Originally posted by: Arnie.d
As I understand it now the mono mix was actually played in theatres through one central speaker. So encoding a DTS track with the mono track as the centre channel will be accurate as how it was played in cinemas, correct? I'd venture to guess it varied from one cinema to the next. Some might have played through a single speaker above or behind the screen, others might have used the speakers at the front of the room, and I'll bet some cinemas played the single channel through every speaker in the room.
4 channel? No centre speaker?
Yes one centre and only one rear channel.As I understand it now the mono mix was actually played in theatres through one central speaker. So encoding a DTS track with the mono track as the centre channel will be accurate as how it was played in cinemas, correct? I'd venture to guess it varied from one cinema to the next. Some might have played through a single speaker above or behind the screen, others might have used the speakers at the front of the room, and I'll bet some cinemas played the single channel through every speaker in the room.
4 channel? No centre speaker?
For a modern home theatre using ProLogic decoder I guess you'd hear the single rear channel from both rear speakers.