What are your opinions. Each side has 1 major factor right now, for video there is HDTV and for audio there is Dolby Digital/multi channel sound. Which do you think has improved most?
Audio or Video? Which has improved most over the past 5 years?
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SACD >> DD/DTS
Multi-channel audio is a nifty toy (especially for HT), but for the most part it's of no real improvement over the ancient Redbook audio standard.
The obvious answer is video though, we are already at a point where most people can't tell the difference between Redbook & SACD, but even HDTV has a LOT of room for improvement before people can't see the difference.
Viper GTS
Multi-channel audio is a nifty toy (especially for HT), but for the most part it's of no real improvement over the ancient Redbook audio standard.
The obvious answer is video though, we are already at a point where most people can't tell the difference between Redbook & SACD, but even HDTV has a LOT of room for improvement before people can't see the difference.
Viper GTS
Except the major advances for DD/multi-channel sound happened MUCH further back then 5 years ago, it was just a matter of consumer electronics advancing to the point to get theater tech into the houses.
HDTV is much different . . .
Depends on whose standpoint you take. If the average consumer, definitely video. Multichannel sound has been affordable for the average consumer for 5 years, HDTV, DVD, and other video technologies have definitely only recently started to take off at the consumer level.
vshah
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i'd say video.
compare high end audio from ten years ago to what you can get now. there have been advances such as sacd and dvda, but those are just one component in the audio "pipeline." the quality of amplification etc. has not increased so much i think.
on the video side, we've gone fron vhs to dvd to progressive scan dvd, and OTA broadcast to cable to hdtv.
maybe its just sorta a placebo effect though, as improvements in video are a lot easier for many people (me included) to appreciate.
-Vivan
compare high end audio from ten years ago to what you can get now. there have been advances such as sacd and dvda, but those are just one component in the audio "pipeline." the quality of amplification etc. has not increased so much i think.
on the video side, we've gone fron vhs to dvd to progressive scan dvd, and OTA broadcast to cable to hdtv.
maybe its just sorta a placebo effect though, as improvements in video are a lot easier for many people (me included) to appreciate.
-Vivan
one word, one consumer electronic to rule them all.
the dvd
None has matched its acceptance and sheer technical power for the masses.
I vote video because of DVD and HDTV. although the audio of these is stellar and an advancement in and of itself multichannel audio has been good and around for some time.
the dvd
None has matched its acceptance and sheer technical power for the masses.
I vote video because of DVD and HDTV. although the audio of these is stellar and an advancement in and of itself multichannel audio has been good and around for some time.
Anubis
No Lifer
Video, HD and all that stuff is new
Audio has had inprovements, but to the average moron its less noticable
Audio has had inprovements, but to the average moron its less noticable
D-VHS hasn't exactly made it to the consumer level yet . . . it's still pretty much only for videophiles and professionals. I personally don't think it will ever make it - DVHS tapes are expensive to make simply because they are tapes, Blue-Ray or HD-DVD will be the next gen.
dead technology.
When I'm talking about DVD I'm talking about consumer adoption, price and sheer quality. Nothing even comes close...its broken every consumer electronics record.
EvilYoda
Lifer
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Video...and it's partly due in fact to the buying public favoring things they can SEE as opposed to things they can hear. People these days will much rather dump $10K into a plasma and then use some sh*tty audio system, which boggles my mind.
Video quality has probably improved the most...you consider that there's no argument from the quality of today's displays to ones from 5 years ago, but (like someone's mentioned) most people are still happy with redbook or vinyl playback. and of course, there will always be the vinyl fans that will never change their minds.
Video quality has probably improved the most...you consider that there's no argument from the quality of today's displays to ones from 5 years ago, but (like someone's mentioned) most people are still happy with redbook or vinyl playback. and of course, there will always be the vinyl fans that will never change their minds.
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