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A lossless PCM soundtrack will always be "truer to the source" than any lossy soundtrack.

Posted by oscar on September 5, 2007 at 20:36:36:
Your DD+ soundtrack might sound better (I seriously doubt it) based on any particular HT system because of how they massage the sound but it won't represent the original intent of the master audio tape. I'll lobby for the highest possible audio resolution be made available to me on HD media. So far, Blu-Ray has done a better job of delivering this than HD DVD has.

If HD DVD wants my business, they are going to have to start routinely releasing movies with lossless audio tracks AND "almost artifactless" video. I seriously doubt they can do it; though even Blu-ray would have trouble meeting the standard I'm asking for.

"Transformers" is another blockbuster release screaming for the best possible AQ/SQ. Unfortunately Paramount saw fit (and/or did not have choice) to release this without a lossless audio track. This development just further reinforces suspicions HD DVD cannot deliver topnotch video and lossless audio with the same movie because of storage limitations/bandwidth limitations.