Posted by Jim Johnson on 11/10/05 12:54

I leave mine on to, but it is kind of odd that the THX trailer has a flag
that my receiver recognizes and the movie does not.

Jim

"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com> wrote in message
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> "Mark" <mark_a_jackson@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> yes i have just noticed this on my R2 copy of revenge of the sith.its
>>> the same
>>>
>>> did you manage to get a surround back channel out your amp? i have
>>> yamaha rx657, and i heard noting.
>>> interestingly, the THX trailier is ex, flaged, and my amp had not
>>> problem identifying that
>
> The movie was mixed for EX, but the DVD is not properly flagged. You have
> to manually engage EX decoding on your receiver.
>
> I find that it's usually best to just leave EX on all the time. Even
> movies not specifically mixed for it will often matrix well into the
> center back speaker.
>
>
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