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why won't a blu-ray disc contain stereo only soundtrack?

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i'm a 2-ch listener, even though i got a 7.1-ch receiver that does decoding of 5.1-ch LPCM via HDMI (it will interpolate the surrounds into surround back channels). i just don't have space to put any surround speakers.

when i buy dvds, i always look for movies which offer 2-ch stereo soundtracks. soundstaging usually sound more opened than 5.1-ch, which suffers from phase cancellations in the downmixed process.

it seems all movie blu-ray titles will be releasing minimum 5.1 materials. are we destined to never enjoy optimum 2-ch sound plaback watching movies on blu-ray?


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Topic - why won't a blu-ray disc contain stereo only soundtrack? - jeromelang 03:40:19 04/05/07 (4)

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