Hi-Def disc audio demystified
by Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Oct 15th 2007 at 8:34AM
We gave this a go some time ago, but compared to the job Hi-Def Digest did, ours is pathetic. Not only do they go into detail about what every audio format available for both HD disc formats is all about, but they go on to give examples of discs that include them, and to top it all off, how to enjoy them. It's more complicated than you think because not every player or connection method supports every audio format. To be honest it's far more complicated than it should be and we wonder how anyone could make heads or tails of this mess without being very dedicated. Lucky for us, Joshua Zyber is up to the challenge and his article should help clear things up for just about everyone.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Corrado @ Oct 15th 2007 9:58AM
Its situations like this that have the general public totally turned off the format war. If those among us that comprehend this tech are having problems understanding everything what chance does average stupid Joe public stand?
Why cant we have a universal standard/bit rate/connection method, I thought HDMI was going to clear a lot of this up, it seems not, well at least not yet. The people/group behind HDMI,( which as yet has to prove its worth to me beyond DRM/HDCP) need to pull their finger out and concentrate on issues like this one by pulling manufactures into line.
How about doing something like this instead of working on 1.3/1.4/1.5.which is something else confusing the public.
TJ @ Oct 15th 2007 11:56PM
Josh and the team at highdefdigest are doing some great technical commentaries about both formats, regardless of your preference. It makes it a whole lot easier to understand what you're getting into if you want to enjoy the high-res audio formats.
Cam @ Oct 15th 2007 7:52PM
To EngadgetHD:
Dudes, you should just post a straight up link to hidefdigest.com. I love you guys because you have lots of news, but all your BD/HD DVD stuff lately has been just all the articles that are on that other site!
;)
Ben @ Oct 15th 2007 7:53PM
Not sure how you missed it, but there is a Read link at the bottom of almost every post leading to the source.
Raptor007 @ Oct 16th 2007 3:40PM
This answered absolutely every question I could think of about new (and old) audio formats, and how they're handled over various connections.
Excellent article!