Virgin V+ 5.1 output?

[CupDude]

Weird - I appear to be getting 5.1 sound from Film 4 at the mo (Search for Spock - epic!).

The box outputs to the telly by scart then sound goes by optical from the telly to my amp.

Am I just imagining this?

 

[domjolly]

nope pretty sure the v+ boxes can sent out 5.1 if you go into the settings its somewhere in there.

 

[realnumber 1]

You'll get 5.1 on any channel!

But it will only be in form of prologic rather than dolby digital. For digital you would need to use a hdmi to the telly. Or optical/coax directly from the V+ box to amp.

 

[Ian172southend]

I think virgin state that all of their film content is broadcast in 5.1. Bbc hd channel is always 5.1 if you need to check.

 

[Munson]

SCART cannot carry multi-channel digital audio. So you're fucked already.

 

[theduck]

As above, scart cannot carry TRUE mult-channel audio, only encoded stereo for prologic.

HOWEVER, what you can do to get 5.1 is go optical straight from your V+ box to your amp, and scart from v+ to tv and then watch HD channels with HD audio but SD video

 

[Goodj]

When watchign search for spock I'm always waiting for kruge to bust into

"1.21 gigawatts!"

"We we grasp the power of this genesis weapon........ 1.21gigawatts!"