RE: THX and Arcam's reply to questions.

["Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>]

In my experience Paul, fuck all!

I think they are right as that all a DVD player is doing to the sound is delivering a digital bitstream. So while the THX certification does have an impact on sound, it doesn't in the case of a DVD player.

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 November 2002 11:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] THX and Arcam's reply to questions.
>
> 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 is supposedly meant to take up with processing the picture). I'm
> going to borrow an Arcam DV88P at the weekend and do a side-by-side > comparison but wondered 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 speaker 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=
> makes no difference to the sound as the THX specification only covers<= BR> the
> Picture 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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