The 1.0 DTS - HD MA track adds resonance to the centre -
channel audio of the DVD — there's some actual bass during the mine - shaft collapse, and the guns our heroes shoot sound fittingly testosterone - charged.
Not exact matches
All
of those genre - specific,
audio - only music
channels way up in the triple digits that come with your cable or satellite subscription?
ISIS (also known as the Islamic State) uses Telegram
channels — which allow users to broadcast messages to an unlimited number
of subscribers — to spread its propaganda, including images,
audio messages, videos, and official statements.
In five years, the website they created has grown from a niche
audio service for techno musicians to a web platform hosting
audio channels from the White House and Harvard Business Review and launching hit singles from the likes
of Nine Inch Nails and Beyoncé.
Users have unlimited access to
channels with scores
of audio programs and are entitled to one free audiobook every month.
News
channels often have to apologize for smearing political candidates by cutting off
audio and video feeds before the end
of their sentence.
And it annoys me that in my area, philly Comcast, FS2 is packaged with Bein and a ton
of Spanish
audio sports
channels.
It is the
channel that is fully or partially dedicated towards the reproduction
of audio that is directed towards the center
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In the online world, by contrast, drawing distinctions among
channels is meaningless, since
audio, video and text are delivered the same way: they're just slightly different flavors
of digital content.
A virtual 7.1
channel 200w power output will ensure that you can enjoy a rich, multi-
channel audio experience in a variety
of positions in the room.
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Channels: Soundcards support different numbers
of audio channelschannels.
The vast majority
of the
audio focused on the forward
channels.
While largely dialogue - driven, the
audio for Se7en makes extensive use
of both subtle detail (which is spread across the available
channels in a very unobtrusive way) and music, as well as the occasional burst
of audio fireworks.
Each
of the three films (Fellowship
of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return
of the King) takes two discs each and features a DTS - HDMaster
Audio 6.1
channel soundtrack, along with multiple
audio commentaries for each film.
The
audio doesn't suffer from any technical problems, as this Dolby Digital 2.0 mix offers clean dialogue, background details and a fair amount
of channel separation.
That first scene is so immersive, we flinch and duck (it scared my cat out
of the room)-- from the breaking waves around the carrier to the incoming mortars to the zipping past
of bullets, it's a layered, thickly - crafted
audio track, with distant shots and center -
channel machine gun fire making full and brilliant use
of the entire soundstage.
Having missed Firewall at the multiplex, I can't vouch for the fidelity
of the disc's Dolby Digital 5.1
audio to the original soundmix, but I will say that what we get here is surprisingly hemispheric, with the surround
channels seemingly reserved for atmospheric reinforcement.
Picture quality is extremely high, and though the commensurately booming Dolby Surround
audio stream doesn't give the rear
channels much
of a workout, it reproduces all the bitchy shenanigans with a fulsome fidelity.
In the
audio department, Disney's disc abandons the two -
channel English and Spanish soundtracks
of the Sony disc to deliver merely the two remaining options: a Dolby Digital 5.1 track in English and a Dolby Surround track dubbed in French.
Similarly average is the film's DD 5.1
audio, which, save for the opening and closing scenes
of broad Kindergarten Cop sitcom violence, doesn't give the surround
channels much to do.
A distortion - free 5.1
audio mix in Dolby Digital and DTS configurations demonstrates a little weakness in its centre
channel (which can be compensated for to some extent through equalizing), but for source material
of this age, the sound demonstrates a remarkable fidelity.
A 5.1 Dolby Digital track is somewhat underutilized and a little quiet, but there is also a lack
of any real need for bombastic five -
channel audio pyrotechnics in the film; all that you need know is the dialogue sounds clear and the indie soundtrack is appropriately evocative
of the Chelsea underground nightlife.
The 5.1 DTS - HD master
audio mix is more remarkable, a delicious piece
of sound design that uses all the
channels to striking effect.
The
audio is likewise pristine, the 7.1 DTS - HD MA mix rendering a lively soundstage marked by playful use
of the surround
channels.
Less likely to spark debate is the Dolby Digital 5.1
audio, which isn't afraid to pummel the viewer but maintains a transparency that's at least as impressive as the aggro use
of the LFE
channel.
