Monster’s SuperDisc format
A new format by Monster Music, you’re basically getting two discs when you buy a “SuperDisc”. Disc no.1 is the stereo mix CD meant for your CD player. Disc no.2 gets you the same music in the following flavors:
- in files encoded at 320kbps/AAC, 192kbps/WMA, and Apple Lossless (PCM 48/16)
- in Dolby headphone-encoded music files supposed to deliver surround sound experience even through speakers (we’re a bit skeptical on that one)
- with “High Definition” surround sound in Dolby Digital and DTS 96/24 format, as well as PCM 96/24 stereo—meant for your DVD player
I like to do the ripping by myself so I can get to tweak the settings exactly to my liking, but there are people out there who’ll certainly appreciate the convenience of having the music already digitally encoded—where’s MP3 though? I could certainly live without WMA.
Expect the first SuperDiscs to arrive next month (Ray Charles, Peter Cincotti, and 3 Doors Down). Apart from releasing its own titles in the format, Monster is working with other music labels towards this goal. [via]
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SuperDisc is nothing more than a standard DVD-Video disc. The addition of a DVD-ROM portion containing additional encoded tracks is nothing new and DTS and Dolby Digital are not HD Definition but rather lossy formats.
...added by Mark Waldrep /// April 2nd, 2007 at 03:05 AM