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In Reply to: DD and DTS are so 1999 posted by Jazz Inmate on April 2, 2007 at 22:13:21:
Until the format war dies down and more titles are available that peak my interest (classic rock music titles; silent movies; etc.). So far, other than a smattering of classic and contemporary SF films I'm not that impressed. I'm perfectly happy with my upscaling Oppo player (OPDV971H) with DVI; in fact, I'll probably get a second one with HDMI that also does both Hi-Rez audio formats.Surround Sound-wise, new expanded field formats don't impress me all that much; here's where I stand:
Linear PCM (LPCM) - [got it]
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - [have Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 that sounds fine; how much more can it improve?]
Dolby TrueHD - extension of MLP Lossless, lossless encoding of up to 8 channels - [don't need 8 channels; typically I use either 2 or 5.1, but the concept of a lossless signal is worthy of more investigation]
DTS-HD - extension of DTS, offers increased bitrates and up to 8 channels - [My Oppo can upsample a variety of sound sources and pass 192Khz raw; the DTS surround I currently have is excellent; can it be bettered? Possibly, but there is the law of diminishing return to be considered. IMHO, based upon what I'm hearing, improvement would be marginal at best]
- Here's a highly rated DVD player that will upsample to 1080p (with both SACD & DVD-A capability for music aficionados)... (Open in New Window)
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Follow Ups
- Very little content in blu-ray or HD-DVD that I'm interested in at present. - Audiophilander 10:18:15 04/03/07 (8)
- sorry auph, but with your gear you can't access LPCM, DD+, Dolby TrueHD, or DTS-HD - Jazz Inmate 13:18:36 04/04/07 (5)
- Not confused at all; DVDs have Linear PCM; what's your problem, do you have ... - Audiophilander 16:43:59 04/05/07 (4)
- You are confused, but that's ok. It's confusing - Jazz Inmate 16:50:36 04/05/07 (3)
- Granted, the information is confusing, even for those who keep current in the ever changing field of audio delivery, ... - Audiophilander 17:26:26 04/06/07 (2)
- yeesh! I thought I could get LPCM over the optical too, at first. Someone had to set me straight - Jazz Inmate 11:30:03 04/07/07 (1)
- We're in basic agreement. - Audiophilander 00:17:35 04/08/07 (0)
- A valid point - Jack G 12:22:22 04/03/07 (0)
- Re: Very little content in blu-ray or HD-DVD that I'm interested in at present. - oscar 12:00:42 04/03/07 (0)
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