High Fidelity Pure Audio Disc

Universal Music Group will die Erfolgsgeschichte der CD wiederholen oder zumindest an sie anschliessen. Mit einer neuen Plastikscheibe namens High Fidelity Pure Audio. Vorgestellt hat UMG das Format am 20.6. in London.

Bobby Owsinski in Forbes:

So what exactly is this stealth format? High Fidelity Pure Audio (HFPA) is basically a Blu-ray disc that delivers 96kHz/24 bit audio recordings in three lossless formats: uncompressed PCM, DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD. Most discs include the option to download MP3 and lossless FLAC versions of the songs as well. The discs will also play on any Blu-ray player or PS3 device.

Didn’t we just play this game about 10 years ago with the DVD Audio disc and SACD, formats that both failed miserably? While it’s laudable that Universal is even considering bringing a higher fidelity product to the marketplace, haven’t they learned anything from history?