deimos

---------------- On 2/24/2003 6:20:15 PM derik wrote: The audigy 2 cards support dts??? I have one and I was under the impression that it only supported thx and dd. I don't see anything on the box about dts. It would be great if it actually does support it. Even better than I thought it was. ---------------- My bad.. it was my DVD software that was doing the decoding. But that's a moot point anyways as you still need DVD software to even play a DVD to begin with. For some reason I was thinking of the "6.1" on the box being a DTS pitch. Since DTS isn't even a recognized standard in consumer home-audio yet, I doubt you'll see any PC components that support it anytime soon. But you really don't need a DD-5.1 if you're only going to watch DVD's on your PC with it. Most any DVD software will do the DTS decoding on its own.

The DD-5.1 is only practical if you plan on hooking it up to a console gaming system or your home DVD player. I'm not sure if the Extigy does DTS but all Audigy 2 cards do. It would seem reasonable to assume the Extigy 2 would support DTS also. Basically you can hook it up with your digital output. There's a coaxial(RCA) and an optical line-in for digital. There's also 3 sets of analog lines for your cable/satellite, gaming system, VCR, etc. and a G9 port(Digital DIN). It also has bass management (for large speakers), a programmable 5-band equalizer, Dynamic Range Compression (which most newer DVD players have anyways), speaker delay, environment reverb settings and ProLogic. I have seen a few on ebay but I hate buying used electronics so I just spent some of my tax return on one directly from klipsch.com.

I've played since Beta 5 and still play to this day. I try to stick to local servers for good pings and it's fun once you get to know the regulars. There's nothing like flanking half the opposing team with an M3 shotgun and getting medieval on 'em.

---------------- On 2/18/2003 7:39:48 AM dblue wrote: BTW, deimos, AWESOME avatar brother! ---------------- Hehe thanks... it's hard to tell what it originally was because it's constrained to fit the allowed size. I just think Tool rocks, as they're my favorite band of all-time. I mean I like a crap-load of bands but Tool has the most unique and distinctive sound of any other band out there.

I have WinDVD, PowerDVD, Windows Media Player and Nvidia's NVDVD. I personally can't stand WMP 7-9 for anything though I still like the 'old' 6.4 for DivX files. I personally like WinDVD because I find its interface to be a little more ergonomical than PowerDVD's and the visual quality is just a touch cleaner. PC-DVD is a nice novelty if nothing more. Image quality is reduced on a CRT, you lose the spatial effects and ambience of surround sound and your screen is typically much smaller. Of course this is all negligible if you've never watched movies on a semi-respectable home theater system. But yeah, anwyways... I pick WinDVD.

It's all about the F-18 Hornet/SAM chase in Behind Enemy Lines in DTS.