Universal: DTS-MA bliver standard

Universel er kommet med en glædelig nyhed til alle hjemmebio folk. Det ser nemlig ud til, at DTS-MA bliver standard på de fleste af studiets Blu-ray titler:

 

Exclusive: Universal Talks Blu-ray Audio Plans
April 30, 2008
In the waning months of Universal Studios Home Entertainment's HD DVD era, the studio had standardized the use of Dolby TrueHD audio on almost all newly announced titles. This was in stark contrast to the early Universal HD DVD days when the appearance of Dolby TrueHD was overshadowed by the heavy use of Dolby Digital Plus lossy audio.

Times has certainly changed, and now Universal is gearing up to enter the Blu-ray Disc arena for the first time on July 22. With this move from HD DVD to Blu-ray support comes many questions, including how Universal will approach audio with the expanded room a BD-50 disc offers over a 30GB dual-layered HD DVD disc.

Although Universal is remaining tight-lipped on a lot of details surrounding their Blu-ray presence that wasn't included in the press release, they were kind enough to entertain our questions about their audio approach on Blu-ray. The simple answer may surprise you. At the least, it should delight you.

The first wave of Universal Blu-ray Disc titles on July 22 are all from the Mummy franchise and were all previously released on HD DVD: The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King. All of these titles were published with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio tracks, but not Dolby TrueHD tracks.

Per Universal, all three Mummy films will include DTS-HD Master Lossless Audio. That's right, folks. Instead of lazily porting over what was already completed for HD DVD, Universal has heard your cries for lossless audio and is taking action.

Universal went on to tell us that the game plan moving forward is for DTS-HD Master Lossless to become the Blu-ray standard at the studio. Obviously there will be exceptions, but it looks like the majority of titles, and probably all new theatrical titles, will include DTS-HD.
We'll have more from Universal, including their position on U-Control appearing on Blu-ray, in the near future. Stay tuned!

Redigeret af Iron Man - 01-Maj-2008 kl. 09:50

Jeg tilslutter mig!..FEDT

Bange? De var jo begyndt at gå Dolby TrueHD vejen, så de var jo lossless i forvejen.

Men de havde besluttet sig for lossless, så samme spor ville have været lossless

Hvad med Paramount, er der ikke noget med de vil give alle deres kommende Blu-rays TrueHD?

Jeg slutter mig også til at dette er fedt.!

men hvorfor at de ikke har gjort det før undrer mig.!

det er da netop en af de to grunde til at vælge Blu-ray frem for dvd!
den anden er self den gode billede kvali.