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Posted by Tony on 10/23/12 11:31
> "Tony" <tony@blah.blah> wrote in message
> news:3t8jjqFri07bU1@individual.net...
>> I've got the R1 Star Wars prequel DVDs and they all claim to be in
>> Dolby Digital Surround EX. My Sony DB-1080 amp is set to switch the
>> rear centre speaker on automatically when it detects the EX flag in
>> the soundtrack, but it only does this for Attack of the Clones. For
>> The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith I have to tell the amp to
>> use the rear centre speaker explicitly as it just outputs normal
>> DD5.1. Has anyone else noticed a similar problem? Does it exist on the R2
>> DVDs as well? Is the EX flag missing or is my DVD player and/or amp
>> just rubbish? The original trilogy DVDs (also R1) all seem to have
>> the EX flag and my amp has no problem with them.
>
> Terry Overall wrote:
> I have all the R1 releases. I had a look on line for an answer as the
> THX promo is picking up the EX flag on the EpIII DVD, but not the
> main feature on my Sony 795.
>
> Seems as though this is a problem with all the prequel DVD's.
>
> http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=243957
>
> You can force EX decoding on the receiver, but I think it's pretty
> poor that a high-profile release like this has an error with the
> surround decoding - especially given that EX exists in the mix for
> the THX short.
Thanks. It's not just my amp then. I don't have this problem on Attack of
the Clones.
It's an even stranger error when you consider what a stickler Lucas is for
quality. (Picture and sound quality, that is. His dialogue is another matter
entirely.)
Tony
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