DTS lossless option on both HD-DVD and BLU-RAY... (1 Viewer)

[Kevin M]

I tend to agree with Aaron, if a lossless compression code can be utilised for audio then I am all for the most data space possible made available for video.

 

[Grant H]

quote:Wow, so if a dts decoder is built into every player don't you think the price will be pretty high? Or will DTS become what DD is today?

Well, most DVD players on the market today (if not all) have built-in DD and DTS decoders . The first DTS-capable players could only pass the DTS bitstream, but later onboard DD and DTS decoders became the norm. I just bought a $70 Pioneer player that has a lot more packed into it than the $800 player (which I got at a bargain $400) that I started out with. That was a 2nd gen. player that couldn't even pass DTS. The new one does just about everything and has the most invisible layer change I've ever seen!

 

[Paul.S]

Rich:

quote:On the other hand (you know, the "big" DVD-A hand, that is), doesn't Warner Bros. likewise eschew DTS tracks? I mean, don't they reject DTS to the same extent that Sony rejects MLP?

Not sure I follow. If we're talkin' audio that may be on next gen, hi def video discs, I'm not sure how strong or apt comparisons to what the content providers do via-a-vis audio on standard def DVD-V are.

In other words, I think the (proprietary) politicking behind Sony's heretofore exclusion of MLP on Blu-ray is quite different from Warner Bros. not having supported DTS on DVD-V (Twister, Interview With A Vampire and the Lethal Weapon remasters notwithstanding).

Or were you referring to DTS on Warner DVD-As? Ronstadt's What's New has DTS (and I think Hotel California does also . . . DTS is sometimes on there but that menu option doesn't show up on some titles when placed in a DVD-A-capable player.)

-p