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    Questions about Sound!!

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by lazaross, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. lazaross

    lazaross Notebook Geek

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    Can 2.1 speakers ( I have logitech z3 ) play dolby surround sound?

    Also, i know that they can't play DTS, but when i play a HD movie with DTS sound, the sound is playing normal. Why?
     
    lazaross, Jul 30, 2010
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  2. lazaross

    lazaross Notebook Geek

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    Can someone help me? I'm very confused!

    It's the WMPC that can play the DTS sound? It's hardware only?
     
    lazaross, Jul 31, 2010
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    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    True Dolby surround...? No! You need a minimum of four speakers for that. What you're getting is Dolby's patented decoding to stereo (the number of speakers/channels you have). The center channel/speaker, merely combines those two signals.
    Because that's the way it's designed. In absence of the patented speaker and decoding configuration, the all default to stereo.
     
    Krane, Jul 31, 2010
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