im not expecting that, yes some of the channels are 5.1, most are not. they advertised it as a dobly digital audio. im talking about the shows that are 5.1 and are broadcasted in 5.1. they advertise you to be able to get dobly digital audio, and i asked them will this let me get the full experience of my surround sound system. they said yes, they lied.... either way.. more channels and shows should be 5.1
I came into this when i got my first apartment. my cable provider is providing digital video service for all of the video channels that comes through my cable box. one of the 100 dollar a month three way packages. I assumed it would be fulfy Digital TV, meaning TV=audio and video, and per logic. Digital audio and Digital Video. But no of course not, they screw you out of the digital audio. Very few of the channels will actually give you a 5.1 surround picture but I also had to pay for a totally different cable box, which was another 9 dollars or so a month to actually receive the digital audio feed. Needles to say I find that to be false advertising and awful, but for the small difference in price I just ended up paying the extra.
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im not expecting that, yes some of the channels are 5.1, most are not. they advertised it as a dobly digital audio. im talking about the shows that are 5.1 and are broadcasted in 5.1. they advertise you to be able to get dobly digital audio, and i asked them will this let me get the full experience of my surround sound system. they said yes, they lied.... either way.. more channels and shows should be 5.1
I came into this when i got my first apartment. my cable provider is providing digital video service for all of the video channels that comes through my cable box. one of the 100 dollar a month three way packages. I assumed it would be fulfy Digital TV, meaning TV=audio and video, and per logic. Digital audio and Digital Video. But no of course not, they screw you out of the digital audio. Very few of the channels will actually give you a 5.1 surround picture but I also had to pay for a totally different cable box, which was another 9 dollars or so a month to actually receive the digital audio feed. Needles to say I find that to be false advertising and awful, but for the small difference in price I just ended up paying the extra.