Do all DVD players play DVD-Audio??? (1 Viewer)

[Chris Tedesco]

I am confused about this one. A Best Buy ad say that "all DVD players will play DVD-Audio".

I didn't think this was the case. I thought you had to have a special DVD player that specifically says it can play them.

Who is right???

 

[Brian L]

Your instincts are correct.

All DVD players will play the DD or DTS bit stream of the DVD-V layer of a DVD-A disc, but unless it is designed as a DVD-A/DVD-V player, a garden variety DVD player will NOT play the hi-rez DVD-A tracks.

BGL

 

[LanceJ]

Just a word of caution concerning that Panasonic F65 player being sold now: it says it plays dvd-audio but its only in the fine print where it says it plays only the STEREO track of a dvd-audio disc.

The F85 model plays both the stereo & multichannel hi-res tracks of a dvd-audio.

Why Panasonic did this is a mystery and will only confuse the non-audio folks.

LJ

 

[Craig_Kg]

They can get away with that sort of comment because all DVD-Audio disks are spec'd to have a DVD-V layer that can be played on all DVD players (it can contain the usual DD, dts and/or stereo PCM tracks + video).

 

[Kevinkall]

I've noticed that SOME older dvd players have a hard time reading DVD-AUDIO discs and that they also have a hard time playing them.

 

[Brian L]

They can get away with that sort of comment because all DVD-Audio disks are spec'd to have a DVD-V layer that can be played on all DVD players (it can contain the usual DD, dts and/or stereo PCM tracks + video).

How Clintonian!

BGL