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Thread: DVD player audio output help |
    
Bronze Member Username: Bryanh
Fresno,
CA
Post Number: 14
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 03:20 am: |
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I guess I'm a bit confused.  I had assumed my new Panasonic F87 DVD-A player would have an optical output jack for watching DVD movies. It does not! The analog 5.1 outputs are there for DVD-Audio only, from what I gather. My receiver (Denon 2105) says that audio signals going through the 5.1 input bypass the surround processing systems and go straight to the speakers.
Seeing as how my receiver can more effectively deal with all the surround sound modes I would think the DVD player could output the audio signal 'untouched' to the receiver.
Here's a picture of the back of my player.
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-QJHcfqjhRt6/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?s=0&cc=01&g=54500& id=morephotos&pi=2&i=133DVDF87S&display=XL#Tab
See anything useful? I could have sworn my parents' 2-year old basic Panasonic DVD player had optical out, and I just assumed mine would too.
This is my first home theater, so bare with me. |
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New member Username: Pepsiman
Post Number: 3
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 07:49 am: |
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Why dont you just use the digital coax instead? !
A lot of manufacturers recommend it over optical |
Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 2409
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 07:58 am: |
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Not all manufacturers use optical audio outputs, there are those that use the digital coaxial and some use both. Your Denon should have a digital coaxial input.
Using the analog 5.1 output is really ideal when you are listen to SACD or any high resolution music disc. Have you listened to an SACD or DVD-Audio? You really should try it. |
Bronze Member Username: Bryanh
Fresno,
CA
Post Number: 15
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 10:12 pm: |
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My Denon has everything. ;) I suppose I wrongly assumed that because the digital coax port looked just like a standard RCA connector it wouldn't have very good quality. I was thinking it was similar to how composite video is inferior to s-video which is inferior to component cable. I'm guessing I need to buy a special digital coax cable now.
I'm definitely looking forward to trying a DVD-A disc soon. I have been looking around and selection seems limited to artists I don't have interest in, for now. Hopefully that will change. In the meantime I might just have to pick up something like Bach to see what it's like. Or if you have any recommendations for particularly good discs I'm open to ideas. |
Bronze Member Username: Bryanh
Fresno,
CA
Post Number: 16
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 10:23 pm: |
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After a bit of online hunting, I'm curious if digital coax cables are available in lengths shorter than 3 feet. My DVD player sits atop my receiver, so a foot or so would be plenty. |
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