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Improved 5.1 audio on Sky Movies

atannatann Posts: 231
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Having recently watched Armageddon & The Lost Boys via Ondemand, I was surprised how great the audio sounded. Have they upgrade the bit rate for Dolby Digital? Had SKYMovies for years in 5.1 and it has never sounded this good. Audio via HDMI.

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    Robin CroryRobin Crory Posts: 131
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    I've been using the digital audio out since 2002, then using Acoustic Solutions box and now LG bluray, and haven't noticed any difference in the quality. If you've been using the HDMI out then it only went 5.1 recently, the past year perhaps, can't remember exactly when. That could maybe explain it.
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    simon194simon194 Posts: 1,888
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    The audio bitrate is still 384Kbps.
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    popeye13popeye13 Posts: 8,573
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    Sky Movies HD 5.1 audio is shambolic quality IMHO.
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    shaun_lenchshaun_lench Posts: 171
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    All i can hear is the bloody music in the films and voices are are so low i have to keep turning the volume up and down.

    Oh and adverts are loud too lol
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    ozsatozsat Posts: 5,745
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    Are you using a 5.1 amp?

    I am and is not an issue I've noticed
    shaun_lench wrote: »
    All i can hear is the bloody music in the films and voices are are so low i have to keep turning the volume up and down.

    Oh and adverts are loud too lol
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    popeye13popeye13 Posts: 8,573
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    shaun_lench wrote: »
    All i can hear is the bloody music in the films and voices are are so low i have to keep turning the volume up and down.

    Oh and adverts are loud too lol

    Turn the volume on your center speaker up if you're using a 5.1 system!
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    RagnarokRagnarok Posts: 4,655
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    atann wrote: »
    Having recently watched Armageddon & The Lost Boys via Ondemand, I was surprised how great the audio sounded. Have they upgrade the bit rate for Dolby Digital? Had SKYMovies for years in 5.1 and it has never sounded this good. Audio via HDMI.

    They probably finally been provided a version from the movie distributer with and audio mix containing a lot more dynamic range. what you and i might call great, might be deemed to loud in patches and too quiet in parts, by average joe

    DD.5.1 @ 384kbps has been fine for movie theatres for 2 decades finally being retired due to going to the new DCI format with lossless audio.
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    atannatann Posts: 231
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    Ragnarok wrote: »
    They probably finally been provided a version from the movie distributer with and audio mix containing a lot more dynamic range. what you and i might call great, might be deemed to loud in patches and too quiet in parts, by average joe

    DD.5.1 @ 384kbps has been fine for movie theatres for 2 decades finally being retired due to going to the new DCI format with lossless audio.

    I quoted those two films Ondemand because they sounded so great. Compared to the audio I get on Blu Ray in DTS Master HD, which always sounds massively better compared to Sky, unsurprisingly!
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