Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Capricornia DTS!

Jacques Cuneo jccuneo@bellsouth.net
Wed, 05 Mar 2003 22:13:47 -0600


Seth,

That stinks!  I would have had no idea that Xbox did that.  I do know,
however, that all the Soundblaster line of cards do that (blech!).

Any normal (i.e. one that does not muck with the signal) DVD or CD player
with a digital out to a DTS capable receiver should work.

Take care.

Jacques

>Per Jacques suggestion, I ordered mine from half.com ($18.48US with 
>shipping) and got it yesterday.
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>Tried to play it in my xbox, which is also my (DTS supporting) DVD player, 
>and...static.
>According to what I could find on google.groups the xbox is upsampling the 
>44.1kHz sample rate on the disc to 48kHz PCM, (that's what the Sony on the 
>other end of the optical link is saying so I'll buy it) which trashes the 
>signal.
>
>So I can't listen to the disc unless I buy another DVD player! Grrrr.
>
>SDC
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