

Toshiba HD-A35  (Source: AV Watch)
The third time's a charm with Toshiba's HD DVD player lineup







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RE: close but no cigar
By Gul Westfale on 8/6/2007 9:23:05 PM , Rating: 2
i've been reading up a bit now...

bluray does have higher capacity of course, but HD DVD has an advantage too: there is apparently no regional coding. for some of you that might not matter, but to me it does.

there is one thing i wanted to know though, and i hope someone here can give me answer: it appears that sony \did not use the DSD audio coding in the bluray spec (DSD is what's used on SACDs), i wonder why that is, isn't DSD technically better than other sound systems (or at least equal)?

also, i heard that the PS3 cannot play back bluray audio at full quality but rather samples the sound down to DVD-like levels. is it true, and why is this done? are sound chips that expensive? and if they are, what do lower-end bluray players use?

RE: close but no cigar


