DVD Recorders..?

[manutd/dogs]

Someone who seems fairly knowledgable about audio told me that DVD recorders won't play sound in 5.1. Is this true or not? The reason I ask is because I want to buy one with 80gig or more and store and play all my music (mainly MP3) on it. Can I do that?

Cheers.

 

[Sexiano Ronaldo]

Someone who seems fairly knowledgable about audio told me that DVD recorders won't play sound in 5.1. Is this true or not? The reason I ask is because I want to buy one with 80gig or more and store and play all my music (mainly MP3) on it. Can I do that?

Cheers.

You have MP3's recorded in a 5.1 format do you?

What a waste of money if your main use for it is to play back music.

 

[M29]

Someone who seems fairly knowledgable about audio told me that DVD recorders won't play sound in 5.1. Is this true or not?

No. Some amps can emulate it with 'Studio' effects. It's not true digital 5.1 sound like off a DVD movie.

 

[Streaker]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technolo...le-of-standards/2004/12/13/1102787018640.html

Just as people warm to DVD recorders this Christmas, a new generation of video devices and discs is set to add to consumer confusion, experts say.

The next generation of DVD will offer increased storage capacity and higher resolution to furnish the latest digital televisions, but a split has emerged over a standard, and no clear winner will emerge for another year.

Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros and New Line Cinema said last month that they would back Toshiba's HD-DVD, due out next year. But the rival Blu-ray, backed by Sony, has some serious media muscle behind it, too. Sony's film studio, Sony Pictures, is a powerhouse and was recently beefed up with its purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and its large library.

News Corp, which owns Twentieth Century Fox, is a member of the association that backs Blu-ray, and Matsu********a, the maker of Panasonic players, and other companies are also behind it. Blu-ray can store more digital media than HD-DVD. But proponents say HD-DVD will be cheaper because its technology is similar to that used in current DVDs.

A senior vice-president at Toshiba, Yoshihide Fujii, said the endorsement from Hollywood was a plus for his company's product, but he told the Associated Press: "Even if we come out with the hardware, without content it's just a box."

But Sony appears determined that its standard will not lose again - as Betamax did against VHS in the early 1980s. Sony has recently added support for rival digital-rights management codes, and that could mean two standards on shelves for some time.

It just gets more confusing by the day.

 

[agitator]

you can buy the new wintal pvr-x10 which is a standard definition digital set top box and 80 gb hard drive disc recorder. this is german software customised to work with aussie digital tv transmissions.

only costs $400!!!!