Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
Ok, finally, here's what started this, drum roll please, tah dah!

http://www.toastedrav.com/post/1849/story
Several things that trouble me. First the use of the words "virtually indistinguishable". That means nothing, much like "near CD quality" could be used for highly compressed (both in frequency and amplitude) low bit stream audio from satellite radio, cable radio, or basic DD at 384kbps. Secondly there are no details of this technology anywhere! Thirdly it will be limited by the DVD medium, as you only have 10mbps to work with, and full bitrate Dts was a space hog on DVD, especially in the presence of video.

Guys, I need help though, I tried to find more information on the Code Technology but do you know how many results come back for this combo of words, first off they need a name change right away. Also, I couldn't tell much from what was said, do you think the "code" is on the DVD or CD? It would almost have to be on the DVD according to what Sir T says, and, if not, why include the DVD.
It is on the DVD and not the CD. I have two ideas on what this is. Either it is a lossy encoding, OR, it uses a packing scheme much like Meridian Lossless Packing(the basis for DVD-A) to "pack" the data more effienciently. Its got to be one or the other(like) or I cannot see how this could be done(in the presence of video images). If the disc is audio only, you still have to either reduce or pack the audio in some way(lossless would be too large for a DVD disc unless it was a DVD-9 or DVD-18 two sided), and let's face it, packing audio is yesterday's technology. Today on bluray you can transfer the 24/96khz or 24/192khz directly to disc without any packing scheme.

Hijack alert! While I was searching I found this and had to post it, it's sort of related:

http://www.d-box.com/2008/

I think Sir T has been holding out.
Actually look back at nightliar and my discussion on bluray. I mentioned that Fox was using the D-box option on all its discs, and Disney now will use it on some of its future disc as well. Two years ago I mention that Blurays bandwidth is large big enough to include features like motion activators, light controllers(for lightning effects), and/or various code to control effects we have not heard of yet, and still get the best video and audio on the screen. That is the benefit of the Bluray format. It is a crossplatform technology that delivers high resolution video, audio, and gaming experience. So no one thing has to be a 100% success for the format as a hole to be a success.

Bass management on my processor is pretty much non-existent when using the MC analog. Another check in the upgrade column. Viva la PCM.

I don't mind audio only discs. Sometimes the video is actually distracting to serious listening. I'm still pissed at Neil Young for his last hi rez gift. The DVD had video alright, you sat and watch an LP spin on a turntable. You know you might be stoned if you sit and watch that So it might as well be audio only.
Some disc will be audio only, and some audio and video. The ones for audio only will have a wide variety of options to fit most audio system out there. The two I worked on will have 5.1 PCM 24/192khz, 2.0 PCM 24/192khz Dts MA lossless at 24/192khz, Dolby TrueHD at 24/192khz, Dts core at 24/96 and 24/48khz, and DD at 24/48khz(which sounded like baby poop). So every Bluray player on the market can at least pass the audio either through the analog 5.1 output, or as bitstream to a receiver. If your 5.1 analog channels do not have bass management, then you have a problem.