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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: Hate it on music DVDs posted by John C. - Aussie on June 07, 2008 at 05:18:47

As David says below, the advanced audio codecs on Blu-ray may very well change the way you think about multi-channel concerts. All channels are lossless (either 5.1 PCM, DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD) and contain more detail than the lossy codecs on DVD. Because of the high transfer rate capability and space on Blu-ray, 5.1 channels of 24/96 PCM can be had along with 1920x1080 resolution for the video (check out Chris Botti's concert BD).

If multi-channel music is not your thing (it's not mine), there's often a stereo PCM track to accompany the 5.1 track. And even on the BDs that don't include a stereo PCM track, the 5.1 track can be down-mixed to stereo and still deliver an audio presentation that beats the audio on nearly every concert DVD.

Follow Ups:

RE: new game in town - Ben Van Dyk 08:59:17 06/07/08 (1)
music video or concerts in 5.1 is what I like the best.I was wondering if the blue ray player can play these regular discs.I saw on ebay lots of blue ray concert discs.I need to study up on the blue ray player.is the hdmi the only way you get the high res audio.I can use the audio if it has digital outputs.
- audio - Joe Murphy Jr 12:24:44 06/08/08 (0)
  The advanced audio codecs (DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD) either have to be decoded in the player and output as analog or PCM via HDMI or sent as bitstream via HDMI to a receiver that can decode them. They cannot be sent (full resolution) via coax/optical. The same goes for multi-channel PCM -- it won't fit over coax/optical.
  
  Blu-ray players also play DVDs and all but 2, the first Sony and first Pioneer, play CDs.
  
  Below is a link to a player comparison chart (that needs to be updated, as a few more players have come out) which should help out:
  - audio capabilities (Open in New Window)

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