will i need a dolby 5.1 decoder

thepod41

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I think that I am going to get the Hercules Game Theatre XP and the Cambridge Sound Works MEGAWORKS 510D speaker system

Will the Game Theatre XP do the dolby digital decoding and send the three stereo outputs to the speakers for surround sound while watching DVDs ? or am I going to need some other kind of dolby digital decoder??

also, I have windows XP Pro .. is this going to be a problem? Thanks
 

FatBurger

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I'd recommend digtal out, then you'll only have one wire to worry about and possibly better sound quality.

If you're sending 3 stereo wires, then it's analog. There's no Dolby digital endocing or decoding going on (well, except for decoding the DVD).

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