long as the program is being broadcast in Dolby Digital audio, the PVR will record the digital audio. A Dolbly Digital indicator will appear on the Flip Bar and Program Information screen for programs that provide it.

If you plan to connect the DVD player to a surround-sound receiver that is Dolby Digital ready, then a built-in decoder is necessary. If the receiver has a built-in decoder, the DVD player only needs to have the Dolby Digital passthrough. See similar questions...

Dolby digital is a sound format featuring six-channel sound with separate left and right sounds and a low frequency-effects channel. Dolby digital is a standard when it comes to sound formats for DVDs, set-top boxes, etc. See similar questions...

Yes, you can: whether high-definition (HDTV) or standard-definition (SDTV), all digital television (DTV) broadcasts use Dolby Digital audio in the U.S., Canada, and other countries that have adopted the ATSC television standard ( www.atsc.org ). Dolby Digital audio is also used in some countries like Australia in conjunction with other transmission standards. Like other Dolby Digital program material, the audio format of DTV broadcasts varies from mono to full 5.1-channel surround sound. See similar questions...

Dolby Digital is a system capable of multi channel digital audio, coded using technology previously known as AC-3, often abbreviated as DD. See similar questions...

Somewhat confusingly, this is actually also a single channel of digital audio. The same audio stream is directed to the front left and front right speakers. Very few discs use this format. See similar questions...

Initially known as simply Dolby Surround, this is an audio mixing technique that bolts on a rear channel and a centre channel onto a standard two-channel signal. With a two speaker sound system, these extra channels will be automatically mixed into the audio streams for the left and right speaker See similar questions...

Dolby Digital & DTS (Digital Theatre Systems) are two different sound formats found on DVD (although DTS to a lesser extent, unfortunately). Both formats offer up to 6.1 channels of high quality surround sound but thanks to less compression DTS edges slightly ahead of Dolby Digital in terms of quality. Yes. Selected DVDs contain Dolby Digital &/or DTS soundtracks with an additional centre rear channel ? these are known as Dolby Digital EX & DTS-ES. See similar questions...

Dolby Digital has been selected as the default format for DVD video, standard 2 channel audio playback and HDTV ??Digital broadcasting??. Dolby Digital features two independent surround channels giving same full range as the three front channels. Plus it adds a Low Frequency Effect channel ??LFE??. Dolby Digital accomplishes this by using a technique called compression. Digital Theater Systems ??DTS?? uses the same concept but implements a lower compression rate. See similar questions...

Yes, the Sky Plus decoder is Dolby Digital 5.1 compatible. ( As well as other makes & models ) Special jacks at the rear panel are designed to allow easy connection to your Home Cinema station if available.(optical and SPDIF) See similar questions...

The Xbox does support Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound while playing games, as well DTS while playing DVDs. To get DD 5.1 or DTS you will need the official Xbox Advanced AV Pack (which also supports S-video), or the official Xbox High Definition AV Pack. See similar questions...

Dolby Digital is 16 bits of PCM Linear Tracking that is compressed. DTS is 20 bits of Master quality audio that is not compressed. Dolby Digital and DTS are similar in that they are both digital lossy audio coding technologies, which means they use "perceptual" data reduction techniques that are based on the characteristics of human hearing to mask the process, thereby preserving high fidelity sound. This is necessary in order to fit the typical 5. See similar questions...