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Hi albeto,How are things going? I hope you've been well.
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You ask a question that is always interesting.
My first question would be, how do you know that Jesus didn't try to stop Judas from betraying him?
As you have said, Christians are full of praise about the sacrifice, however most Christian come to the point of wondering if they are worth the pain that Jesus went through. My self included. One of the biggest question that Christians face is the question of Am I worth it. Or they believe that they are the ones that God can not forgive. Because they are not good enough.
The temptations for evil are there for all of us. The love of Jesus is as well. Both Peter and Judas went through (almost) the same experiences with Jesus. They both learned what Jesus taught, both preached the good news. They both knew what Jesus was about and the love and mercy he had for everyone. It is the difference in each of us that makes the difference. The choices we make are what make our fate.
Hmm, you go quite far afield pretty quickly. Why do you assume that if Judas had not betrayed Jesus that Jesus would try to slip away and avoid arrest by the Jews (not the Romans)?
Quote from: riley2112 on December 20, 2011, 12:05:43 PMAs you have said, Christians are full of praise about the sacrifice, however most Christian come to the point of wondering if they are worth the pain that Jesus went through. My self included. One of the biggest question that Christians face is the question of Am I worth it. Or they believe that they are the ones that God can not forgive. Because they are not good enough.That's one of the natural strengths of any religion. People are social creatures, we naturally desire to be included into the social network and understand our inclusion to be because we are worthy of it. To suggest god loves us all ever so much to include us into his social network just strokes our egos in the nicest way. We get to feel like Steve Martin in The Jerk when he finds his name in The Good Book (phone book) and exclaims, "I'm SOMEBODY!"But honestly Riley, just because something feels good doesn't make it real. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and the only evidence your religion can give you is this feel-good experience. The thing is, you can get that experience outside your religion, and you don't need to hurt anyone to get it.
I would define self hatred the same as you . However that is not what I feel as a Christian. And I feel no negative self image about my self nor do I know any Christians that has that feeling with in them. Please understand that I don't know every Christian. I can only speak about the ones I know. I am curious of what would make you thing that a negative self image is part of the Christian doctrine.
Quote from: riley2112 on December 20, 2011, 12:50:43 PMI would define self hatred the same as you . However that is not what I feel as a Christian. And I feel no negative self image about my self nor do I know any Christians that has that feeling with in them. Please understand that I don't know every Christian. I can only speak about the ones I know. I am curious of what would make you thing that a negative self image is part of the Christian doctrine.That's part of the cognitive dissonance. It's been suggested to you that you were created in such a state that even yhwh couldn't handle being in the same room as you until you apologize to him for being this way and get baptized and "washed clean" of your filthy nature. That's the whole point of this gratitude - to be accepted by the one who can overlook this crap in you and even go so far as to pay the price so you don't have to. But that's the cognitive dissonance - he's the very one who made you full of crap, according to your religion, and demands a payment for a guilt he assigned to you.
I don't feel the need to hurt anybody and the people that do and use religion for an excuse would find another excuse if it was not religion.
As for the evidence, the only reason I have and the single strongest reason, I feel, for believing in God, comes from personal experience.
(It also seems to be the only major reason (apart from social pressures or convenience) for changing religions.) Many people feel that God is watching out for them--they've discovered blessings in their lives because of keeping God's commandments, for example, or perhaps they've received powerful answers to prayers. They've heard voices of warning or had feelings of premonition, cautioning them against danger. They've had feelings of peace or happiness as they go to church or read the scriptures. Others have had other inexplicable, incommunicable "religious experiences". Perhaps words are given or ideas suddenly appear from an unknown source--a person says something or does something spectacular and admits that it felt as if "something (or someone) else" was working through him. Such personal experiences are commonly found throughout the religious community. I've noticed myself that of the atheists I've known, most of them are atheists due to a complete lack of any such experiences or "evidences" of God's existence. Conversely, most of the strong theists I know have had many such experiences. Some rely almost wholly on the experiences of others, but even with such, they've experienced some little "evidences" of their own. Perhaps the theists are just deluded or feigning these experiences. Perhaps the atheists have many such experiences but they choose to ignore them. Honestly, I don't really know. It seems likely to me that, truly, the theists do experience such things just as factually as the atheists don't. I wish I could share with you the feeling I have even with the doubt that I at times feel.
They are not assumptions. They are speculations based on "it doesn't say otherwise".
If he had no problem with being crucified, then why the request for god to not allow it to be done? He acquesieces to it but doesn't go without questioning this god.
So, you are arguing that the crucifiction didn't need to happen, that we could have all been saved without a blood sacrifice in the form of the bloody murder of one man? Seems that the bible disagrees.
