Originally Posted By: XenonMan
Please explain how 5.1 killed surround sound. It may be the most widely used version of surround sound and is the most likely to have an actual encoded discrete set of tracks.


Sorry, my dumb. I never say "surround sound" unless I'm bragging about my Star Wars THX Laserdiscs. I meant Pro Logic, Dolby Surround, or other methods of deriving rear channels from a stereo signal. I didn't realize "surround sound" was still applied to modern multi channel methods as well.