Thread: Sony advertising 24/96 hi res phone and albums on UK TV

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Post by Goodwood August 30, 2015 (1 of 9)
Sorry if this has been discussed before but what on earth are they doing?

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/hi-res-audio

Post by Adrian Cue August 30, 2015 (2 of 9)
Goodwood said:

Sorry if this has been discussed before but what on earth are they doing?

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/hi-res-audio

As far as I am concerned: selling their stuff making believe it is high- resolution. The whole system as advertised is below standard. Good for MP3. Why spend more on $$$$ downloads/streaming?

Post by samayoeruorandajin August 30, 2015 (3 of 9)
How is it below standard? What is standard? 24/96 is considered hi-rez.

Post by rammiepie August 30, 2015 (4 of 9)
This is off topic, but whatever happened to SONY's much anticipated foray into BD~A? They had announced copious titles but never released a single disc in that high resolution format.

Ditto for Warner Brothers, as well, save for a scant few titles in pricey box sets.

Post by Adrian Cue August 31, 2015 (5 of 9)
samayoeruorandajin said:

How is it below standard? What is standard? 24/96 is considered hi-rez.

a 'system' is not 24/96

Post by samayoeruorandajin August 31, 2015 (6 of 9)
Semantics. So they screwed up on the terminology.

Post by hiredfox August 31, 2015 (7 of 9)
Sony have been through the financial mill of recent times and no doubt many people in the organisation have left, been fired or moved up so the whole landscape of their values and what they believe in will in all likelihood have changed significantly from what is now fast becoming their old 90's commitment to Bitstream recording and DSD.

The game has changed for them, in physical disc days they called the shots and have done so for 30 or 40 years. Now that is no longer the case as the old hi fi companies cling to the coat-tails of a ferociously avaricious and uncompromising computer industry. Sony must go with the flow like everybody else if they want to survive.

It is us who must move on and recognise that what people say today is expedient only for today, tomorrow is a different day and their responses tomorrow will depend on the impacts of tomorrow.

Lewis Carroll got it;

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."

Post by Goodwood September 1, 2015 (8 of 9)
One thing is clear. This may be a dumbed down Sony but this product/service requires very little investment and similarly carries little risk.

Post by sylvian September 1, 2015 (9 of 9)
hiredfox said:



It is us who must move on and recognise that what people say today is expedient only for today, tomorrow is a different day and their responses tomorrow will depend on the impacts of tomorrow.

Very true:

I always wondered why SONY marketing practices were so uninventional. So was their pricing policies. They dumped technology (e.g. Hi-MD) with flap of a hand. The mp3 players are death to the music - but no-one pays attention. Some lossy codecs (Ogg, AAC) helping to put audiophile products and companioes as hangover relics.

SONY has been here for greater part of XX.th century and they will have to go. Steaming video and music will put an end to physical media and the gear as well.

Just look at the decreasing quality of a build of the home entertainmetn components.

Future has never looked so grim.

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