DVD-Audio: is this the "META" format? - Technology Information

Emedia Professional, Feb, 2000 by Mark Waldrep

Obviously, there are no simple solutions to these and other tough choices associated with the new DVD-Audio format. Production tools are currently expensive and difficult to use and the level of understanding of the format among record company executives, artists, and engineers is limited and difficult to acquire. As I've stated in this column on previous occasions, DVD-Audio is a tremendous format and I believe it will ultimately become the "meta" DVD format, encompassing all forms of digital media and serve as a high bandwidth link to the Internet. Only time will tell if the proponents of DVD-Audio can get it right.

Mark Waldrep (mwaldrep@aixmediagroup.com) is the President and OEO of AIX Media Group, an international company specializing in the innovative use of emerging technologies such as DVD and the Internet. He is also a professor in the Division of Performing and Media Arts at the California State University at Dominguez Hills.

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