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• Re: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? - Mick Jones 04:59:19 07/20/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? posted by CQ DX on July 18, 2002 at 06:43:37:

  My DVD player is just plugged into a stereo television, but for the majority of the films that I watch even this is overkill. After all, most classic cinema films are in mono.
  
  

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• Re: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? - Bayside Bomber 16:42:44 07/18/02 (1)
  In Reply to: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? posted by CQ DX on July 18, 2002 at 06:43:37:

  In my household, it is 50%! (One with surround sound and one without)

  
  
  

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  • That makes two of us! - Dalancroft 12:15:06 07/19/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? posted by Bayside Bomber on July 18, 2002 at 16:42:44:

    2nd system is for 2-channel music, ballgames and kiddie DVDs for my toddler . . .
    
    

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• The vast majority is stereo and that's not a guess (nt) - Rich 09:51:24 07/18/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? posted by CQ DX on July 18, 2002 at 06:43:37:

  
  
  
  

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• I would guess more like 20% - Dalancroft 09:27:29 07/18/02 (2)
  In Reply to: Approx what percentage of DVD users use 2-channel? posted by CQ DX on July 18, 2002 at 06:43:37:

  That would help explain the popularity of those crappy "Home theater in a box" systems. Most receivers sold from the mid to late 90s were at least Dolby Pro Logic. I would guess the 20% would be mostly a) the hard-core audiophiles who don't want to mar their precious two-channel systems or b) people upgrading from VCRs who don't have the money to buy a 5.1 system -- yet . . .
  
  

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  • You've forgotten about the huge number that just don't have room for extra speakers...and the WAF... - Methos 13:10:54 07/18/02 (1)
    In Reply to: I would guess more like 20% posted by Dalancroft on July 18, 2002 at 09:27:29:

    I would set up a 5-7.1 HT system in a heartbeat were it up to me...
    
    

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    • True, but . . . - Dalancroft 12:18:03 07/19/02 (0)
      In Reply to: You've forgotten about the huge number that just don't have room for extra speakers...and the WAF... posted by Methos on July 18, 2002 at 13:10:54:

      There are some decent smaller speakers and even in-walls that might meet the WAF factor. I'm pretty impressed with the decent (no, NOT audiophile quality and no, NOT spectacular, but decent) sound I'm getting from a pair of Cambridge Soundworks AM62's, picked up on eBay for about ninety bucks including shipping. These have a 6.5" woofer and aimable silk-dome tweeter; there are also model with a 5" and 8" woofers. Might be worth thinking about . . .
      
      

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