LD Player Outputs

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My player (Denon LA-2300) has an AC-3 RF output for Dolby Digital tracks.
Can that player be modified some how to output other digital signals like
DTS and THX? My receiver (Denon AVR-5803) has the circuitry to decode those
as well as a built-in AC-3 Demodulator.

Thanks

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"Biz" <biznospam@notatt.net> wrote in message
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> > My player (Denon LA-2300) has an AC-3 RF output for Dolby Digital
tracks.
> > Can that player be modified some how to output other digital signals
like
> > DTS and THX? My receiver (Denon AVR-5803) has the circuitry to
decode
> those
> > as well as a built-in AC-3 Demodulator.
> \
> If it has a digital output already, it needs no other modification.
THX is
> not a seperate sound format by the way, it is strictly a quality
standard.
> No joke about it necessary, we have heard them all.

This particular player has an AC-3 output but not standard coax or
optical digital outputs.

http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/ [...] n_la-2300/
denon_la2300.htm

He would need it modified for those.

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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:32:41 +1200, Aaron Lawrence
<aaronlNOT@HEREconsultant.com> wrote:

>Suddenly, Sonny sprang forth and uttered these pithy words:
>> My player (Denon LA-2300) has an AC-3 RF output for Dolby Digital tracks.
>> Can that player be modified some how to output other digital signals like
>> DTS and THX?
>
>DTS was not ever encoded on Laserdisc (AFAIK), so that would be
>pointless. In a word, no.

Well, my friend, here's an opposite expert to tell you you are wrong.
There *are* LDs with DTS. Not tons, but enough. You must be new; if
you'd lingered here for any length of time, you'd know this.

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"Aaron Lawrence" <aaronlNOT@HEREconsultant.com> wrote in message
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> DTS was not ever encoded on Laserdisc (AFAIK), so that would be
> pointless. In a word, no.

Here's a list of 114 DTS laserdiscs that prove you wrong:

http://www.blamld.com/LaserDisc/dts.htm

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>Can that player be modified some how to output other digital signals like
>> DTS and THX

THX is not a format/codec. It's the name of a company, owned by George Lucas
that, among other things, provides a set of quality guidelines which
manufacturers can choose to meet, and submit their products for THX
Certification. There is no THX decoder.
Steve Grauman