S.Wars Prequel DVD's do not have the Dolby "EX" flag

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited November 2005 in Electronics
although the original Trilogy DVDS do have it.

Audiowise, I can't tell any difference. It still plays in 7.1 DPLIIx great, but I can tell on the menu screen of the H/K that the EX flag is not being read. Is this happening to anyone else with other receiver brands? I'm hoping it's a software issue and not a processing issue.
H/K Signature 2.1+235
Jungson MagicBoat II
Revel Performa M-20
Velodyne cht-10 sub
Rega P1 Turntable

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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2005
    I'm 99% certain that my denon/oinker combo recognized it. I'll check again tonight.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited November 2005
    nevermind. this was mentioned in another thread and I noticed it already. However I didn't ask if it was happening with non-H/K equipment.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33780&highlight=flag
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited November 2005
    I don't know about Episodes I and II, but III definitely is not mixed in EX. There is no EX logo on the case, and my B&K reads "Dobly 6," rather than "Dolby EX." Unfortunate, you'd think this is one film they would spring for EX on. Oh, well, still sounds great.
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    CSi5-Center (for sale**)
    FXi3-surrounds (for sale**)
    Martin Logan Depth-Sub
    B&K AVR 507
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    Denon 1815-DVD Player
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited November 2005
    gregure wrote:
    I don't know about Episodes I and II, but III definitely is not mixed in EX. There is no EX logo on the case, and my B&K reads "Dobly 6," rather than "Dolby EX." Unfortunate, you'd think this is one film they would spring for EX on. Oh, well, still sounds great.

    it says Dolby EX under the main menu on "Audio Options"
    Episode I and II as well, yet none of them are flagged. I think it's actually processing the EX soundtrack, it's just a stealth.

    idk, beats the hell out of me. The original trilogy has it.
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

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  • ward91
    ward91 Posts: 338
    edited November 2005
    we got all of them in thx or thx remasterd they all read EX on my marantz.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited November 2005
    retracted
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited November 2005
    I think i'll call THX tomorrow and ask why they're flagging some DVD's and not others. Why the eeine meenie minie moe game is beyond me :p
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

    "People working at Polk Audio must sit around the office and just laugh their balls off reading many of these comments." -Lush
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2005
    My reciver only shows the EX flag when the rear surround is used in my 6.1 system , no flag in just 5.1 EX stuff
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    Polk RTi6
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited November 2005
    On episode III, my Onkyo 702 shows Dolby EX when the THX tag plays at the beginning, but when the movie starts, it switches to Dolby 5.1
    Win7 Media Center -> Onkyo TXSR702 -> Polk Rti70
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited November 2005
    TheReaper wrote:
    On episode III, my Onkyo 702 shows Dolby EX when the THX tag plays at the beginning, but when the movie starts, it switches to Dolby 5.1

    That's exactly what mine does. And if you scroll through the Audio options once the disc is playing, there is only one 5.1 track, and does not come through as DD EX.
    Current System:

    Mitsubishi 30" LCD LT-3020 (for sale**)
    Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Concert Grand (Rosewood)-Mains (with Audioquest Mont Blanc cables)
    CSi5-Center (for sale**)
    FXi3-surrounds (for sale**)
    Martin Logan Depth-Sub
    B&K AVR 507
    Pimare CD21-CD Player
    Denon 1815-DVD Player
    Panamax M5500-EX-Line Conditioner
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    My Onk does not pick up the flag, it drove me nuts when I first noticed it a couple years ago on disc 1, its the software.

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