DVD Player to PC speaker question

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I'm renting an apartment that comes furnished with a Sony Wega
KV-HR36M61 TV and I'm playing DVDs through a Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi
player. It supports and decodes DVD-Audio, SACD, DTS, and DD 5.1
among others.
Anyway, I can't afford an awesome A/V receiver at the moment, so I'm
going to hold off on getting that for a little while. Since the
decoding can be handled by the player, could I get some high end PC
speakers (Klipsch, Altec Lansing, etc..) and still reap the benefits
of DVD-Audio, DTS, and DD? When I eventually get a high end receiver
the computer speakers would be put where they belong, on a computer.

Thanks,
James

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In article <cc95kf017od@news3.newsguy.com>,
jprior@postmark.net (James) wrote:

> Since the
> decoding can be handled by the player, could I get some high end PC
> speakers (Klipsch, Altec Lansing, etc..) and still reap the benefits
> of DVD-Audio, DTS, and DD? When I eventually get a high end receiver
> the computer speakers would be put where they belong, on a computer.

Honestly, I think you would be better off with a cheap Home Theater in
the Box. First, the "benefits" will require at least five speakers and
a subwoofer. Second, even if you can connect five speakers to the
sound card in your PC (you _do_ have a sound card?), will it be able
to handle amplifying the signal for those speakers?

HTiBs start under $100 and probably will be competitive in price and
performance with any sound card/computer speaker combo you can come up
with for the same money.

sd

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James <jprior@postmark.net> wrote:
> I'm renting an apartment that comes furnished with a Sony Wega
> KV-HR36M61 TV and I'm playing DVDs through a Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi
> player. It supports and decodes DVD-Audio, SACD, DTS, and DD 5.1
> among others.

Pioneer Elite DV59-AVi
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/ [...] 07,00.html
So it has 5.1 analogue outputs, correct ?

> Anyway, I can't afford an awesome A/V receiver at the moment, so I'm
> going to hold off on getting that for a little while. Since the
> decoding can be handled by the player, could I get some high end PC
> speakers (Klipsch, Altec Lansing, etc..) and still reap the benefits
> of DVD-Audio, DTS, and DD?

Or even some low-end speakers (as long as they are active, that
is, there is an amplifier somewhere). My first surround system was
a no-name DVD player and a 5.1 set from Creative Labs and it worked,
although neither the amplifier (integrated in the subwoofer) nor the
speakers were high-quality.

This is assuming that by "benefits" you mean the multi-channel
capabilities. If you mean the higher signal to noise ratio and
extended frequency response of DVD-Audio then you would need a
better amplifier and speakers than usually available for computers
(not to mention the superhuman ears .

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James wrote:

> I'm renting an apartment that comes furnished with a Sony Wega
> KV-HR36M61 TV and I'm playing DVDs through a Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi
> player. It supports and decodes DVD-Audio, SACD, DTS, and DD 5.1
> among others.
> Anyway, I can't afford an awesome A/V receiver at the moment, so I'm
> going to hold off on getting that for a little while.

Get a used Dolby Digital/Pro Logic receiver instead. It does 5.1,
but not DTS, so many older models are being replaced to buy the
new processing modes.

For well under $100 you should be able to locate something like
an old Kenwood KR-V series or simmilar. Sure, it only puts
out 20-30WPC at the rear channels, but it blows the doors off
of the HITB toys.