Where's the support for DD+, DTS-HD etc.?

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wankam

Audiophyte
Is anybody else wondering about the lack of explicit DD+, DD TrueHD, DTS-HD, etc. processor/decoder support with the content being available in the coming months via HD-DVD and Blu-Ray? I'm aware of the downmixing capabilities to allow the use of our current processors/decoders, but I think its safe to assume that having a dedicated decoder/processor will better allow us to experience the full potential of these "hi-def" encoding schemes. Perhaps with the upcoming HDDVD/BluRay battle and the on-going standards ratifications, the audio manufacturers are waiting to see what happens?

Any thoughts?
 
jcPanny

jcPanny

Audioholic Ninja
Dolby HD

When sources and media are finally available for blueRay and HD-DVD and encoded in the new audio formats, they will initially be decoded by the player and output over the 7 channel analog connections to the receiver like DVD-A and SACD. In the next couple years when the new audio formats and HDMI 1.3 are finialized, these features will start showing up on high end receivers. I also think that HDMI 1.3 or firewire will be required to send Dolby-HD digitally to the receiver.
 
racquetman

racquetman

Audioholic Chief
No manufacturer is going to waste money putting a feature on a product that currently won't even function. All that does is drive up the cost.

The problem is that we've been hearing about the blue laser formats and new audio codecs for so long now that we are all losing our patience. It's going to take time to get these things to market. Even when they are available, there is no guarantee that they will be successful.

The audio codecs aren't going to be a huge selling point anyway. The percentage of people that could tell you the difference between dolby digital, trueHD, and DD+ is miniscule to say the least. The manufacturers know that and so they are in no hurry to promote new technology that no one (except us) cares about.
 
mtrycrafts

mtrycrafts

Seriously, I have no life.
alandamp said:
. The percentage of people that could tell you the difference between dolby digital, trueHD, and DD+ is miniscule to say the least. .

I'd say, at the most it is minuscule:D Maybe even less than that.

Who can actually take advantage of a 110dB dynamic range audio, or more?
 
jcPanny

jcPanny

Audioholic Ninja
The real question is . . .

Will studios take advantage of the 110dB dynamic range knowing that most consumers sound systems will not be able to reproduce those dynamics. For example what do you think the dynamic range of a Bose cube system is?

CDs have a lot of potential dynamic range too, but most are mastered so that they are hightly compressed.
 

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