I would be remiss, though, if I didn't take the opportunity to express my wishes that you use your talents towards something that is beneficial to humanity and not detrimental.
But see, where Judas shows remorse by trying to give back the blood money he'd earned, while Peter does no such thing for his betrayal. Judas is understood to be in the pits of hell even now while Peter was given the very keys to the gates of heaven. Why? Why is what Judas did worse than what Peter did? Peter could have vouched for Jesus and perhaps save him. If he knew he was the living son of god, he wouldn't be afraid to walk into Pilot's court to do what he could to set the story straight. Instead, Peter is the hero despite his being a coward whereas Judas is the enemy despite his considerable repentance. Why would Jesus have let Satan enter Judas while being bff's with Peter when he knew how it would turn out?
The Bible doesn't say anything about anyone going to the bathroom.
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.
QuoteThe Bible doesn't say anything about anyone going to the bathroom.
I can see that maybe you were trying to be sarcastic.
Another is that Jesus might want to avoid arrest by the Romans. Maybe you didn't care about that in particular, just using it to make the point. Were you?
Then the point about ". . . yhwh needed the betrayal." Or was that just the sarcasm again?
.....I cannot imagine the actual jesus[1], if there was one, actually wanted to die...... 1. non-miracle working, itinerant rabbi, otherwise regular man, who shot his big mouth off and made a lot of authorities pissed
QuoteThe Bible doesn't say anything about anyone going to the bathroom.AFAIK, yes, it does. When it's not making rules about where and when to pinch a loaf, it has it's central characters doing fucked up things with their feces, from cooking with it to rubbing it in people's faces.Sounds like an artifact of a language-using primate species closely related to bonobos (who, by the way, bang constantly).
QuoteThe Bible doesn't say anything about anyone going to the bathroom.The bible also tells them clearly where to poop.
Deuteronomy 23:12-14, to be exact. I had to check this to make sure it was real. Wow.What interests me is that SimnpleCaveman was quite specific about the Bible. And he has been shown to be wrong. I have to confess - it does make me wonder how correct he is on other parts of the Bible.
I can admit that the bible does not include every bit of information pertaining to yhwh, jesus et al. But that does not give license to you, me or anyone else to suggest what those missing parts are without evidence.
I'm not saying that is how it was. I'm just saying that is a plausible scenario we have actually seen play out in our lifetimes.
No, that was an actual point. No Judas, no salvation. . . . What would have happened had jesus not been able to find someone to kill him?
Wow. That's pretty harsh. Detrimental? I hardly think so. Not sure why you would say that.
I'm very impressed with your post. Up to a point I would give the same explanation, though sometimes different words. You stop short of transubstantiation, though. Why? Nothing to do with the discussion, I'm just curious. The rest was well said.
You gave a good enough description of why there had to be a sacrifice. But that doesn't necessarily mean that there had to be a betrayer, though the passages velkyn quoted do indicate that. I say not necessarily because it sure seems like the Sanhedrin would have found a way even without a betrayer.But even if there did have to be a betrayer, it doesn't seem to me to necessarily follow that it had to be Judas. Maybe there's some deeper importance in ancient Jewish culture that I don't know about so that someone from the "inner circle", i.e. the Apostles, would be needed. Other than that, I would think that anyone who knew Jesus could have done it. Judas did know that he would be at Gethsemane, though. Maybe that was something only the Twelve would know?
But those really aren't the point of my question. Judas spent three years with Jesus. Besides seeing the miracles and hearing the teachings – enough for thousands of other people – do you really think that Jesus would not have talked with Judas during that time? According to the Catholic "party line" Jesus knew who his betrayer was going to be. Given what the Bible says about Jesus I don't see how that wouldn't have torn him up. Not that he would be betrayed, as much as that Judas' soul was lost. (If it was.) He loved Judas as much as any of us. He died for Judas, too. I can't imagine Jesus not trying to reach Judas at least once in those three years.
Couple of things. Maybe people think Judas to be in hell, but the Church does not say that he is. The Church doesn't say that anyone is in hell. Yes, Judas did repent! That's part of why we can hope that he is not in hell. However, it was his despair that seems to be what did him in. He lost hope in the mercy of God.
Yes, Peter's fear and cowardice got the better of him. (Hmm, reminiscent of another conversation. :-)) However, we don't know what Peter did to repent of his betrayal. Going by the stories, he did something. screwtape won't like this, but just because the Bible doesn't explicitly mention it doesn't mean it didn't happen. (The Bible doesn't say anything about anyone going to the bathroom. Makes you think they were on Star Trek. :-)) Peter is with the Apostles Saturday night/Sunday morning. When Jesus appears, he does not smite Peter. Somehow, Peter repented.
