With a name like Prototype, it's somewhat fitting that this interesting game will be a title of firsts. The free-roaming science fiction adventure will be the first ever videogame to use THX's brand new 7.1 surround sound technology.
Neural-THX Surround uses three speakers in front of you, two either side, and two behind. It also sounds flashy and impressive. If you weren't antagonizing your neighbours by blasting your games out through a 5.1 speaker system, soon you can really up your chances of eviction.
This news makes me happy not because I could ever afford another speaker system, but because it reminded me that Prototype exists. I'd forgotten about that one, and it looks like it could be really fun. Hurray for 7.1 surround sound!
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7:35 PM on 01.07.2008
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but ya not first game with 7.1
more games need DTS sound like Uncharted and Burnout paradise...
Prototype looks pretty good.
Just pimping a good author/artist who does good stuff.
I'm really looking forward to the game.
Awesome
Spartacus: it's for PS3, also (I think.. maybe even PC)
I just bought a 7.1 receiver on boxing day and this game looks wicked.
I wont be happy until I have a 22.2 surround sound speaker system (which is actually being made)
Maybe I'm just getting flustered that all of these advances are coming so quickly one after another. Nothing good (besides the obvious) can come from having these upgrades come so soon.
and never will. because it can't.
the hdmi is not pegged for it(requires hdmi 1.3, 360 only has the base hdmi, ps3 has 1.3, and the 360's audio processor doesn't accept it.
it does 5.1 fine. but it DOES NOT DO 7.1. PERIOD.
oh well, I only have 5.1 setup, YAY!
I was looking all about for receivers and the like capable of doing this for the speaker type that I have. Not a damned thing. I ended up finding out about a Creative Labs made product called DDTS-100 which is exactly what i'm looking for. A shame I can't really find the same type of product in any stores and apparently the item has been discontinued for reasons unknown *especially since reviews for it seemed to be absolutely great*...
This makes me sad... I am trying to not whimper and I stand tall with an occasionally shaky lip. But I sometimes weep on the inside. Though, at least it has greatly improved the standard quality of games and movies from my lil media center! For that, I am thankful.
While i'm at it, if anyone has any recommendations on what to do in this situation, that'd be just wonderful.
also, Neural-THX Surround is more an additional encoder that increases the seperate elements of a surround track so individual details come out more clearly so that you get better seperation. which sounds fun, never actually tried anything with it yet. cant exactly afford one of the receiver with that convertor built in at the moment.
oh well, maybe this is all covered in the original article...
then those DVD with 9.1 surround are fakes?
but for men....
Sub
front left.............center..........front right
Side left..............................side right
Rear left..............................rear right
There you have, I have a 7.1 receiver and that's how she goes! Still, I need to buy 2 more speakers as I couldn't find a decent (cheap) set on boxing day, so I went with the 5.1 from Polk.