: SA8300HD 5.1 question


mmorais
2005-01-02, 01:38 PM
Couldn't find the answer to this question and the rogers documentation is crap for the 8300HD.

Does the SA8300HD have the 5.1 decoder built in or does it require a receiver or external 5.1 decoder to take advantage of 5.1 broadcasts?

nathan
2005-01-02, 02:20 PM
Does the SA8300HD have the 5.1 decoder built in or does it require a receiver or external 5.1 decoder to take advantage of 5.1 broadcasts?
It requires an external decoder. No 6-channel analogue output.

Can you even buy consumer devices with the decoders built in anymore? (obviously I don't mean recievers) My first DVD player had a decoder built in, and actually, my second too...but I haven't even seen that option advertised recently. Make sense, since 5.1 decoding recievers can be had for so cheap nowadays.

Hmmm...