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In Reply to: Re: DVD-A was produced to posted by Soundgarden on May 25, 2004 at 06:15:47:
I'm not sure I understand your point. Please clarify.
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DVD-V was already released before the technology for DVD-A became available. So if it could have been done to just add it on to DVD-v, no one would know it is there and plus you have the capatability issues for playback. So your suggestion that they could just call it DVD is not possible at this time. You are trying to rewrite history.
I see what you're saying now, and no - I'm not trying to "rewrite history." The technology to create hi-rez recordings has been around for many years. The technology to put those hi-rez recordings onto DVD discs was available the day DVD was released. That it was not done for other reasons (such as the several-year argument over which copy protection scheme to use) doesn't change anything.The point I made before, and that you seem to be either ignoring or trying to obfuscate, is that if hi-rez audio and full-length video could be put on a DVD disc together, there would not have been a need for a separate format called "DVD-A." In order to combine both, a new format is needed.
IF anyone wants it. The vast majority of consumers seem to be perfectly satisfied - no, make that ecstatic over - garden-variety DVD-V with Dolby Digital or half-rate DTS soundtracks. Most people think those lossy soundtracks are a huge step up from CDs. Most of those people are watching those DVDs on the same (or similar) TVs they used for watching VHS tapes, so they think the DVD video is great too.
original post and the point I was trying to make and I'm not trying to obfuscate is 1 player, 1 disc, 4 formats. This would make everyone happy ( audiophiles, videophiles and the average Joes ) and I know this has not happened yet but I am looking into future possibilities ( such as the dual sided disc that I mentioned) and the DVD format (including DVD-A) would have to play a role in such a scenario. You keep bringing up the past and saying what could or could not be done with the technology but that was not the intent of my posting. Whats done is done, time to move on.
If you want to believe I'm somehow dwelling in the past, have at it.From a functional standpoint, there's nothing wrong with the DVD-A application of the DVD format - as long as you don't want full-length video to go along with hi-rez music. If you do, you're screwed (for now). That is the point I made, and continue to make. Even if you have a Universal player, you can't have both at the same time.
BTW, Universal players don't make everyone happy, as you opined. I've yet to find a "universal" player that doesn't compromise on one or more formats. If a company builds one that does not compromise, I'll buy it! (assuming that it's not been obsoleted by a future format that allows for hi-rez audio AND full-length video) In the meantime, players focused on specific formats tend to be superior to the jack-of-all-trades players.
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