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Roughly Drafted: 5.1 audio on Apple TV
Merlin Mann | Mar 30 2007
Ten Myths of the Apple TV: 5.1 Audio Via my internet puppetmaster, Brian Hogg, comes another very good (and very long) piece from Daniel Eran on the Apple TV that runs down some of the details on 5.1 audio and attempts to clear up some ongoing confusion about what works, what doesn't, and why.
I don't personally have a 5.1 setup so I have no way of verifying this, but I'm curious what you audiophiles are discovering -- especially given that some of the Scott Bournes out there have cited lack of 5.1 audio as one reason for holding out on an TV purchase. Any luck getting 5.1 working satisfactorily with your Apple TV? Is the lack of 5.1 content on iTS a dealbreaker for you? 19 Comments
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 The lack of 5.1 (or...Submitted by Nick (not verified) on March 30, 2007 - 9:05am.
The lack of 5.1 (or better) on purchased movies/shows is one of the major deal breakers for me. Fortunately I have Minis on 3 of my TVs and they work amazingly well with VLC and optical out. But I am in the process of putting together a major upgrade for my parents who have finally decided to go HD. I was looking seriously at an AppleTV for them, but even my relitivly novice father said "whats the point if I the downloaded stuff doesnt do surround?"... I think he's right. Whats frustrating is that it really shouldn't require any extra hardware, just encode the media with 5.1 Apple! I've got a nice 30mbs FiOS pipe coming into my house, so the day they make HD content with surround sound available, I'll be all over it, until then, its a bit like getting a porche with a honda engine. » POSTED IN:
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