@scott wrote:
I think it is because 1's and 0's are missing from the dd 5.1.
DD 5.1 is already a lower quality version of an original recording and if our tv's are not decoding properly the quality will be even worse.
You know, technology has improved to the point that they have to artificially reduce quality in order to maintain different pricing levels. For example when you buy a bluray movie they usually include the dvd version as well. Presumably so you can compare the differences. The bluray version will usually have Dolby True HD, DTS MA orboth. The dvd version will usually have DD 5.1. The video quality of DVD is reduced from what you get on bluray also. DVD's and cable are considered low quality sources of audio and video. Quality audio is never accompanied by lower quality video.
How does missing 1's and 0's lead to a lower volume?
The TV does not decode the sound, the internal source (Netflix) sends DD5.1, the sounbar plays it.
Often a TV channel will have mono. The TV or the soundbar makes it stereo (albeit pseduo) , but the volume remans the same. No issue.
Often a TV channel will have stereo. The soundbar tries to it 5.1 (pseduo), but the volume remans the same.
PCM is stereo as we established. DD5.1 Netflix sends DD5.1 and if the TV convers that to stereo then it omits more components (it cant, by no amount of magic, invent new components) yet the sound volume does not go down. Point is that your explanation is void of logic.
