Sky+ and 5.1 sound.

Hi,

Do Sky+ recordings have the same quality sound as the original broadcasts?
And what if you burn them to DVD, does that copy over as well?

Thanks,

SW

S W wrote:

Do Sky+ recordings have the same quality sound as the original
broadcasts?

Yes, both sound and picture are identical to broadcast quality.

And what if you burn them to DVD, does that copy over as well?

If you have a sound card with digital in, then yes, but there aren't
any stand alone DVD recorders with digital in. They re-encode the
analogue stereo into DD 2.0 sound.

Regards

Mark

Mark A wrote:
S W wrote:

Do Sky+ recordings have the same quality sound as the original
broadcasts?


Yes, both sound and picture are identical to broadcast quality.


And what if you burn them to DVD, does that copy over as well?


If you have a sound card with digital in, then yes, but there aren't
any stand alone DVD recorders with digital in. They re-encode the
analogue stereo into DD 2.0 sound.

Regards

Mark

Thanks, Mark.
Must say I'm surprised that you can't get a DVD recorder with digital
input. I was going to get one but I'll wait a bit now. So does the Sky+
box have digital out, then?

SW

S W wrote:

So does the Sky+ box have digital out, then?

Yup, one optical socket. 'Tis the only way to hear the 5.1 sound from
the three Sky Movie chanels that often use it.

Regards

Mark

"Mark A" wrote in message
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S W wrote:

So does the Sky+ box have digital out, then?

Yup, one optical socket. 'Tis the only way to hear the 5.1 sound from
the three Sky Movie chanels that often use it.


great fun when you use a splitter to the xbox, dvd + sky+
they all get very conused :-)
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Vasss