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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Xbox 360 HD DVD Update

A software update released May 15 by Microsoft solves several disc-specific playback issues and provides a series of new audio playback options to the console's HD DVD add-on, check out the full list:
  • 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 1.5Mbps, (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.

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