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Originally Posted by Sty
But $170 is not bad for upconverting dvd player though, and the free movies are free movies and still watchable with it even if they're hd dvd, until your player breaks around 2010 and hd dvd hasn't been in production for years.
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Break in 2010? HD-DVD not around for years? See... this is ibe of MANY reasons WHY I went HD-DVD. The people who support BD-DVD tend (not all but most) to sensationalize things like this. First of all, I've never had a DVD player last less then 5 years or so, putting out to 2013 worst case. Also, If HD-DVDs were no longer produced as of today, right now, it would still barely be "years" by 2010 that they had fallen out of production. Oh, and they AREN'T stopping making them, no or anytime soon.
Argh!
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
we will finally be able to enjoy Lord of the Rings in 1080p with 7.1 uncompressed audio (which is impossible to do with HD-DVD due to space limitations).
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Uhm... really? HD-DVD uses the exact same lossless digital audio codec (Dolby TrueHD) that BD_DVD does.
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Dolby TrueHD is a lossless audio technology developed for high-definition disc-based media (HD DVD and Blu-ray). It is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master, supporting up to 8 full-range channels of sound at 24 bits / 96 kHz at a bit rate up to 18 Mbps.
Dolby TrueHD can be transmitted in bitstream format via HDMI 1.3 and above. The audio data also may be sent to the A/V receiver in Linear PCM form instead of raw Dolby TrueHD. A third option is that the audio is decoded by the player and output via 6-8 analog outputs. (See note below about audio mixing in HD DVD and Blu-ray players)
Dolby TrueHD is a mandatory audio format on HD DVD players, but only in 2-channel mode. Fortunately, all HD DVD players are capable of decoding multi-channel Dolby TrueHD, so support for that format is the de facto standard for HD DVD players.
Note: In the first and second generation HD DVD players, the Dolby TrueHD signal is converted to DTS Digital Surround at 1.5 Mbps for output over the standard digital audio output.
Dolby TrueHD support is optional on Blu-ray players, however. When a Dolby TrueHD soundtrack is included on a Blu-ray disc, a companion Dolby Digital track must also be included for compatibility reasons. You will need to consult the owners manual and release notes for your Blu-ray player to determine its level of support for Dolby TrueHD.
A historical tidbit is that Dolby TrueHD has its origins in the MLP Lossless technology, first used on DVD-Audio.
For more information, visit the Dolby web site: "Dolby TrueHD"
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Wait, what was that? Let's make sure we're clear. HD-DVD is REQUIRED to have TrueHD, but will also convert to DTS Digital Surround if you are using standard outputs. Blu-Ray is NOT REQUIRED to have TrueHD at all.
Do you Blu Ray guys even research this stuff?