[rescue] Laserdisc players Re: Hello?

[Grant Stevens]

I'm not sure if they put it in the analog tracks too, but I don't see 
why not.  I know it's usually encoded in the digital tracks for sure. 
 It might even vary from disc to disc.  
I agree that "real" (multiple discrete channel) surround sound is 
better, but Dolby Surround from the PCM channels on laser disc sounds 
surprisingly close to Dolby Digital or DTS.  As far as I know, Dolby Pro 
Logic just applies to decoders.  I believe it implies that the Dolby 
Surround is decoded digitally, instead of using passive analog circuits. 
 As far as I know, nothing is *encoded* Dolby Pro Logic.  
I would agree that HiFi VHS audio is better quality than analog laser 
disc audio.  There's something just not right about the analog laser 
disc audio.  

Grant Stevens


Joshua D Boyd wrote:

>On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 02:28:16PM -0500, Grant Stevens wrote:
>
>>Side opinion:  Don't knock the Dolby Surround that's encoded on laser 
>>discs.  I think it sounds a lot better than VHS.  There's probably more 
>>channel separation (so the surround channels works better), and the 
>>frequency range is better.  
>>
>
>Are you talking about Dolby surround encoded into the analog tracks, or
>digital?  Even if it is better than VCRs, it is still a cheap hack (a quite
>clever one, I'll grant you), that isn't all that great.  Real systems like
>DTS and Dolby Digital are far superior.  I'm not really sure how ProLogic
>works.
>
>The reports I've seen indicate that HiFi VCRs sound better than analog laser
>discs.  But, from the sounds of it, HiFi VCRs either didn't exist or were
>extremely uncommon at the time that people still used analog audio laserdiscs,
>which makes it an unfair comparison.