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as Mark Waldrep (aka Dr. AIX on Audio Asylum) has revealed in the most recent AIX Records newsletter that he'll be producing on Blu-ray in the coming months:
"Version 4 of our sampler will also include a second disc...a Blu-Ray disc with high definition audio AND video. Many audiophiles aren't interested in the HD Video that we shoot with each new production, but they might get a kick out of the new 7.1 mixes that we're doing. Yep, all of the tracks on the new BD sampler will have multiple 7.1 mixes encoded using Dolby Digital TrueHD. The disc will be among the first to feature REAL 96 kHz/24-bit lossless audio in 7.1. Even the movie studios are dumbing down their audio to 48 kHz/24-bits.
Additionally, I've decided to bit the bullet and create a few Blu-Ray titles as stand alone products. The details haven't been worked out but it seems like the right time to issue a few of our HD Audio/Video recordings on the format. Unlike most record labels, we have HD Video of the recording sessions. It's pretty cool to imagine the band/artist setting up in your media room or home theater and having them play a private concert for you...in HD Audio and HD Video."
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Two extra channels and speakers aren't in my near-term future.
He's not talking about 7.1 PCM on the disc: he's using Dolby TrueHD for the encode. Codecs have a feature that allows them to be output as less channels, and still retain the "missing" channels' information, if the user doesn't have a system that allows him/her to take advantage of all encoded channels.
I did ask him to either make sure that he turns off Dialog Normalization for Dolby TrueHD or reconsider using DTS-HD Master Audio instead.
I added a pair of B&W SCM-1s as rear surrounds last year. Bring on the 7.1 Blus!
-------------Call it, friendo.
For the time being, I'm confined to stereo from my plasma. Mind you, it's a broadcast model (no speakers, but there are amp outputs), so I am able to kick it up a notch over the consumer models: two subs wired in series (one with dual 5 1/4" and one with dual 8") feeding a pair of decent sounding bookshelf speakers.
Don't say it -- I already know.
:-)
-------------Call it, friendo.
Can't remember which one.
:-)
SCE probably just said "Look... New Line's the only ones using this DTS-HD MA side speaker config. Everybody's bitchin' 'bout gettin' 5.1 from their 7.1 mixes. Well, shit! Ya want it, ya got it. Right or wrong, their titles will output in 7.1 from now on." . Personally, I don't think New Line should have used the side speaker config -- an available option or not. How many people can actually take advantage of optional speaker configurations? You won't see this done again.
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