Originally posted by: Doctor M
If they're going to dumb down the mix, would it make more sense for them to have a plain 2.0 mix as the default track (for idiots and people without 5.1 setups) and have a really good 5.1 mix as selectable?
Never mind, I answered my own question. Yeah it would make sense... that's why they don't do it.
If they're going to dumb down the mix, would it make more sense for them to have a plain 2.0 mix as the default track (for idiots and people without 5.1 setups) and have a really good 5.1 mix as selectable?
Never mind, I answered my own question. Yeah it would make sense... that's why they don't do it.
I'm guessing that they set these things up for the lowest common denominator. The idiot who knows nothing about sound systems whatsover, but thinks that 5.1 must be the best, even though they have a 2.0 system or mono. So they'll go in and change the sound output to 5.1 anyway, then return the disc, complaining its messed up. So a few foolish people ruin it for everyone else. Back in the laserdisc days, if you had a laserdisc, and a 5.1 system, odds are you knew what you were doing, so no need to remix the sound system.