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Toshiba HD DVD players transcode DD+ to (I believe) 640kbps DTS signal to be sent over the optical connection. Doug

I think early on Warner's wasn't putting DD + or True HD on their blu-ray titles because of the lack of players able to decode these formats. Honestly at this point I don't know how many blu-ray players can now decode DD+ or true HD. I know mine can't. Doug

You're right. I was thinking of the Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition. Doug

Well to be fair, even at 640kp/ps, its a huge improvement over what was available on standard DVD, or even the theatrical presentation. Doug Edit: Sorry I forgot about the DTS track on the SD DVD, was it 640kp/ps? I don't know. Regardless DD+ is a more efficient codec and at 640 is...

As someone who is involved in DVD production as part of my job I can tell you that we never encode DD above 448 kb because it presents a compatibility issue. While some decoders can handle it, most cannot. Its not unlike the fact that we don't allow the video bit rate to go above 10 mb because...

I have T3 on HD DVD and the sound track is quite good and helps draw you into the film. I never found the sound track in any way distracting from the film presentation. Doug

The Dolby codec used on 35mm film prints is AC3, the exact same codec used on standard DVDs. The maximum bit rate in theatrical Dolby Digital is 320 kbit/s. That is the max they can fit in between the sprocket holes. There just isn't room for a higher bit rate. The standard bit rate for DVD...

Yes but at the 640 bit rate, its still head and shoulders above what you heard at the theater. Doug