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In Reply to: RE: agree with the first and second sentence posted by Jack G on January 25, 2008 at 05:25:49:
When specs were being released, DTS only gave processing numbers for DTS-HD High Resolution. When asked "how much" processing power would be needed for Master Audio, DTS just said "much more". Kind of vague, especially when these were the guys supporting their codec's "decodability". However, rather than upping the processing power to what would have been worse case scenario numbers, they made some poor decisions/estimations. Kind of shitty, considering the DTS bitrates were known at that time and "mathematical computation" is what these guys do for a living.
Since player manufacturers were waiting for SoC solutions (less $), the delay in fully capable chips pushed DTS-HD Master Audio internal decoding back several months. Add to this development time for new players and it became a waiting game.
The market will probably see all new players released in Q3/Q4 08 with either bitstreaming, decoding or both re: DTS-HD Master Audio. I believe there are 2 (maybe 3) SoC manufacturers for the players, so the competition should keep costs within reason (ie, internal decoding should become less of a "Can we afford not to include it?" to more of a "So, who gets our chip business?").
I believe the licensing fee for DTS is the same, regardless of whether you decode DTS-HD MA or just the core (Dolby's licensing fee works the same way).
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Follow Ups
- pointing fingers - Joe Murphy Jr 20:52:57 01/25/08 (3)
- help me understand this - Jack G 15:33:55 01/26/08 (2)
- signals crossed - Joe Murphy Jr 18:31:38 01/26/08 (1)
- Thank you - Jack G 06:18:40 01/27/08 (0)
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