Hi Mary. Currently, movies that can be streamed via their watch instantly streaming service are all in Dolby 2.0 which is straight stereo. I would add however that the sound quality is very good and if you have a surround sound receiver, it will play as Dolby ProLogic which does indeed add quite a bit to the enjoyment. Having said that however, I have read via the rumor mill that DD 5.1 streaming is being introduced but don't know when.
HTH -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:45 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: accessible surround sound receiver? I appreciate the tip on the older accessible receivers. One of my major interests here is netflix streaming, and somewhere I recently read that the streams are in just 2-channel stereo, even if the dvd is encoded with dolby digital 5.1. I tried to confirm that by looking at the streaming info for a film that is available both as a dvd and as streamed content. The streaming details didn't say anything about this aspect, while the dvd details talked about 5.1 encoding, closed captioning and stated that the English sound was 5.1, while the French was dolby 2-channel. Does somebody know from experience if surround sound is available with netflix streams? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
