I also watched the FF TDD special last night and agree that it was 'proper' discrete six channel sound, broadcast in the 5.1 format.BBC iPlayer does host some of its most popular TV shows for longer durations, however – Killing Eve (which became the first British-made show to be named the best comedy series at the Emmy Awards last year), Line of Duty (multiple BAFTA Television Awards nominee) and Luther (multiple Golden Globe nominee) are, at the time of writing, available to binge in their entirety on iPlayer, for example. Personally, I agree with your assessment. I don't know whether he's right or wrong, but he speaks with such confidence on this issue it's hard to know sometimes. Not much sense arguing with spiney2 on this one. I think the Beeb are introducing it on homegrown programmes SLOWLY but will eventually build up to maximum full 5.1 Surround Sound broadcast and reproduction on more stuff, IT WILL HAPPEN, eventually, it's just got to do if the broadcaster has any sense. This afternoons Father Brown drama was also FULL 5.1 Surround Sound too. It certainly was NOT 2.0, neither was it folded DS 2.0 or straight stereo. I think the Beeb are introducing it on homegrown programmes SLOWLY but will eventually build up to maximum full 5.1 Surround Sound broadcast and reproduction on more stuff, IT WILL HAPPEN, eventually, it's just got to do, if the broadcaster has any sense.Įr, NOT necessarily, the Football Focus Football Window Transfer Special on BBC One HD WAS indeed full blown Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, the studio presenter sound was Centre Left and Right panned across the channels, the prerecorded inserts had a 5.1 surround mix (surround element music across all speakers,stereo action at front and centrestage vocal dubbing), and when the presenters were saying what is to come next the centre channel was used for the voice and stereo music covered the front stereo and rear surround channels of the soundstage. Įr, NOT necessarily, the Football Focus Football Window Transfer Special on BBC One HD WAS indeed full blown Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, the studio presenter sound was Centre Left and Right panned across the channels, the prerecorded inserts had a 5.1 surround mix (surround element music across all speakers,stereo action at front and centrestage vocal dubbing), and when the presenters were saying what is to come next the centre channel was used for the voice and stereo music covered the front stereo and rear surround channels of the soundstage. Where there is a surround soundtrack on the original programme at all, this is ALWAYS put out on 2.0, where that's used, regardless of whether 5.1 is used as well or instead. This is annoying for some people, including you and me, but understandable under the circumstance. As the BBC is widely criticised by the likes of The Daily Mail and as few people have surround systems perhaps they decided to err on the side of caution. Most just fold the rear channels, in phase, into the front ones and it has been suggested that this is one of the problems associated with complaints about incoherent dialogue and over loud effects. My latest Sony TV has the option to convert 5.1 to Sony's own virtual surround system, which is a bit hit and miss. Some equipment, including disc players, convert 5.1 to Dolby surround or Dolby virtual, for which I understand they have to pay Dolby a license fee. They make my head scratch a lot of the time A 5.1 track but they didn't use it, opting instead for 192kbps AC3 stereo. But alot of the time, the BBC doesn't make use of the 5.1 audio track available!
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