03-18-2004, 11:04 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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DVD Music?
I was thinking of getting an album by The Corrs, but I was wondering something. You can get the regular album (In Blue) for like $15 from Amazon, but you can also get it new from their zShops for under $5, before shipping. Now I noticed that they also sell a DVD audio version of the same album for $15 (about $11 from zShops). I was wondering if it was worth getting the DVD one for a few dollars more...
Does anyone here have DVD music? I remember seeing, but I forget where, that DVD audio is encoded at least about twice as high as CD audio. It also has surround sound, but I don't have a surround sound audio system. 
So is the sound quality that much better, to be worth it? Or would it be a waste of money?
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03-18-2004, 11:12 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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The problem with DVD audio is that I believe it's rather hard to rip. Since I encode all my music to Ogg, it's of no benefit to me qualitywise or difficultywise. If someone has more knowledge on this subject, feel free to correct me. 
--janak
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03-18-2004, 11:18 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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It is hard to rip, I believe because the people who license the format for DVD-A players have a clause in the license that states that any player can't allow a direct rip capability. I'm pretty sure I saw this in a Soundblaster doc somewhere.
Many soundblasters do come with a tool that will essentially listen to the audio output line and record it - essentially ripping it, although at a lower quality than the DVD-A quality.
I'm not sure how good a quality the recording is though or how it compares.
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03-18-2004, 11:24 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Wow, that's annoying. :?
Alright, thanks guys, guess I'll probably get the regular one...
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03-18-2004, 11:27 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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The reality is, at least from what I know, that to really hear the quality inherant in DVD audio you need a killer sound system. If you ask the average consumer what they think about CD sound, they probably can't imagine anything sounding better. I think DVD Audio will eventually make its way into the mainstream market, but only through slow substitution of CD - it will take well over a decade for DVD Audio to become significant.
Hey, this should be on www.digitalmediathoughts.com! ;-)
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03-18-2004, 11:46 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Hey, this should be on www.digitalmediathoughts.com! ;-)
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D'oh! And I'm registered there too...  ops: 
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