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RE: DVD video standard

Posted by racerguy on May 30, 2007 at 09:01:40

In Reply to: DVD video standard posted by vinjonman on May 30, 2007 at 05:12:47:

>> what is wrong with DVD Video standard carrying 24/96 audio?<<

Nothing in particular, other than these things:

- DVD-V can only carry two channels of uncompressed PCM at 24/96
- multi-channel is not feasible on DVD-V unless lossy compression is used
- copy protection in DVD-V is not considered to be robust

>>Personally, I think that the CD is destined for the bone heap. SACD has lost, and DVD, in some form will take us to the new standard, sans download. With the incredible popularity of home theater, the CD player is slowly disappearing. If the majority of people are using their DVD players to play CD's, then I think the industry is just going to backdoor DVD music to replace CD.<<

CD will eventually fall by the wayside, as will SACD; however, DVD as a mainstream music carrier has already been a market failure. The "industry" has been trying for seven years to get DVD ingrained as the physical medium of choice. These efforts have been unsuccessful. Many people have simplistically predicted the success of DVD-based music because of the ubiquity of home DVD players, but they have all been wrong.

Despite the proliferation of DVD players in the home, DVD is not universal, and as a music carrier it lacks portability and flexibility relative to CD. CD is slowly losing ground to downloads, but CD still outsells DVD-based music media by tremendous margins. Don't expect this to change, or you will be very disappointed.

Edits: 05/30/07

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