Posted by AZ Nomad on 06/22/06 00:35

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:26:25 GMT, Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net> wrote:


>On 6/21/2006 5:03:47 PM, J Rusnak wrote:

>> I have to say that, for now, I'm leaning more towards HD-DVD. It seems
>> to offer sharper PQ, equal or superior audio, better upconversion on
>> standard discs, and more of the title's I'd want.

>Equal or superior audio? Blu-ray is using PCM 5.1.
*can use* pcm.

From http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_audio_codecs:
Linear PCM (LPCM) - offers up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio.
Dolby Digital (DD) - format used for DVDs also known as AC3, offers 5.1-channel surround sound.
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of DD, offers increased bitrates and 7.1-channel surround sound.
Dolby TrueHD - extension of MLP Lossless, offers lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio.
DTS Digital Surround - format used for DVDs, offers 5.1-channel surround sound.
DTS-HD - extension of DTS, offers increased bitrates and up to 8 channels of audio.

I'd be more interested in what is actually being used by published BRDVDs.

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