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

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Topic - Disc capacity matters--take Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix - Jazz Inmate 11:49:23 09/04/07 (32)

Fine, but unimportant in the grand scheme of things - 4season 21:02:06 09/04/07 (9)

RE: Fine, but unimportant in the grand scheme of things - racerguy 12:09:07 09/05/07 (8)

A lossless PCM soundtrack will always be "truer to the source" than any lossy soundtrack. - oscar 20:36:36 09/05/07 (7)

*sigh* - Jack G 05:20:31 09/06/07 (0)

Sorry, but "always" is a sweeping generalization... - racerguy 21:19:35 09/05/07 (5)

Alright, I failed to imply the possibility of different masters for - oscar 17:18:03 09/06/07 (0)

PCM on a DVD? You're talking about Dolby Digital and that is a lossy algorithm - Jazz Inmate 10:08:30 09/06/07 (3)

You should try reading what I actually wrote... - racerguy 10:17:08 09/06/07 (2)

It didn't change since the first time I read it, and my reply stands - Jazz Inmate 12:52:13 09/06/07 (1)

Whatever you thought you read seems to be different from what I wrote, as usual - racerguy 12:59:13 09/06/07 (0)

2 disc edition =1 for movie, 1 for extras. - Jack G 12:19:58 09/04/07 (21)

Difference is I have to get off my doofus to change discs in the middle of the movie for HD DVD. nt - oscar 12:57:46 09/04/07 (7)

Jack's saying just the extras are on disc two. I don't read German so I can't verify that NT - Jazz Inmate 13:13:10 09/04/07 (6)

The text on the website you provided isn't specifc - racerguy 12:18:25 09/05/07 (3)

You're probably right. It would certainly be a major SNAFU to have the actual film split over two discs - Jazz Inmate 17:21:14 09/05/07 (2)

I'm not so sure I'd categorize a split film as a "major SNAFU" - racerguy 21:23:44 09/05/07 (1)

The film is 138 minutes - Jack G 05:07:29 09/06/07 (0)

DOH ! When in doubt, read the header... - oscar 14:20:14 09/04/07 (0)

The movie isn't *that* long. - Jack G 13:38:28 09/04/07 (0)

RE: 2 disc edition =1 for movie, 1 for extras. - Jazz Inmate 12:34:51 09/04/07 (12)

They still are.. - Jack G 13:40:06 09/04/07 (8)

RE: They still are.. - Jazz Inmate 16:34:23 09/04/07 (7)

You need to keep things in perspective - Jack G 05:08:08 09/05/07 (6)

I was just replying to your series of posts about how it's more expensive to manufacture blu-rays - Jazz Inmate 09:44:00 09/05/07 (3)

RE: I was just replying to your series of posts about how it's more expensive to manufacture blu-rays - Jack G 10:21:27 09/05/07 (2)

I guess the worry is they've run up against a manufacturing snag technology cannot solve. - oscar 10:50:15 09/05/07 (1)

or that its not really viable (nt) - Jack G 13:26:42 09/05/07 (0)

That 1% is potentially a very juicy plum ;-) - 4season 09:13:35 09/05/07 (1)

It has much bigger growth potential, that's for sure - Jazz Inmate 09:45:42 09/05/07 (0)

Manufacturing expenses/yields are important... So is PCM .... nt - oscar 12:56:48 09/04/07 (2)

RE: Manufacturing expenses/yields are important... So is PCM .... nt - GoingCoastal 20:23:01 09/05/07 (1)

Just 'cuz J6p doesn't care doesn't mean I shouldn't lobby for it. - oscar 09:00:49 09/06/07 (0)

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A lossless PCM soundtrack will always be "truer to the source" than any lossy soundtrack. - oscar 20:36:36 09/05/07 (7)

*sigh* - Jack G 05:20:31 09/06/07 (0)

Sorry, but "always" is a sweeping generalization... - racerguy 21:19:35 09/05/07 (5)

Alright, I failed to imply the possibility of different masters for - oscar 17:18:03 09/06/07 (0)

PCM on a DVD? You're talking about Dolby Digital and that is a lossy algorithm - Jazz Inmate 10:08:30 09/06/07 (3)

You should try reading what I actually wrote... - racerguy 10:17:08 09/06/07 (2)

It didn't change since the first time I read it, and my reply stands - Jazz Inmate 12:52:13 09/06/07 (1)

Whatever you thought you read seems to be different from what I wrote, as usual - racerguy 12:59:13 09/06/07 (0)

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