Home Theater Forum - View Single Post - Dolby Digital and DTS mandatory for HD-DVD and blu-ray

Dan Hitchman · 10-06-2004, 01:30 AM

However, Blu-Ray can do uncompressed 6 channels-24/192 LPCM or 8 channels-24/96 LPCM. They allocated 27+ Megabits/sec just for audio.

I'm not at all convinced about DTS++ Lossless until I hear how it works. For instance, if you have more than 6 channels then do you wind up with matrixed duplicate channels on the "backwards compatible" core portion of the data that must be de-matrixed. That would be unacceptable to me.

Why Blu-Ray doesn't add MLP Lossless into the mix is beyond me. It's a proven performer with licensing channels in place that can do upwards of 16 channels or more with bit-for-bit precision.

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10-06-2004, 01:30 AM	#5 of 6
Dan Hitchman Join Date: Jun 1999 Local Time: 10:25 PM Local Date: 01-08-2009 Posts: 5,493	However, Blu-Ray can do uncompressed 6 channels-24/192 LPCM or 8 channels-24/96 LPCM. They allocated 27+ Megabits/sec just for audio. I'm not at all convinced about DTS++ Lossless until I hear how it works. For instance, if you have more than 6 channels then do you wind up with matrixed duplicate channels on the "backwards compatible" core portion of the data that must be de-matrixed. That would be unacceptable to me. Why Blu-Ray doesn't add MLP Lossless into the mix is beyond me. It's a proven performer with licensing channels in place that can do upwards of 16 channels or more with bit-for-bit precision.