When enthusiast sites fail to show any enthusiasm...

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Overall I agree with his position that the lack of standardized features for BD hardware is a problem. It doesn't matter if a few fans at a site like this think it's ok to read a forum for six months to figure out which overpriced BD player best stuits their needs... the average consumer assumes (as he should) that the BD hardware he buys will... well... access all standard BD features.

The real problem I have with article are criticisms of BD that don't make sense... especially in comparison with HD DVD. For instance, he criticizes the PS3 for not bitstreaming advanced audio. Well... that's not exactly a standard feature on HD DVD players either, and most HD DVD players don't internally decode DTS-HD MA.

Not to mention that one third of all HD DVD players in the US were Xbox add-ons, which only output gimped DTS versions of absolutely everything. Did he object to that?

If you are for Ultimate Audio and Video, then what's better:

Lossless audio but no PiP or Web bonus
DTS downmix audio and PiP and Web bonus