Quote Originally Posted by John Beresford
Thank you, but I had no idea this was discussed before; forgive me and please accept my wholeheartedly emotionally tied apologies.

I just read on a DTS/Dolby Digital comparison site that 2.0 labeled mono soundtracks should play back through the two front left and right stereo speakers. So I still do not understand when you say "the system is playing it back exactly the way it should"...WHY label something as 2.0 then? Why give TWO monophonic channels when the end result is gonna be one channel mono anyway?
Labeling it 2.0 means that the same monophonic channel is playing from both of the front speakers.