TNG Blu-Ray on 5.1/7.1 setups?
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5.1 is my default for most content. It's atmospherically better. Sounds such as the engine thrum fill all the channels. When a ship swooshes from front to rear or vice versa, the sound travels with it. Otherwise, the surround mix is not very aggressive. To my mind, that's good. It enhances the enjoyment but doesn't distract.
When in doubt, I'd go back to the original stereo track to compare. But 5.1 is generally better, and generally subtle and not overpowering - big pluses. Doug's right; overbearing surround can be just as bad... not sure on 7.1, though if used deftly enough when encoding which speakers to send various sounds to (front/middle/rear, left vs right, etc), it would only be more immersive as a result.
But I did feel a little dampered for every interior Borg cube scene with the booming Borg voice in TBOBW where they could have oomphed it up a little more to really sell a claustrophobic and dizzying sound of omnipresence. Not that many existed to begin with, but it's the one time when 5.1 didn't wow me. I still remember 1990, before I got my first walkin' cane 'n Zimmer frame, when everyone was hyperhamsterhappy over how the Borg sounded in the then-new broadcast stereo format.
But I did feel a little dampered for every interior Borg cube scene with the booming Borg voice in TBOBW where they could have oomphed it up a little more to really sell a claustrophobic and dizzying sound of omnipresence. Not that many existed to begin with, but it's the one time when 5.1 didn't wow me. I still remember 1990, before I got my first walkin' cane 'n Zimmer frame, when everyone was hyperhamsterhappy over how the Borg sounded in the then-new broadcast stereo format.
I just remembered one reason I don't like the 5.1 mixes - at least, on my favorite episode, Who Watches the Watchers?
I absolutely love the score on that episode. With the 5.1 mix, it's buried and barely audible. The last time I watched it, I switched to the 2.0 mix, and I could hear the gorgeous music again.
I don't know if all the episodes have this problem. I've never noticed, and nor have I compared the 2.0 vs. 5.1 with other episodes.
I absolutely love the score on that episode. With the 5.1 mix, it's buried and barely audible. The last time I watched it, I switched to the 2.0 mix, and I could hear the gorgeous music again.
I don't know if all the episodes have this problem. I've never noticed, and nor have I compared the 2.0 vs. 5.1 with other episodes.
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