Feb 24 2005

Dolby Digital 5.1 on CD

Tags: , david (site admin) @ 8:37 am

I’ve always wondered why there wasn’t a hybrid system of DVD-audio, but on a plain old CD. Actualy Dolby Digital 5.1 audio-only recordings on a CD format. I know it works as the recent tests with a Dark Side of the Moon bootleg, remixed into DD 5.1 were exactly that.

The downside is that it can only be played on a “DVD” type player - with a 5.1 amp - that understands/decodes the format. I tried to play it on a portable CD player and it literally played the 0’s and 1’s as white noise hiss!!