BREAKING NEWS HD-DVD Update

Here's what the HD DVD audio update will include on May 15th:

- 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 (768Kbps I think), (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.

This update is SEPARATE from the Spring Dashboard Update that came out
on May 7, 2007.

This was supposed to come out a long time ago, as the problem was
identified back in November when the HD DVD drive was launched. I hope
this clears the air as to what we're all waiting for.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/e...m/default.mspx

scoopex wrote:
> Here's what the HD DVD audio update will include on May 15th:
>
> - 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 (768Kbps I think), (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.
>
> This update is SEPARATE from the Spring Dashboard Update that came out
> on May 7, 2007.
>
> This was supposed to come out a long time ago, as the problem was
> identified back in November when the HD DVD drive was launched. I hope
> this clears the air as to what we're all waiting for.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/e...m/default.mspx
>
>

Note:
The software update which will launch automatically the next time you play
an HD-DVD. Once the update has occured and you restart, when in the HD-DVD
player, you can press Display and then select the Digital Audio Option.

This update does not allow you to set DTS as an output format for game
play - it's only for HD-DVD playback using the HD-DVD drive.

HTH someone

Rolo