DSD, new 5.1 format????

Posted by SMR [WizOp] on September 21, 1998 at 00:47:19:

In Reply to: DSD, new 5.1 format???? posted by frank robison on September 20, 1998 at 20:53:03:

Frank,

: I have been reading a lot lately of Sony's and Philip's new Super Audio CD format called DSD (Direct Stream Digital) Will this format require a special decoder connected to our current audio system to obtain the 5.1 channel signal or will the decoding be built-in to the super-audio cd player?

Good questions…

The Sony/Philips system will be called SACD and will use the DSD syntax. This system will compete directly with the DVD-Forum approved format, namely MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) which is licensed by Dolby Labs. The two, just like Dolby Digital and DTS will be incompatible.

You will of course need additional decoding for each, but players with internal decoding will surface, just as some current DVD-Video players have fully blown Dolby Digital decoders. Discs will also provide a level of backward compatibility with DVD-Video and CD-DA depending on the software company involved.

Stuart.

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