Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: manunited4eva22 on March 06, 2003, 05:08:28 PM
Title: Sound Outputs
Post by: manunited4eva22 on March 06, 2003, 05:08:28 PM
To bee frank, sound outputs haven't changed all that much the last few years. Coaxial and Fiber have been around for a while, and firewire has become another standard (this time for DVD-A). Can we expect to see a coaxial/optical/firewire audio outputs on next generation. Also interesting to me is what kind of audio codec will we see. Will we switch over to DTS, remain with Dolby or what? 5.1 doesn't seem out of the question to me, 6.1 is pushing it, but come on, did I spend that money for a few rare dvds? What do you guys think?
Title: Sound Outputs
Post by: RahXephon on March 06, 2003, 06:31:11 PM
i think like the S-Video cable, it will probably be optional, considering a good number of people still use the rf-switch.
Title: Sound Outputs
Post by: Tael on March 06, 2003, 06:37:51 PM
You can actually get a digital audio output for the GameCube, it involves hacking up a Component cable and a bit of soldering: http://www2.hku.nl/~lars2/cube/index.htm
Title: Sound Outputs
Post by: BlkPaladin on March 06, 2003, 08:21:17 PM
Unfotunatly the Gamecube isn't made to output digital so you get little inprovement in the sound department if you do that. Nintendo will probally end up doing a simular thing they did with the Gamecube. But maybe this time have optical opitional the same way they had component.
Title: Sound Outputs
Post by: manunited4eva22 on March 10, 2003, 01:02:44 PM
S-video has nothing to do with sound the last time I checked. But for the love of god, I need an optical or coaxial out for some of these games...
