Getting the Panasonic DVD-RV31 Dvd Player... (1 Viewer)

[John Torrez]

I read reviews online and the reviews seem to be favorable. I have a question though, if I want to get 5.1 sound using that player in the future I am gonna need an amplifier right? Or will I not be able to get 5.1 sound at all?
Edited to add: This is my first dvd player that I have bought for myself, so I need all the help I can get. The reason I asked about the amp is that when I read about this player it said something about it not getting 5.1 sound from the player so that's why I aksed if I can get 5.1 sound if I use an amp together with this player.
[Edited last by John Torrez on August 09, 2001 at 05:31 PM]

 

[Saurav]

If you just used an amplifier, probably not. But if you mean a receiver when you say "amp", and your receiver has DD/DTS decoders in it (which most modern A/V receivers do), then you will get 5.1. What the RV31 lacks (AFAIK) is an on-board DD/DTS decoder, with 6 analog outputs. This makes sense, as most people buying DVD players already have receivers which do the decoding, so there's no sense in putting a decoder on the DVD player and increasing its cost.
Hope that helps.

 

[John Torrez]

Oops. I did mean to say reciever, sorry.
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