| I want my 7.1 (and a whole lot more...) :-)
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7.1 Surround Sound in the rental shops?
I see all kinds of Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound movies for rent /sale in my local BlockBuster and Rogers outlets, but I have - never - seen a 'factory' 7.1 surround movie notation listed on the back of any packages...
Has anyone ever come across this forgotten technology? Is it listed as something else aside from THX encoding that I have simply not noticed or has the format been all but ignored in Hollywood?
Additionally, I very rarely see systems advertised in flyers etc. as being 7.1, they inevitably seem to be pushed as 5.1 Surround.
I for one, am a big fan of surround sound! Heck, I greatly look forward to 9.1, 11.2 and whatever else 'they' come up with in the future! At this point in time, I strongly believe that there should be a standard for two more channels: (one) centered directly above and behind the listener and another (one) in front of and above the television.
These two new mono-channels could use a matrix circuit to provide the illusion of the sounds emanating from all spaces above, behind and most importantly, vocals directly 'behind the glass' as is done in a theater with its more or less acoustically transparent screen.
Comments?
Andrew D.
cdnav.com
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