What are the advantages and disadvantages of DVD-A for music?
Excellent Audio Quality – Depending upon the production techniques, DVD-A offers quality far better than that found on a CD. Extensibility – DVD-A is a somewhat open technology in that there are provisions for new innovations beyond LPCM that can be implemented in the future. Scalability – Theoretically, the program producer can choose the number of channels, bit depth, sample rate, and encoding method. Value Added Material – Liner notes, album cover artwork, music videos, artist commentary and Internet links can all be included if there’s space. Copy Protection – While watermarking provides some protection if used, the fact that the disc is so large and the bandwidth so great eliminates it (for now) from the illegal ripping that routinely happens with CDs. DISADVANTAGES: Will the Consumer Accept Another Format? – While nobody argues that this is a potentially powerful format, there are some that have strong doubts as to whether the consumer will buy in wholeheartedly. So far, only the
