“Issues On BluRay Or AOD” Petition Involving DTS Regarding "Consumer Expectations Of HD-DVD”
Dear DTS: Please see http://www.petitiononline.com/cehddvd/petition.html I would like to bring to your attention 2,050 signatures and steadily climbing, a petition which involves DTS and can be read here. This petition has been published in past articles of Widescreen Review as well as on various online forums and in journals. Essentially, DTS is in the best position to provide a single high bandwidth/high quality primary sound track for the next generation Blu-ray format as well as the Advanced Optical Disc (AOD). Ultimately whether AOD or Blu-ray prevails, it is certain that consumers will support AOD or Blu Ray. Based on which format supports the best video compression scheme as well as the highest quality of audio. If Blu-ray only provides MPEG-2 support, and AOD provides Corona/WM9 compression, then AOD may end up with a superior product with more “relative” bandwidth than Blu-ray. In any scenario, it is obvious that consumers are aware of the large bandwidth/storage capabilities of the next generation formats and are no longer tolerating the limitations of Dolby Digital. We feel that DTS would be in an excellent position to offer what consumers demand for a single primary high-quality movie soundtrack that would utilize approximately 5 Mbps bandwidth. With either AOD or Blu-ray, an approximate 5 Mbps primary 5.1/6.1 audio track that offers similar quality to lossless compression is what consumers are demanding.
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