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Only if you have digital cable. You can't stuff DD5.1 down an analog pipe.
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If at one point they were able to stuff 180 analog channels down the same pipe I've got 60 analog channels on now, yes they could.
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Most network and premium cable shows broadcast Dolby digital 5.1.
Most do? Is that true down there? Again, I'm curious... not up on what American stations are making available.
Bren R.
I'm reasonably sure the networks send a 5.1 signal, but whether or not you receive it depends on whether your local affiliate puts out a 5.1 signal. In my town, my NBC and Fox affiliates pass along the 5.1 signal, while the ABC and CBS affiliates don't. 
There are, of course, a number of digital and HDTV networks (INHD, TNT, Discovery, HBO etc.) that send a 5.1 signal directly to my cable company, and I receiver those with no problem.
Jack
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I guess a lot depends on your cable provider.I split my cable to get pip and was surprised to find I was still getting most of the HD programs right from the cable bypassing the STB.Of course the order was all messed up,I would go from Home Shopping-analog to HBO-HD.I was also getting DD by using my tv's optical out but only when it was being broadcast.
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On DirecTV, I get virtually nothing in DD. We do not subscribe to premium channels and I do not have HD, but on the occasional free preview weekends, I have noticed that Showtime, HBO, etc. deliver a 5.1 signal. So, I know I've got the boxes wired right and the capability exists. However, for network shows that might be filmed in HD and might have included a 5.1 sountrack, I do not get the 5.1. I'm assuming that it is because the DD signal is only transmitted with the HD signal.
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Your question is probably a little more complex than you anticipated, and, probably not easy to answer.
I think that the bottom line is it all depends on the path (way) that it got to you from where it was initially produced.
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I'm reasonably sure the networks send a 5.1 signal, but whether or not you receive it depends on whether your local affiliate puts out a 5.1 signal. In my town, my NBC and Fox affiliates pass along the 5.1 signal, while the ABC and CBS affiliates don't.
There are, of course, a number of digital and HDTV networks (INHD, TNT, Discovery, HBO etc.) that send a 5.1 signal directly to my cable company, and I receiver those with no problem.
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I feel your pain, Jack. Comcast in Fresno only delivers Dolby 5.1 for one station, ABC. The other two, NBC and CBS are 5.1 less. Heck, we don't even have fox in HD yet.
Oh, btw, I wish I could receiver them too... 
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I think that it is just a matter of time before almost all cable TV has multichannel DD. I think that it is sort of like when color TV came out. It took a while, but almost everything is color now.
Guess that I am sort of dating myself. LOL!!!!
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I think that it is just a matter of time before almost all cable TV has multichannel DD. I think that it is sort of like when color TV came out. It took a while, but almost everything is color now.
Of course, exclusivity wasn't the same then as it is now... if they produced colour TV now, Sony/Panasonic would introduce the RGB three gun system we have now, JVC would introduce a Vectrex-like colour wheel and Toshiba would introduce a CMYK inkjet system that squirted and wiped the screen 60 times a second... all would be incompatible with each other.
And yes, this is kind of a blanket rant on the entire state of HT affairs. 
Bren R.
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If an inkjet-based TV were possible, it would be a sight to behold. Of course, they'd give them away and recoup the costs (and then some) through ink sales...
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