Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 10/06/07 22:00

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:48:27 -0700, Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net>
wrote:

>ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
>> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:54:16 -0700, Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
>>>> They should have included APE, OGG and FLAC lossless audio formats.
>>>>
>>>> Fuck MP3s!
>>> If you're that discriminating, I'm pretty sure it will play audio CDs,
>>> then you can listen to all the "lossless" music you want.
>>
>> The point was that these "modern" players should be codec rich.
>>
>> They only cater to the crowd that cries the most, otherwise, you would
>> not even be seeing Divx support.
>>
>> Whereas my suggestion makes a lot of sense, since these things are
>> supposed to be part of folks audio/video systems. They should have the
>> best possible playback features in them.
>
>They should have what their target market wants. They're in business to
>make money, not to cater to audiophiles. I'm guessing most audiophiles
>spend more than $50 on their DVD player anyway, especially if they're
>going to use it to play music.
>
>It's not about who cries the most; it's about meeting demand. If there
>was more demand (not cries) for lossless codecs, then I'm certain you'd
>see more companies meeting that demand.
>
>If you choose to belong to a niche group, you have to accept the
>disadvantages that come along with that.


Niche group? Sorry dude, but some of those $50 players have DTS and 7.1
audio. So they are keyed toward nice systems, regardless of what you
biases are.

The only reason there isn't as much demand is because MP3 has become
the de facto standard, even though its quality sucks pretty badly. Also,
the lossless standards use more disc space per song, and since you guys
are so wussified that a player that has a higher price tag than $50
scares you, I am quite sure that a nice new, sub 30 cent per GB hard
drive is beyond these childish dweebs' capacity to see a good value when
it is there. Much less the fact that we place file onto DVDs and HD DVDs
and BR DVDs now, not CDs. So the file size issue should not be one. If
you guys had half the brains you claim to have, you'd all be using
lossless codecs by now, but since I am talking to the iPUD crowd, I doubt
that will ever happen.

Pay more for less, then jump on those that know REAL quality.

Good job, iPUD Tard!

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