That's a good point, that I didn't consider. I know the signal was downsampled, but I didn't realize the result was same sample rate that many discs use anyways.
No no no. Wrong! Most soundtracks are 24-bit! and 48kHz. The 24-bit makes the biggest difference in audio and that's why the studios records in 24/48. So we're still missing something significant.
@dj496 No he seems to be right, I went back and looked at a sample of 10 new releases from big studios and 8 of 10 of them were 48/16, but yeah the rest were 48/24.
Either way, he has a point, it's not as bad as going back to AC3 or DTS.
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colinhunt @ Apr 12th 2008 5:08AM
Yeah, audio gets downsampled to 48khz/16bits -- but most HD DVD/Blu-ray soundtracks are 48/16 anyway. So what's the big deal?
Ben @ Apr 12th 2008 7:43AM
That's a good point, that I didn't consider. I know the signal was downsampled, but I didn't realize the result was same sample rate that many discs use anyways.
dj496 @ Apr 12th 2008 9:40AM
No no no. Wrong! Most soundtracks are 24-bit! and 48kHz. The 24-bit makes the biggest difference in audio and that's why the studios records in 24/48. So we're still missing something significant.
Ben @ Apr 12th 2008 9:41AM
@dj496
No he seems to be right, I went back and looked at a sample of 10 new releases from big studios and 8 of 10 of them were 48/16, but yeah the rest were 48/24.
Either way, he has a point, it's not as bad as going back to AC3 or DTS.