In my previous post, I was suggesting that Steve ask the Dolby reps why the consumer should demand TrueHD over DTS HD MA.Personally, I don't think consumers should demand one over the other, but I'd like to hear why Dolby thinks that there codec is superior. Perhaps they'll mention its greater efficiency, as you did. Perhaps they'll say that it's more widely supported than DTS HD MA (more players can both decode and bitstream it, while there are still some Blu-ray players that can only bitstream DTS HD MA). I'm not sure, but I'd like to hear their spin since they're both lossless codecs.
Personally, I'd welcome a standardization on DTS HD MA because I prefer it over TrueHD. Don't ask me why. To my ears, it just sounds better. Perhaps it's because it's typically louder than a TrueHD track. Whatever the case, we have one next generation DVD format, why not have a single next generation audio format as well?
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Good points, squiggle.
In my previous post, I was suggesting that Steve ask the Dolby reps why the consumer should demand TrueHD over DTS HD MA.Personally, I don't think consumers should demand one over the other, but I'd like to hear why Dolby thinks that there codec is superior. Perhaps they'll mention its greater efficiency, as you did. Perhaps they'll say that it's more widely supported than DTS HD MA (more players can both decode and bitstream it, while there are still some Blu-ray players that can only bitstream DTS HD MA). I'm not sure, but I'd like to hear their spin since they're both lossless codecs.
Personally, I'd welcome a standardization on DTS HD MA because I prefer it over TrueHD. Don't ask me why. To my ears, it just sounds better. Perhaps it's because it's typically louder than a TrueHD track. Whatever the case, we have one next generation DVD format, why not have a single next generation audio format as well?