Why "BDA"?

[stoopid]

As long as it's understood in context, I don't think the exact use of an acronym is critical. If discussing surround music from a bluray disc, then BR, BD, or BDA would be sufficient to specify it's source is from a bluray disc. The context part just requires a couple ounces critical thinking.

 

[Owen Smith]

I miss the +R and -R from early DVDR discs where you had to choose the right format for both your drive and blanks. We should bring that back for bluray. Three letters (BDA) is too short and clear!

I have some single layer BD-R and BD-RW discs and a Sony laptop with a builtin optical drive that can write both formats reliably. What we don't get is the +R and +RW versions for BD. Sadly what I also don't have is the ability to buy a brand new laptop with a built in blu ray writer, which is what I want. When I'm on the move I have my iPad Pro for portability, I don't need a laptop so thin I can get paper cuts from it.

 

[ar surround]

I just tag mine BR-A. You know, Blue Ray- Audio. How quaint.

 

[barfle]

When I’m making a disc, I put a logo on the disc with the type of disc I used. But it’s usually unimportant, since my Oppo plays ‘em all.

Occasionally I send out discs to friends. Then I avoid DVD-Rs because I’ve had a lot of people tell me they can’t play them in their players.

 

[JediJoker]

BD-A

Except that "BD-Audio" doesn't really exist. Look at the folder structure of DVD-Audio: the lossless MLP is contained in a separate "AUDIO_TS" folder and is not muxed into any video. By contrast, all Blu-rays—whether video- or music-focused—use the same folder structure: everything is contained in the "BDMV" folder, with all audio muxed into video.

 

[zdjh22]

“HFPA” was a reasonable marketing specification (minimum fidelity, playable without interacting with menus), as was the much smaller Pure Audio Blu Ray (24/192 required I think?). Curious that the recent Rhino Blu Ray discs (e.g., The Doors, Fleetwood Mac Rumours) are not stamped HFPA but the case they come in has “High Fidelity Pure Audio” at the top.

I would love a designation that indicated that interacting with a video screen is not necessary for playback (e.g., playback starts automatically and hitting the “audio” button or the equivalent on the player’s remote would switch between the audio options present). BD-A is not officially within QQ that designation unless I am mistaken? Without introducing a new designation just a sentence in the top post of the “Surround Polls” entry for a given disc indicating HFPA functionality would be very useful.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

Curious that the recent Rhino Blu Ray discs (e.g., The Doors, Fleetwood Mac Rumours) are not stamped HFPA but the case they come in has “High Fidelity Pure Audio” at the top.

What do you mean by 'stamped HFPA'?

For anyone who's interested... Technically, the only reason why Blu-ray Audio discs contain a video stream is because the HDMI specification requires it. However there's no reason why the video stream can't be encoded in black, white, red or any other solid coloured video.

 

[zdjh22]

What do you mean by 'stamped HFPA'?

Technically, the only reason why Blu-ray Audio discs contain a video stream is because the HDMI specification requires it. However there's no reason why the video stream can't be encoded in black, white, red or any other solid coloured video.

I was just referring to the HFPA logo. I don't have any of the HFPA discs from 2013 when they first came out, so it was probably a stupid assumption on my part that the logo made it back then to either the packaging or discs themselves.

Clearly "High Fidelity Pure Audio" has some marketing value since it is stamped into the cases of the Rhino discs I mentioned, as well as onto the cases of the SDE Series.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

I was just referring to the HFPA logo. I don't have any of the HFPA discs from 2013 when they first came out, so it was probably a stupid assumption on my part that the logo made it back then to either the packaging or discs themselves.

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Oh yes... Thanks for the reminder I do now remember seeing that logo on promotional blurb back in the day.

That being said, I don't remember seeing that logo stamped on any of my original (Universal) HFPA Blu-ray disc releases, whether it be on the actual disc or anywhere on the cases paper sleeve.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

That being said, I don't remember seeing that logo stamped on any of my original (Universal) HFPA Blu-ray disc releases, whether it be on the actual disc or anywhere on the cases paper sleeve.

As confirmation, I checked through around a dozen of my original (Universal) HFPA Blu-ray disc releases this morning and none of them has the "High Fidelity Pure Audio" logo printed on the disc or on the cases sleeve.

I did however find a separate removeable piece of paper with the "High Fidelity Pure Audio" logo printed on it included within a couple of disc cases...

 

[ssully]

HFPA is a marketing term that's supposed to promise high sample rates and 24 bits, but I hope everyone knows by now, good sourcing and mastering still matter more, and those are NOT guaranteed by any 'hi rez' formatting.