HD DVD lydopdatering i dag

HD DVD drevet der blev lanceret sidste år som en add-on til Xbox 360, får i dag sin længe ventede opdatering.

Amir Majidimehr, corporate vice president af Microsoft's Consumer Media Technology Group, annoncerede i går på AVS Forum, at en software opdatering til HD DVD drevet vil være klar i dag.

Han siger ligeledes:
"It is my pleasure to let you all know that the HD DVD udpate for Xbox 360 is slated for release on 5/15 (i.e. tomorrow!). So when you wake up in the morning, you should be able to upgrade your software. And me free from telling you when are going to get it . Hope you all download it and provide feedback on what you think!"

Opdateringen skulle indeholde følgende:

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.

HD DVD er det næstegenerationmedie Microsoft satser på, derfor lancerede de stand-alone drevet sidste år.