New Digital Format Discussion

Johnny B · 27th September 2005, 09:36 PM

Ok, do we have any thoughts or comments on DXD, etc. two more high-density disc formats - Blu Ray and HD-DVD?

I'd like to hear comments about sample rates, bit-depths, latency, thruput, truncation, and all the other ususal supsects, but most importantly, I'd like to hear comments about these formats' overall sound quality.

Ladies and gentlemen, let the debate begin.

djui5 · 27th September 2005, 10:39 PM

SACD's Rule!

Rob G · 27th September 2005, 10:47 PM

All,

Yeah. SACD's are pretty good. I've been saying this for years. DXD is awesome.

Rob G..

Johnny B · 28th September 2005, 10:50 AM

Ok, do we have more comments and opinions?

djui5 · 28th September 2005, 08:05 PM

Ok...I was hoping some people with experience would jump into this discussion. I know my post was lame..but it was suppost to be funny.....

Anyway,
I've never heard of DXD until recently, and know of no-one who's worked with it. Therefore I've never heard it.

I did find this little tidbit of info that would be quite valuable to us people who know nothing about it.

http://www.lindberg.no/norsk/artikler/004.pdf

aussie_techie · 30th September 2005, 05:06 AM

all these new formats are technologically great but they are pointless until they start to get used. the consumer market is going backwards from CDs to ipods and other devices using compressed formats not foward with SACDs and DVD-Audio and they have been around for years, let alone new formats like HD DVD. i do not know one person using any of these new formats and quite frankly the average consumer cant hear or see the differences or they simply just dont care. how many people run their DVD player into a mono TV, they just dont care about the quality enough to get quality equipment. untill consumers have decent equipment it seems pointless getting caught up in saples rates etc. a friend of mine had a new dvd and in the making of it they said they recordered it ay 24/96 he said he didnt care how they recorded it to him it sounded exacly the same

most of the DVD-Audio discs ive heard havnt been all that impressive anyway, especially when remixing an old concert that was recordered in stereo who ever has done them just hasnt been all that good. but im sure there have been much better ones aswell

new DVD formats are going to be good for data and backup, mabey they can put BFD and its expasions on one disc

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27th September 2005, 09:36 PM	#1
Johnny B Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 848	New Digital Format Discussion Ok, do we have any thoughts or comments on DXD, etc. two more high-density disc formats - Blu Ray and HD-DVD? I'd like to hear comments about sample rates, bit-depths, latency, thruput, truncation, and all the other ususal supsects, but most importantly, I'd like to hear comments about these formats' overall sound quality. Ladies and gentlemen, let the debate begin.

27th September 2005, 10:39 PM	#2
djui5 Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 6,680	SACD's Rule! __________________ _________________ "What is a crossfire hurricane & why wasn't I born in one?" Randy Wright http://www.myspace.com/djui5

28th September 2005, 08:05 PM	#5
djui5 Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 6,680	Ok...I was hoping some people with experience would jump into this discussion. I know my post was lame..but it was suppost to be funny..... Anyway, I've never heard of DXD until recently, and know of no-one who's worked with it. Therefore I've never heard it. I did find this little tidbit of info that would be quite valuable to us people who know nothing about it. http://www.lindberg.no/norsk/artikler/004.pdf __________________ _________________ "What is a crossfire hurricane & why wasn't I born in one?" Randy Wright http://www.myspace.com/djui5

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27th September 2005, 10:47 PM	#3
Rob G Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hampton Roads, VA - U.S.A. Posts: 597	All, Yeah. SACD's are pretty good. I've been saying this for years. DXD is awesome. Rob G..

28th September 2005, 10:50 AM	#4
Johnny B Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 848	Ok, do we have more comments and opinions?

30th September 2005, 05:06 AM	#6
aussie_techie Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 2,040	all these new formats are technologically great but they are pointless until they start to get used. the consumer market is going backwards from CDs to ipods and other devices using compressed formats not foward with SACDs and DVD-Audio and they have been around for years, let alone new formats like HD DVD. i do not know one person using any of these new formats and quite frankly the average consumer cant hear or see the differences or they simply just dont care. how many people run their DVD player into a mono TV, they just dont care about the quality enough to get quality equipment. untill consumers have decent equipment it seems pointless getting caught up in saples rates etc. a friend of mine had a new dvd and in the making of it they said they recordered it ay 24/96 he said he didnt care how they recorded it to him it sounded exacly the same most of the DVD-Audio discs ive heard havnt been all that impressive anyway, especially when remixing an old concert that was recordered in stereo who ever has done them just hasnt been all that good. but im sure there have been much better ones aswell new DVD formats are going to be good for data and backup, mabey they can put BFD and its expasions on one disc