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In Reply to: OMG..... It is believed Warner dropping PCM entirely for DTS/DD {nt} posted by sammy on January 27, 2003 at 07:56:57:
.....if they were to change dvd-a to solely Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1 surround, I would be O.K. with that. Obviously these compressed formats aren't hi-rez ones, but the surround aspect is what I am interested in. And actually, couldn't surround be considered a type of "higher" resolution (compared to stereo) ebecause of it's superior reproduction of a music venue OR becuase it gives the artist more channels to work with?As someone who right now can only listen to the DD/DTS tracks anyway, I find them perfectly listenable. And many DTS tracks just sound plain good. And if they would drop the video/photo crap, I'll bet a DD/DTS disc would come to market much faster (& cheaper to boot).
I just don't want to lose this awesome surround option I've grown to really enjoy.
Follow Ups:
"........if they were to change dvd-a to solely Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1 surround, I would be O.K. with that."What you're describing is DVD-Video. Guess what? We already have that.
The bottleneck is getting artist clearance and creating a surround mix. Once both are out of the way, it's just as easy to create MLP 5.1 as it is Dolby Digital 5.1, the masters just end up going through a different encoder.
nt
If it's a choice between losing dvd-audio COMPLETELY and being stuck with only stereo CD, or having CD and a DD/DTS surround format disc, I'll take the latter. This is assuming of course that Warner--with their huge music catalog--doesn't switch to sacd.Or how about this: a 5.1 DD/DTS + stereo 96kHz/24bit LPCM disc? And with no video portion or on-screen menus.
I'll second that!!!
that you need a DVD disc to store so much data. So, in effect, you have to use DVD-V authoring (will play on any DVD player) to store all this stuff... and you've got yourself a good old DAD.OR you decide to include a DVD-A section next to the DVD-V section, store the 96/24 section there (2CH or MCH), and you have yourself a hybrid DVD-A, which is exactly what you have on the market right now. Whether it is LPCM or compressed/encoded through MLP is only a detail if you stay up to 24/96, but MLP becomes necessary above that (so I hear, I have never done it).
In either event, whether you choose to go DAD or DVD-A, you cannot have it without a menu and some image content, even if it has to be "still imagery", as they say. A minimum video content is mandatory for a DVD disc structure (I know, it socks).
No video, no nothing . You can carve that in stone.Sorry guys, but unless I misunderstood something, I still don't get your point.
Best
Eric
I'll second that, too!!!
nt
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