i chose the dts option, but heard nothing! (1 Viewer)

[Ted Lee]

hi all -
last night i was watching 'shadow of the vampire' (btw - not a bad flick). when i went into the language selection and chose the dts option, it attempted to play a short clip to "demo" the dts sound. instead, i heard no sound whatsoever. i've double-checked my sony's dvp-560d's settings, and everything looks good.
i'm running the 5.1 outputs from the dvd into my onkyo tx-sv646 - then selecting the multi-ch input there.
when i selected the dd option, i heard sound.
so...i guess my system isn't capable of producing dts?
aarggh!
[edit] i should mention, on my other dvd's, this doesn't occur. i can choose the dts option, and everything appears to work fine.

 

[David Ely]

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think your DVD player can decode DTS sound.

 

[Nicholas A. Gallegos]

The DVP-560D is incapable of decoding DTS bitstreams. It'll only do Dolby Digital.
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[Ted Lee]

thanks guys -
as an fyi, i further read my owner's manual (imagine that) and i think i can only obtain dts output when using the optical/coax output. i know that machine is dts capable (in some form) because the logo is on it.
guess this'll give me an excuse to buy a new receiver!

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[Marty Neudel]

>guess this'll give me an excuse to buy a new receiver!
Ted,
as a true HTF'er you must repeat to yourself, over and over, "This is not an excuse; it is a compelling reason!, This is not an excuse; it is a compelling reason!, This is not an excuse; it is a compelling reason!"
Marty

 

[Ted Lee]

lol!
yes marty, i think that'll be my new mantra...along with "hope the girlfriend doesn't find out, hope the girlfriend doesn't find out, hope the girlfriend doesn't find out..."

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You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

 

[Rich Kraus]

...just be sure to buy one roughly the same color, with roughly the same color display, and your there
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'Till next time,
Rich (the kite guy)

 

[Nicholas A. Gallegos]

Hmmmm....
Onkyo has always had relatively conservative styling with their receivers. She probably wouldn't even notice if swapped your old receiver out for say, a TX-DS696.
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