THX and Arcam's reply to questions.

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

I asked the following question of Arcam. Apart from the mistake (I think?)
=
about THX being related to picture quality, anyone got any thoughts on
this=
? As per a previous post, I recently got a Onkyo DVS939 DVD player but
have=
had some problems with really bad lip synch (more than the 80ms a plasma i=
s supposedly meant to take up with processing the picture). I'm going to
bo=
rrow an Arcam DV88P at the weekend and do a side-by-side comparison but
won=
dered how much of a difference a THX Ultra certified DVD player (the
Onkyo)=
would make to the sound quality? (I'm toying with the idea of a THX speake=
r set in the future - but the one I've seen is =A35500!)





Q: Do any of your DVD players have THX (ultra 2) certification? If not,
how=
much of a difference does this make to sound quality?



A: In answer to your questions we don't currently make a THX specified DVD
=
player, there are about 5 in the world and they are very expensive. It
make=
s no difference to the sound as the THX specification only covers the
Pictu=
re quality as THX is a list of specifications  that helps an
amplifier=
process a Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 sound track. Or in THX Ultra2's case a=
true 7.1 sound track. The specifications are laid down in the same way for=
DVD picture quality. Any amplifier can be made into THX if it follows the =
Lucas specifications to the T.

The DVD-A upgrade for the DVD players will be available within the next
2-4=
months, although the price has not confirmed I think it will be around the=
=A3350 mark.





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