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Valmont74 · 08-05-2003, 10:02 AM

Weren't season 6-9 of The X-Files supposed to be mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1? We have only got 2.0 releases, and from the press relase it seems like season 8 also will be in 2.0. Has Fox screwed this up or has the show never been produced in 5.1?

From what I know there are DVD's of some episodes from the ninth season out in the UK (Nothing Important Happened Here Today, Providence and The Truth), and they are in 5.1.

Has anyone got some information regarding this?

wahlers · 08-05-2003, 04:07 PM

From what I understand, the shows were never actually produced with 5.1 audio.

Releases, like the one you mentioned, that have 5.1 sound have simply been artifically created, much like playing the 2.0 track through most amps, where it "creates" a pseudo-5.1 track then, just to fill out the sound.

Either way, I haven't been bothered by the 2.0 tracks in the least.

MooglePorn · 08-05-2003, 04:51 PM

I have no idea why anyone would complain about these X-Files sets, the one with "Triangle" included (it was SUPPOSED to look that way). Why would you want fake 5.1 anyway?

08-05-2003, 10:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Valmont74 Supporting Actor Join Date: Jun 2003	X-Files in 5.1? Weren't season 6-9 of The X-Files supposed to be mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1? We have only got 2.0 releases, and from the press relase it seems like season 8 also will be in 2.0. Has Fox screwed this up or has the show never been produced in 5.1? From what I know there are DVD's of some episodes from the ninth season out in the UK (Nothing Important Happened Here Today, Providence and The Truth), and they are in 5.1. Has anyone got some information regarding this?

08-05-2003, 04:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
wahlers Actor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Columbus, OH (right now)	From what I understand, the shows were never actually produced with 5.1 audio. Releases, like the one you mentioned, that have 5.1 sound have simply been artifically created, much like playing the 2.0 track through most amps, where it "creates" a pseudo-5.1 track then, just to fill out the sound. Either way, I haven't been bothered by the 2.0 tracks in the least. __________________ And that is the way the world ends. Not with a bang. or a whimper. but with a THWAKK!

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08-05-2003, 04:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
MooglePorn Actor Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA	I have no idea why anyone would complain about these X-Files sets, the one with "Triangle" included (it was SUPPOSED to look that way). Why would you want fake 5.1 anyway?