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)

The industry has settled on the idea that two channel is for music, not movies - Jazz Inmate 10:54:12 04/05/07 (1)

looks like the issue would be down to transfer bitrate bandwidth - jeromelang 04:06:17 04/08/07 (0)

Re: why won't a blu-ray disc contain stereo only soundtrack? - Jack G 06:33:55 04/05/07 (1)

How do you downmix to two channels? - ruxtonvet 02:12:32 05/15/07 (0)

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