dolby d ex

[GSB]

got my sky box linked to avr with hdmi and optical.playing around i find the optical output is dolby d ex (bbc hd..in dd)...shouldn't it display dolby digital?

 

[The_Lhc]

Dolby digital ex is better, stop whinging.

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Mmmm - an explaination of the various and many Dolby surround formats would have been interesting maybe?

 

[Dave_]

It's psuedo 6.1...

Surround left and right info is decoded to create a surround centre channel.

 

[GSB]

iv'e never had this come up before on sky,just dolby digital.

so dolby digital ex is better than pcm.....??

on a google search it said dd ex was an older version,was just wondering that's all :?

 

[Dave_]

 

[The_Lhc]

iv'e never had this come up before on sky,just dolby digital.

so dolby digital ex is better than pcm.....??

on a google search it said dd ex was an older version,was just wondering that's all :?

No, who mentioned pcm? DD ex is better than DD.

 

[The_Lhc]

Mmmm - an explaination of the various and many Dolby surround formats would have been interesting maybe?

This stuff's ten years old, google it!

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Forgive my ignorance but I think GSB was less interested in Dolby technology but more with the Sky signal and how his receiver interprets the various surround formats.

But I know nuffin'.

Cheers

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Was blank - now works fine