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Posted by: calvin at February 20, 2008, 5:15 am

Topic: Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war Forum: groupsrv

On Feb 20, 7:48 am, Alric Knebel wrote: Quote:calvin wrote: So what? Once it's spinning it's quiet enough, and LDs were a much better medium than VHS tapes. The sound of the best ones still beats DVD sound. I find that hard to believe. That sounds like one of those things people say just because the precision and certainly have lend a sonorous quality to it. I doubt any human ears can tell the difference between the sound coming off a DVD and a LD. Electronic instruments monitoring critical areas of the sound reproduction could, but human ears wouldn't be able to discern that difference. It depends on the audio equipment that you are using. If it's only adequate, you might not be able to tell the difference. But I have a specific easy comparison. I own both the laserdiscs of 'Titanic' and the special edition DVDs; the latter bought because of the additional scenes. The sound that I use for both LD and DVD is with a NAD amplifier and full frequency range response, though older, speakers. When I play the big sequence of the ship being powered up and moving out, after it is well out to sea, the equipment really gets a workout when cranked up. The LD wins easily over the DVD. That's the only movie that I can directly compare the sound of, but my (possibly biased) impression is that other quality LDs that I have, such as 'Saving Private Ryan', have sound that DVDs don't match.

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