Posts by Alexi C

Instead of using the EX/ES setting on my Receiver, I know use PLIIx for all my DD material, and DTS ES for my DTS material, obviously. PLIIx ensures that regardless of whether the discrete channel is there or not, you'll get Surround...

Quote: Alexi, this may sound low tech, but it seems like the only way to be absolutely sure that the movie is playing in 6.1 is to go up to the rear speaker and see (or hear, I guess) if anything is coming out of it....

The odd thing here is, I see the six speaker icons and the EX icon for the THX intro, but for the movie, I just see 5 speakers and the usual DD digital insignia. I guess this is what it means when it's not flagged properly? I could've...

Is there 5.1 and 6.1 in the Audio Options?

Yeah, and I understand that concept of setting it manually. Which I do regularly now. That being said, if I set EX/ES on my Marantz, the THX Intro will indeed play in DD EX, but then the movie starts and it's in 5.1 Does it matter...

Why is Episode III on the list? I manually set my receiver to EX/ES, and although the THX Intro is 6.1, the movie is not. Anyone agree or disagree?

Star Wars 3 is DD EX. update?

Thanks Mike! That did it. I always watched the speaker indicators to see if the SB indicator was on along with L,C,R,SL,SR,LFE. Now that I'm manually setting it to EX/ES, because it's not flagged or not discrete I assume, I don't...

"the single disc version w/just a DD track" that one. I didn't realize there was a DTS version. I tried looking and found the single disc version and the 3-disc collector's edition. So my bad. Thanks for helping though. What about...

Marantz SR4500. Using Coaxial Digital connection. Set to Auto. When I play Incredibles for instance, I get 6.1. Same with LOTR: EE's, and other titles I mentioned. Strange huh that Gladiator and Master Commander of the Sea doesn't...