Why is WB *STILL* releasing BDs with LOSSY Audio?

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Originally Posted by Kryptonic

Did you read the rest of my post? The bitrates between DTS-HD and DTS-HR are practically identical. They're both high resolution audio. Most of the differences are in name only between a lot of these codecs. The audible difference is not really there with regularly priced equipment. I'm simply saying that both DD+ and DTS-HR would be better than standard DD.

I agree that all titles should have lossless where necessary. I don't think anyone's arguing against lossless. But there's little to no audible difference between DTS-HR and DTS-HD, as well as just about anything past 1.5 mbps. It'd be interesting for someone to do a comparison between the Twister DTS DVD (1.5 mbps) and the TrueHD BD.

Of course I read the rest of your post, and I understood it all, and I agree with some of it. I'm merely suggesting you review the last sentence since you are suggesting that something less than lossless is better than lossless, and I doubt you meant to say that.

As for this post, when you say "lossless where necessary", are you the judge of that? Am I? If someone is a big fan of a show, they want the best possible product. If lossless isn't available for one reason or another, fine, but all other things being equal, lossless should be the default standard for Blu-ray.