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Originally Posted by tomdkat
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Peace...
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I'll just quote a mod over at review. Take it for what it is worth.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment plans to phase out PCM lossless in favor of Dolby TrueHD in the future. For now, selected titles will carry both.
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The title in question is Ghost Rider which will offer both LPCM & Dolby TrueHD from Warner.
I'd say once BD-J has 1.1 ready to go, studio's like Warner which have been holding out releases that are already out for HD DVD will release their titles with them extra's + Dolby TrueHD tracks if the HD DVD titles had them. Sony's move towards Dolby TrueHD is basically the nail in the coffin. I'm sure Disney will follow suit & 20th Century will keep the dts folks happy by continuing to support lossless dts-HDMA.
Another way to look at the change is because CE's are finally releasing audio receivers which can decode both lossless sound options. They can't sell LPCM as a "bonus" audio format because every receiver already can do it.