How do you figure?

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Posted by Information Central on December 4, 2001 at 19:21:20

In Reply to: Re: Which ultimately is the better quality format, laserdisc or DVD? posted by DMc on November 29, 2001 at 22:08:59:

That the audio on a DVD "kills" that on LD? They're both Dolby Digital!

Your comments about the signal components are true enough. You can't even benefit from S-video with LD. However, LD has the potential to deliver the better picture. It's uncompressed. Only the vagaries of analog noise due to pressing variations really hamper it.

The more you watch DVD, the more obvious the compression is. It's actually pretty pathetic that we're suffering worse and worse quality all the time, thanks to compression. Digital cell phones have reduced wireless conversations to primitive attempts to signal each other. Satellite TV looks almost as bad as the cable service that drove so many to it in the first place.

And what drives this? Public ignorance and corporate greed.

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Topic - Which ultimately is the better quality format, laserdisc or DVD? - John C. - Aussie 20:23:29 11/19/01 (17)

Specs are mostly meaningless with DVD - GMan 19:34:58 12/04/01 (0)

Re: Which ultimately is the better quality format, laserdisc or DVD? - DMc 22:08:59 11/29/01 (1)

How do you figure? - Information Central 19:21:20 12/04/01 (0)

(Long) Depends on what's important to you - Lasermeister 15:33:33 11/20/01 (0)

A theoretical answer - John C. - Aussie 13:06:58 11/20/01 (6)

Those specs are moot - GMan 19:28:37 12/04/01 (0)

Re: A theoretical answer - Michael 08:12:51 11/21/01 (1)

Yes, given a preference I reach for LDs before DVDs - John C. - Aussie 13:24:14 11/21/01 (0)

Re: NOT a theoretical answer - gialitt 14:57:26 11/20/01 (2)

Just the opposite for me - Michael 07:58:20 11/21/01 (1)

Re: Just the opposite for me - gialitt 14:43:06 11/24/01 (0)

Re: Which ultimately is the better quality format, laserdisc or DVD? - michael w 03:27:00 11/20/01 (5)

Re:laserdisc or DVD? - Estes 04:26:26 11/20/01 (4)

Krell have a DVD player ? - michael w 13:11:24 11/20/01 (3)

Re: Krell have a DVD player ? - Estes 03:37:43 11/23/01 (2)

Re: Krell have a DVD player ? - Patrick UITZ 09:07:20 11/30/01 (1)

Re: Krell have a DVD player ? - Estes 15:22:49 12/18/01 (0)

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