"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Fed Up Lurker" wrote

HD and "720" refers to image resolution. Not to the audio.



Not entirely - drop 'hd audio' into YT for a search.

Try this one (for instance):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYRyI8yxOE



Listen to that compression! (dynamic, not bitrate). Nothing remotely "HD"
about that clip :-(

This use of the term "HD" to refer to audio is a new and unwelcome
phenomenon, a BBB (Bull**** Baffles Brains) ploy on the part of companies
who should know better.


I know. See below.



It seems to refer to the use of lossless coding, but
wouldn't it be so much more accurate (and informative) to say "lossless"
rather than "HD"?

"720", of course, is a reference to the pixel height of the image, and
very clearly bugger-all to do with the audio.

David.



Calm down, dear....

I'm fully aware of the 'HD' definitions for image sizes/pixel count and
have/had been wondering if the video quality (pixel count) is in some way
connected to the audio quality - BY THE YOU TUBE SETUP, not by me or anyone
else in this instance...OK?? The 380 video claiming (and sounding) to have
'HD Audio' I linked above appears to infer that you can have 'HD Audio' (in
YT terms) on an SD video, so then perhaps it doesn't...

FYI, I have been working with '2K' (1920 x 1080) movie media for probably 18
months or more and have progressed through 480, 576, 720 'HD' and 1080
'Fully HD' digital projectors in my own home. But that's as far as I will
go - have a read of this to catch me up before you continue with your usual
trick of trying to pounce on erroneously perceived errors:

http://hometheaterreview.com/five-ti...nema-standard/


If 2K is 'Fully HD' WTF is 4K? - 'Overstuffed HD'...???

Oh, and before anyone else starts of the notion of 'HD Audio' not being
better than uncompressed LPCM, let them do their own Googling to see who
exactly sets what bitrate as 'HD' and where (we know why) they do it....

Rock on....

;-)