On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, EggyToast wrote:
quoted 9 lines I think Cds will be backwards compatible for a long time yet, and for tthe
> >I think Cds will be backwards compatible for a long time yet, and for tthe
> >majority of music released on them, 16/44.1 is good enough :)
>
> If they release DVD's with this, they'll OBVIOUSLY do them in multiple
> formats. It just makes sense with all the space they have to make sure
> they're compatible with older players and styles. Granted, DVD quality may
> be high enough anyway so consumers won't matter, but it wouldn't really
> surprise me if they came out with something that was dual-compatible or
> something funky like that.
Sony and Phillips recently announced a dual-compatible standard called
SACD Hybrid:
http://www.sacd.philips.com/sacd_format_3.html
quoted 2 lines Are all modern dvd players equipped to deal with high bitrate
> Are all modern dvd players equipped to deal with high bitrate
> audio? That'd be pretty cool :)
There are two major competing standards, DVD-A and SACD. I won't bother
looking at compatible players until I see some content available in one of
these formats.
dan
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