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coolhand101

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just a quicky

can anyone tell me the difference between dolby digital 2.0 mono and dolby digital 1.0 mono

thanks
 
dolby 2.0 isn't mono, 2.0 infers that it's at least a stereo mix, unless it's an upmix? (anyone?). Dolby 1.0 is a mono track, pure and simple.
 
i should had explain myself better

yes i know dolby digital 1.0 is mono and dolby digital 2.0 is stereo

but ive seen a few film cases with "dd 2.0 mono"which confused the hell out of me. surely cant be all mistakes??

i cant check now but later i will put these films with this sound feature on here

thanks
 
Originally posted by Smurfin
dolby 2.0 isn't mono, 2.0 infers that it's at least a stereo mix, unless it's an upmix? (anyone?). Dolby 1.0 is a mono track, pure and simple.
Matt,
You will usually find that some old films that were recorded
in mono (an example being Citizen Kane), are now available
on dvd in dolby digital 2.0 mono. What this means is that
only the front left and right channels are used to reproduce
the original mono soundtrack hence the 2.0.
I have no idea what 1.0 is though, unless there are some dvd's
out there that only utilise the centre channel.
Perhaps coolhand101 will post an example of some films in both
formats later.
 
Dolby Digital 2.0 is NOT always stereo. It can be either:

2x Mono (L & R channel but same information)
Stereo (L & right channel but different information)
Stereo incl. DPL/DPLII/L7... (any matrix format)
 
Bowenjones is corect, Dolby Digital 1.0 is sound though just the centre speaker.
 
I got a few dvds that just use the centre speakers. Two that spring to mind are:

The audio comentary on "The Thing"

Hang em High
 

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