Surround Sound on the Wii
Up until a few days ago, I thought surround sound required a digital connection (as in optical or coax as opposed to stereo). Then, while playing Wii, I was surprised to hear distinctly different and directionally correct sounds coming out of my front and back speakers. Upon investigation, I learned the Wii supports Dolby Pro Logic II surround sound. According to Dolby's site, "Dolby Pro Logic II also enables video game consoles to encode five-channel surround sound information into a stereo signal." I can attest: the Wii may not support digital surround sound, but it supports surround sound nonetheless and still sounds pretty damned good.
If that weren't enough. we still have the speakers built into the Wii-motes. They may not have the most stellar sound, but they do add another dimension to games.
2 comments:
just wondering...how exactly do you hook-up surround sound on my wii?
DO you need a surround sound system to do it or just the tv?
Some TVs will have virtual surround sound modes that you can enable to see if you enjoy. Other than that, you would need a receiver with ProLogic II support. Any receiver with 5.1 speaker connections should have it built in since it's been around for many years now.
Or you could pick up a 5.1 speaker set with a built-in amplifier like the ones made for PCs. I don't know if any of them have PLII decoding built in, but I know some do have a matrix mode that emulates 5.1 from a stereo input.
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