MTrotter
Stunt Coordinator
I want to put a cheap 20" TV and basic DVD player in my son's bedroom. The TV I am looking at has a composite video input and left/right audio inputs and two speakers. The DVD player is just a basic player that has left/right audio out on the back.
Here's the question: I know a lot of DVDs now have only a DD 5.1 track with no Dolby 2.0 track. Will such a DVD player "downmix" the 5.1 track to a left/right output such that the dialog will be heard? The salesman at Circuit City says it will, but he doesn't know how. I know there are some combination TV/DVD players that seem to work, so maybe he is right. I don't know how this works, since the player won't have a DD 5.1 decoder.
Here's the question: I know a lot of DVDs now have only a DD 5.1 track with no Dolby 2.0 track. Will such a DVD player "downmix" the 5.1 track to a left/right output such that the dialog will be heard? The salesman at Circuit City says it will, but he doesn't know how. I know there are some combination TV/DVD players that seem to work, so maybe he is right. I don't know how this works, since the player won't have a DD 5.1 decoder.
