Question:
Hello Guys and Gals, long time reader, first time poster.
I've noticed that What Hi-fi's reviews of DVDs include whether the DTS and DD tracks are recorded at low or high bit rate.
I've never seen this mentioned anywhere else and was wondering if anyone knew where I could get this info about other disks?
This link was posted here recently re DTS and full bitrate discs:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bwescombe/dts_dvd.htm
Nice one, Thanks.
I wonder if anyone's done a similar list for Dolby Digital?
I'm interested if there's a noticable difference between bitrates of the same format.
Well with DTS the two bitrates are 1524 and 764, so its a whole half of the "full" bitrate, with 1524 being used for the theatrical version of DTS as well. While the two bitrates used for DD 5.1 are 384 and 448, which are closer, and 384 is what is used for the theatrical version of DD 5.1, so if its good enough for cinemas it can't really sound that much different from 448 can it.
I've noticed that What Hi-fi's reviews of DVDs include whether the DTS and DD tracks are recorded at low or high bit rate.
I've never seen this mentioned anywhere else and was wondering if anyone knew where I could get this info about other disks?
Answers:
This link was posted here recently re DTS and full bitrate discs:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bwescombe/dts_dvd.htm
Answers:
Nice one, Thanks.
I wonder if anyone's done a similar list for Dolby Digital?
I'm interested if there's a noticable difference between bitrates of the same format.
Answers:
Well with DTS the two bitrates are 1524 and 764, so its a whole half of the "full" bitrate, with 1524 being used for the theatrical version of DTS as well. While the two bitrates used for DD 5.1 are 384 and 448, which are closer, and 384 is what is used for the theatrical version of DD 5.1, so if its good enough for cinemas it can't really sound that much different from 448 can it.
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