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Just for curiosity’s sake, would be possible to use a standard DVD player, e.g., LG DD345, DD446, etc which has amplifier by connecting it to a computer and use it as an external decoder for audio?
I am wondering whether it would be possible to use the decoder in DVD players, ie, instead of connecting the speaker to my pc soundcard would it be possible to somehow divert the sound signal or whatever into the DVD player using analogue or digital coaxial or optical (if possible at all!) and then connect the speakers to the DVD player. I hope my question is clear.
My question is based on the fact that I’d recently browsed through LG’s website and some of their DVD players, according to them, has integrated amplifiers with dolby digital 5.1 and DTS. So it got me wondering, if instead of buying expensive AV receivers, it would at all be possible to somehow hook the DVD players and use the decoder or ampli or whatever (if so, that is) is integrated in them so that it would, sort of, be like an AV receiver??
Are you sure about that? I’ve never heard of a DVD player having the amp built it and I can’t find any such device on LG’s site.
If they do make such a beast the only way you could run Dolby Digital to it would be if your sound card has a digital output and the DVD player had digital inputs. But if you had the DVD player, then what would you output from the computer that would be in 5.1 surround?
I have no idea what they mean by digital amplifier but it has nothing to do with an audio amplifier so you could not use it like you want.
You can buy sound cards that will decode Dolby Digital and DTS signals if you want to go that route.