What's the difference in sound quality

j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
ZERO differece, they both support the same formats. It will come down to the specific movie though, in terms of what types of tracks are available and how good they are.
 
Starmax

Starmax

Full Audioholic
Thanks! A friend said HD DVD's had compressed audio while Blu-ray did not. It's good to know there's no difference.
 
Alamar

Alamar

Full Audioholic
I don't know for sure but I would think that Blu-Ray titles would have a higher chance [because of more space available] to have a lossless audio track on the disc.

The only thing is that the Blu-Ray people need to execute and effectively use the extra capacity well.

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EDIT: I would think that a lossless sound source would by definition be "better" than a lossy sound track. So if that Blu disc has a lossless track the odds are decent that it could sound better than the lossy one.

For me though [I can't hear a mosquito fart at 10 meters] I doubt that I could tell much of a difference if the sound source [before compression] was the same.
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
What your friend may be referring to is the fact that far more BDs contain a lossless track compared to very few HD DVDs. Size is likely to be the driving factor there. That doesn't mean HD DVD isn't capable of it.
 
patnshan

patnshan

Senior Audioholic
I think True HD and lossless sound the same, some would argue. I'd say that lossless SHOULD sound better, but it doesn't to me. But I think 320 kbs MP3's sound as good as CD's, so what do I know:D

Pat
 
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allargon

Audioholic General
I think True HD and lossless sound the same, some would argue. I'd say that lossless SHOULD sound better, but it doesn't to me. But I think 320 kbs MP3's sound as good as CD's, so what do I know:D

Pat
Well TrueHD *IS* lossless. So is DTS-MA.
 
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