At least that's how the film industry sees it right now.
While I love the potential for a soundtrack with lossless audio, the reality of my situation is that since I will be listening to any HDM through an older 6.1 channel receiver on speakers which cost about $250 I seriously doubt that the difference between DD+ and "lossless" will be noticeable.
And frankly that is the situation which the majority of consumers in America are in right now. 95% of the people out there do not have the audio gear to appreciate the difference in quality between a standard digital soundtrack and the latest and greatest in audioHD.
Given the fact that the format war will not be won by sales from early adopters and high end audiophiles it seems odd to me that there is so much concern on these boards over the inclusion/exclusion of lossless audio tracks.
Why would you expect the movie industry to cater to anything other than the majority of the potential market? To expect anything else is entirely unreasonable.
At this point in time they are preparing to push HDM into the mainstream and to do that they will need to have enough media available on the shelves to entice J6P into buying their players.
Of course they are going to push the titles out with DD or DD+ rather than waiting months to tweek the codecs to the point where Lossless audio can be on every disc. That will happen, just not fast enough for the media to be on the shelves this holiday season.
This is just like what happened in the late 90's, when several DVDs were released with sub-par audio tracks due to the fact that 99% of the homes in America didn't have a home theater audio setup.
Later on, the companies came back with "remastered" disc and "special editions" (Superbit anyone?) which gave them even more money and satisfied the demands of the general public once the audio tastes of the masses had matured.
This is exactly what is happening once again and frankly to expect anything else is basically wishful thinking.
The movie industry views the few people who have already dived into the HDM market as "hobbyists" and while they certainly appreciate your input as to building the "dream platform" they are nevertheless going to market the majority of their product to the remaining 95% of the country.
Expect anything else and you are just setting yourselves up for severe disappointment and a major reality check.
While I love the potential for a soundtrack with lossless audio, the reality of my situation is that since I will be listening to any HDM through an older 6.1 channel receiver on speakers which cost about $250 I seriously doubt that the difference between DD+ and "lossless" will be noticeable.
And frankly that is the situation which the majority of consumers in America are in right now. 95% of the people out there do not have the audio gear to appreciate the difference in quality between a standard digital soundtrack and the latest and greatest in audioHD.
Given the fact that the format war will not be won by sales from early adopters and high end audiophiles it seems odd to me that there is so much concern on these boards over the inclusion/exclusion of lossless audio tracks.
Why would you expect the movie industry to cater to anything other than the majority of the potential market? To expect anything else is entirely unreasonable.
At this point in time they are preparing to push HDM into the mainstream and to do that they will need to have enough media available on the shelves to entice J6P into buying their players.
Of course they are going to push the titles out with DD or DD+ rather than waiting months to tweek the codecs to the point where Lossless audio can be on every disc. That will happen, just not fast enough for the media to be on the shelves this holiday season.
This is just like what happened in the late 90's, when several DVDs were released with sub-par audio tracks due to the fact that 99% of the homes in America didn't have a home theater audio setup.
Later on, the companies came back with "remastered" disc and "special editions" (Superbit anyone?) which gave them even more money and satisfied the demands of the general public once the audio tastes of the masses had matured.
This is exactly what is happening once again and frankly to expect anything else is basically wishful thinking.
The movie industry views the few people who have already dived into the HDM market as "hobbyists" and while they certainly appreciate your input as to building the "dream platform" they are nevertheless going to market the majority of their product to the remaining 95% of the country.
Expect anything else and you are just setting yourselves up for severe disappointment and a major reality check.
