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Subject: Re: B5:TLT update from jms
Date: 4 Oct 2006 14:50:52 -0700
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

Joseph DeMartino wrote:
> Christoph Erichsen wrote:
> > will the Audio edit be made in DD5.1 Sourround? I was a bit dissapointed
> > when B5:LR was only DD2.0 Stereo.
>
> IANJMS, but I'll take a stab at this one:
>
> B5:LR was mixed in matrixed stereo because that is all that analog TV
> channels like Sci-Fi in the US can transmit.  Only digital channels,
> typically those transmitting in HD, use Dolby Digital.  Given that
> B5:LR was the least successful of the TV movies Warner Home Video
> probably didn't think it worth the expense to remix it for the DVD
> release.
>


Negative; we delivered a 5.1 mix on Rangers to WB.  What they did with
it is anybody's guess.

jms