The accompanying DD 5.1
audio is a predictable blitzkrieg
of discrete effects; it's a soundtrack sure to impress but also one with a slightly - undercooked centre
channel and slightly overcooked surround
channels.
Unquestionably marvellous is the (anachronistic) 5.1 Dolby Digital
audio, featuring more gut - churning bass than Dolby owners will be used to as the robots march on New York City, though this showpiece use
of the LFE
channel occurs so early in the action that it's a mild letdown when no other facet
of the mix proves quite as memorable.
Featuring both 2.0 and 5.1 Dolby Digital
audio mixes, the latter demonstrates a nice depth
of field, including some excellent rear -
channel effects and a throaty rumble from the subwoofer.
Like a majority
of the pre-1980 live action catalogue titles, Toby Tyler employs two -
channel Dolby Digital Mono
audio.
Sound is presented in 2.0 DTS - HD master
audio and I'm ashamed to have taken it for two -
channel mono, now having heard the documentary talk it up for being one
of the first films to make use
of a three - track stereo soundtrack.
The 5.1 DTS - HD master
audio soundtrack is largely anchored to the front
channels, but it delivers the heavy stream
of dialogue with crispness and weight.
Providing sufficient atmosphere, the attendant 5.1 Dolby Digital
audio, er, conjures a couple
of good scares, mostly by reserving the LFE
channel for sting notes.
At least the 5.1 DTS - HD MA remix
of the original Cantonese
audio offers a genuine upgrade (that mono track is on board as well in DD 2.0), although it mostly just broadens the front
channels during the gunfights — sporadically and randomly at that.
You won't mistake the
audio here for a more contemporary multichannel mix featuring a plethora
of elements and plenty
of low - frequency information (a single explosion, for instance, can sound a little thin as it rips through the front and rear
channels), but surround - sound mavens shouldn't be disappointed.
In Dolby Atmos, any sound — the helicopter, a car screeching around a corner, a melodic bird call — can exist as an independent
audio object, free
of channel restrictions.
With support for up to 7.1
channels of high - definition
audio, Dolby TrueHD provides the most authentic surround sound experience available for your home theater.
Capable
of delivering 16
channels of top - quality
audio, Dolby TrueHD has room to expand as formats add new
channels in the future.
On Blu - ray, Dolby TrueHD supports up to eight full - range
channels of 96 kHz / 24 - bit
audio and six full - range
channels of 192 kHz / 24 - bit
audio.
Up to eight
channels of 24 - bit / 96 kHz
audio; designed to be expandable should the Blu - ray Disc standard adopt additional
channels
A 5.1 remix comes in relatively indistinguishable DTS and Dolby Digital flavours, the
audio itself offering a respectable amount
of rear -
channel atmosphere as well as crisp reproduction
of music and voices.
Quite possibly a remix
of a film designed in plain stereo, the 5.1 DTS - HD master
audio largely stays in the front
channels, where it is lively and crisp.
Dolby Digital 5.1
audio mixes in Cantonese and dubbed English are nearly identical save for the latter being slightly goofier than the former — the rear
channels don't get much
of a workout except during a few
of the fight scenes (which aren't showcase material, after all, but not bad).
Though Scream Factory presents Dead Ringers with a clean soundtrack (the Criterion master was plagued by
audio distortion), the stereo
channels are reversed on the 2.0 DTS - HD MA tracks for both incarnations
of the film.
Sounds moved cleanly from one speaker to another and each
channel boasted a lot
of unique
audio.
The DTS - HD 5.1 mix doesn't seem far removed from that, barely utilizing the rear
channels to provide slight reinforcement and keeping the bulk
of the
audio in the front speakers.
Making full use
of the sound field in all five
channels, the
audio stands out as more enveloping than the norm.
As this is a comedy, most
of the
audio is simply dialogue which comes from the center
channel.
DD 2.0
audio is provided along with a DD 5.1 remix, the latter the preferred option as an astonishing degree
of care was obviously expended to fill the discrete
channels with all manner
of obscenity.
The Dolby Digital 5.1
audio mix is likewise clear with a surprising amount
of channel separation and atmospheric effects.
The 5.1 Dolby TrueHD
audio didn't set my world on fire, either, for while there is moderate activity in the rear
channels, it's more a general flood
of noise indistinct in its atmospherics.