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Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: LV players
Message-ID: <178@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-May-85 23:05:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 23:05:03 1985
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> I have a question about LV players using digital soundtracks.
> In order to use a digital soundtrack, do you have to have
> one of those combination LV/CD players ?  Or will the
> cheaper ones suffice.  Any advice on the purchase of a LV player
> will be appreciated.
> 
> 						Mark Nevar

Yes, you will need a LV player with the digital sound decoding circuits.
I believe that, for now anyway, only the combination units that play the
regular 12" disk, 8" mini single and audio CD have the digital sound
circuits.  The regular cheapy LV players will only give you the regular
sound.  It is like VHS Hi-Fi.  There are three choices; 1) regular mono,
non-Dolby, non Hi-Fi; 2) Dolby Stereo and 3) Hi-Fi Stereo (most of the
time with Dolby Stereo).  If get your hands on a VHS Hi-Fi tape, choice
one will only get you mono sound, choice 2 will get you Dolby Stereo
sound and machine choice 3 will get you the Hi-Fi sound.  The Hi-Fi
soundtrack is still there when played on all three machines, but only
choice 3 has the circuitry to play it.  The same goes for LV Digital
Stereo.  A regular unit is like VHS choice #2.  The extra is there
on the disk, but the machine doesn't know anything about it.

Sorry about the long speal.  The answers to your two questions are:
1) YES   2)  NO
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