I'm new to this compatibility war so bear with me if this has been
answered before.
I bought a Panasonic DVD audio player and very impressed with quality
of sound. If I play a SACD will i get any benefits and will it play
in surround. I know there not meant to be compatible but was
wondering if there were any cross over benefits. I was looking to
purchase Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
Hope more DVD audio titles are released cos this novice was blown away
by REM's Reveal. Is the consensus it will survive or is it the new
betamax?

Many thanks in advance

fizzypop wrote:
I'm new to this compatibility war so bear with me if this has been
answered before.
I bought a Panasonic DVD audio player and very impressed with quality
of sound. If I play a SACD will i get any benefits and will it play
in surround.

Not unless it's an SACD player as well as a DVD player.

You will be able to play the stereo CD version , if that is included on
the SACD disc -- such discs are called 'hybrid' SACDs.

I know there not meant to be compatible but was
wondering if there were any cross over benefits. I was looking to
purchase Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

That's a hybrid. It contains three versions of the album:

SACD surround mix
SACD stereo mix
CD stereo mix
(the two stereo mixes are the same mix, in different formats, and with
some remastering-related differences in sound)

You can play the stereo CD mix on that.
But you won't be able to play the surround or stereo SACD mixes
unless your player is SACD-capable.

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-S.

"They've got God on their side. All we've got is science and reason."
-- Dawn Hulsey, Talent Director

I have a question along the same lines. Some DVD movies obviously
have surround sound, be it 5.1, 6.1 or other. Are there any
multichannel music formats that play in a regular DVD player? By
"multichannel", I mean more than stereo, obviously. I know that some
concert DVDs are multichannel, but what about audio-only releases?

I somehow suspect this isn't what's meant by DVD-Audio, but I'm
ignorant about some of the new formats.

Scott Gardner

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:36:47 GMT, (fizzypop)
wrote:

I'm new to this compatibility war so bear with me if this has been
answered before.
I bought a Panasonic DVD audio player and very impressed with quality
of sound. If I play a SACD will i get any benefits and will it play
in surround. I know there not meant to be compatible but was
wondering if there were any cross over benefits. I was looking to
purchase Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
Hope more DVD audio titles are released cos this novice was blown away
by REM's Reveal. Is the consensus it will survive or is it the new
betamax?

Many thanks in advance

Scott Gardner wrote:
I have a question along the same lines. Some DVD movies obviously
have surround sound, be it 5.1, 6.1 or other. Are there any
multichannel music formats that play in a regular DVD player?

Dolby Digital or DTS-formatted versions of the surround music
are found on most DVD-A discs, so that the surround mixes
can be played on *any* DVD player, not just DVD-A
capable players.





--

-S.

"They've got God on their side. All we've got is science and reason."
-- Dawn Hulsey, Talent Director

Also many music video discs have been released on DVD in stereo, DTS
and DD long before DVD-A or SACD was even being sold, so there are a
lot of choices out there. You can use a Pro-Logic processor to get
"surround sound" from any stereo source, but I hate that for music.
Even the DTS and DD stuff usually is terrible, but there are some
exceptions that actually use the surround channels for ambience and
don't resort to horrible panning effects and placing some instruments
behind you, etc.
- Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

"Steven Sullivan" wrote in message
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Scott Gardner wrote:
I have a question along the same lines. Some DVD movies obviously
have surround sound, be it 5.1, 6.1 or other. Are there any
multichannel music formats that play in a regular DVD player?

Dolby Digital or DTS-formatted versions of the surround music
are found on most DVD-A discs, so that the surround mixes
can be played on *any* DVD player, not just DVD-A
capable players.





--

-S.

"They've got God on their side. All we've got is science and
reason."
-- Dawn Hulsey, Talent Director