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Originally Posted by brenner
There is none. I was trying to clarify what 7.1 was. Might not of explained it properly though. In a 7.1 setup you have less information coming from your speakers than you do with 6.1. What it really is is another way for manufacturers to sell receivers.
I agree the new audio codecs being used with BD and HD-DVD is quite confusing. And I may not be able to tell the difference from one to the other. I know I want the one that is the best though. Which one that is has yet to be determined.
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I know what 7.1 is. It is a semi-successful "buzz word" that CE manufacturers are using to sell more speakers and more expensive receivers
It is NOT a consumer version of a commerical cinema audio format which are only 5.1 and 6.1.
Just on a trivia note . . . The highest channels count for commerical movie theaters (read at least 100) was 8 channels. 5 screen channels and 3 surround. 6 movies were made. The process was changed a few years later to 6 channels removing the 2 extra surround channels and making the surround track mono in the theater.
1952. The original process: Cinerama. Replaced in 1961 by Todd AO - the mother of 70mm 6 Track Mag presentation.
I am a purest when it comes to Aspect Ratio (except IMAX) and Sound Track. I know I am not alone in this thinking. I want to hear what the sound engineers heard when they watched the movie for the first time. . . their baby.
7.1 to me is like colorization of B & W films. A marketing attempt to sell a product to people whose interest is small in the original and said interests may be peaked by changing a film to make it more to their likes and tastes.
If you were born after 1965 - you have never seen a B & W TV show broadcast live. Just a stated fact
So guess what? There is a 7.1 BD available - from Lions Gate. . . . An Avengers Cartoon. . . .
