I went with blu ray because of LPCM movies. I have almost forgotten how DVDs sound in comparison. I didnt think studios would waste time with audio compression anymore because of the 50GB of space. Looks like I was wrong.
You should be glad they're moving away from it for two reasons:
1) LPCM is a bandwidth hog compared to lossless. Dropping LPCM allows more bandwidth for video, in theory anyway. This may not make much of a difference if MPEG2 is used.
2) LPCM is only raw data, and the metadata possibilities inherent in the lossless codec most prevalent on Blu-ray right now could allow you to do cool stuff like speaker remapping:
"Home theater systems are often set up with different speaker layouts, sometimes dictated by room dimensions or furniture placement. DTS-HD Audio includes a 7.1 Speaker Layout feature, which allows the user to select from multiple speaker layouts depending on listening preferences and speaker location. 7.1 Speaker Layout uses sophisticated algorithms to electronically 'reposition' speakers and is designed to let you play back the audio as the artist originally intended. The DTS-HD 7.1 Speaker Layout feature works for 6.1 or 7.1 channel configurations."
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I went with blu ray because of LPCM movies. I have almost forgotten how DVDs sound in comparison. I didnt think studios would waste time with audio compression anymore because of the 50GB of space. Looks like I was wrong.
You should be glad they're moving away from it for two reasons:
1) LPCM is a bandwidth hog compared to lossless. Dropping LPCM allows more bandwidth for video, in theory anyway. This may not make much of a difference if MPEG2 is used.
2) LPCM is only raw data, and the metadata possibilities inherent in the lossless codec most prevalent on Blu-ray right now could allow you to do cool stuff like speaker remapping:
"Home theater systems are often set up with different speaker layouts, sometimes dictated by room dimensions or furniture placement. DTS-HD Audio includes a 7.1 Speaker Layout feature, which allows the user to select from multiple speaker layouts depending on listening preferences and speaker location. 7.1 Speaker Layout uses sophisticated algorithms to electronically 'reposition' speakers and is designed to let you play back the audio as the artist originally intended. The DTS-HD 7.1 Speaker Layout feature works for 6.1 or 7.1 channel configurations."
http://www.dtsonline.com/dts-hd/dtshd-speaker-remapping.php