> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 2:21 PM
>>> To: HDTV Magazine
>>> Subject: 7.1 audio
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Without having to go read the specs...is 7.1 audio standard with dts
>>> or dd
>>> 'hd' versions? Better yet, is it planned for hd-dvd/blu-ray? After being
>>> out
>>> for several years now, only a handful of movies have been made in
>>> anything
>>> greater than 5.1. Glad I didn't spend the money on a 7 channel amp yet,
>>> but
>>> I do have a 6 channel with a pair of rear surrounds connected to that
>>> 6th
>>> channel...
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
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