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By Shane Sturgeon Publisher & Chief Technologist Posted on May 14, 2007 Category: HD DVD & Blu-ray |
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There has been no press release yet from Microsoft on this, but the following bullet-points outline improvements for the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on that are apparently to go in tomorrow according to threads at the AVS Forum by Amir Majidimehr, VP of Microsoft's Consumer Media Technology Group:
- Fix DD being stuck in "Night Mode" which is essentially Dynamic Range Compression leading to the sound sounding very flat
- Option to output ALL HD DVD audio as DTS 1.5Mbps (list includes DD+, TrueHD, DTS, and any other audio option offered on HD DVD discs I may have missed)
- Option to output ALL HD DVD audio as DD 640Kbps, (which it currently does, but will be fixed from the Night Mode bug), list includes DD+, TrueHD, DTS, and any other audio option offered on HD DVD discs that I may have missed.
- Option to output ALL HD DVD audio as WMAPro 1.5Mbps, (list includes DD+, TrueHD, DTS, and any other audio option offered on HD DVD discs I may have missed) for those receivers that support WMA.
- Option to enable/disable Night Mode (with the default set to off)
- Fix a number of disc incompatibilities (including DVD Essentials) as well as a number of Lip Sync issues.
Any forthcoming press release by Microsoft will be posted here when available.
Here are a few threads you can track at AVSForum for the latest info:
Feedback for May 15th's Xbox 360 HD DVD Audio Update
Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on update thread
Posted by Shane Sturgeon, May 14, 2007 08:23 PM
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