Finally, you ask why would Jesus have let Satan enter Judas while being bff's with Peter. . . ? Satan can't violate anyone's free will. Satan was able to enter Judas because Judas let him. Jesus won't violate anyone's free will, so he let Satan do that. It's another interesting question (for another thread) as to whether Jesus would have stopped Satan from entering Peter's heart or just whether Jesus didn't need to. Fear and cowardice isn't the same as submitting to Satan at that level, though I suppose it might lead to it.
Quote from: SimpleCaveman on December 21, 2011, 12:33:14 AMWow. That's pretty harsh. Detrimental? I hardly think so. Not sure why you would say that.I don't say this lightly, SC. I took my faith very seriously, . . .
But what I was ignoring . . .
I don't know if you're familiar with Pat Condell but he can explain it better than I, if you have a few minutes to listen.
I don't suggest there had to be a betrayer, I'm asking why, if Jesus knew the betrayal would happen and the consequences of that betrayal (Judas losses his faith in god's mercy and being relegated to hell for that), why wouldn't he try to stop him? I would stop one of my kids from doing something terribly dangerous and deadly even if it turned out to be convenient to me. Why would a god of love do less than that? We can speculate about this but ultimately it there is no explanation that can justify Jesus' abandonment of Judas. Satan entered into Judas and for that reason alone god abandoned Judas because god could have stopped Satan. Jesus/god sitting right next to him telling him to go and do what he must do is an illustration of god abandoning Judas. There's no reason offered in sacred scripture or sacred Tradition to believe Jesus tried to stop Judas.
Thanks for pointing that out. I wish I had your memory. He does ask for the cup to pass if it be the Father's will. However, doing the Father's will is the most important thing. He had no problem doing it if it was the Father's will.
Whether God needed it to be done this way is an interpretation. We certainly needed it for our salvation.
As for the rest of it, velkyn, I'm sorry. I'm willing to talk about any one thing with you, but not the half dozen or more things you bring up in your post. I don't even know where to begin. And when I do, we can't go into any depth because there are a half dozen more things that come up in the next post. I appreciate your passion and would love to discuss these things with you. But I won't do it that way.
If you want to pick one point related to the original question, then I will discuss it with you. When we're done with that we can move to the next.
You gave a good enough description of why there had to be a sacrifice. But that doesn't necessarily mean that there had to be a betrayer, though the passages velkyn quoted do indicate that. I say not necessarily because it sure seems like the Sanhedrin would have found a way even without a betrayer.
My comments are more than speculation. They are based on the description that the Bible gives us about Jesus. One of the Bible's point about Jesus is that he's not like anyone else. Given the description of Jesus in the Bible your claims are very far afield.
Wow. You make a lot of incredible claims here. Some I've heard before and others are new to me. I'm sure you've done all the research to verify the scientific and historic evidence of each of these. You wouldn't just believe these things without that evidence, would you?
Wow. Can I say he's a nutter? Is that allowed? It's like he's taken every bizarre attack against the Catholic Church (in this case. I realize he hates all religions) and throws them all together into one groundless diatribe. He's not your evidence is he?
You're using the argument from ignorance yourself. It's like the difference between agnosticism and atheism. Rather than just saying "we don't know whether Jesus tried to stop Judas or not" you jump to the conclusion that Jesus did not try to stop him, which is contrary to what the Bible does tell us about Jesus.
When I ask why, all you answer with is "there's no reason . . . offered to believe" that he did. While there are no definitive statements saying that he did, there's plenty of reason to believe.
Quote from: Anfauglir on December 21, 2011, 09:17:47 AMDeuteronomy 23:12-14, to be exact. I had to check this to make sure it was real. Wow.It is even more interesting that god created man to have to poop,but he would turn away from his chosen people if he even saw their poop.
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Consumers and media with questions about the recall should contact Steve Sytsma, the company's President, at (616) 878-1578.
Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at www.AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. "Ask Karen" live chat services are available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: www.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS_Recalls/Problems_With_Food_Products/index.asp
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Formula VM-75 multivitamin with minerals - the first multivitamin with amino acid chelated minerals.
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Solgar introduces PM PhytoGen Complex.
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Solgar introduces HFA Halal-certified products. Solgar introduces Folate (as Metafolin) 400 mcg and 800 mcg Tablets.
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Plans for a Manhattan Project National Park that would include Oak Ridge are ongoing.
Don Barger, senior regional director of the Southeast Regional Office of the National Parks Conservation Association, briefly discussed the status of the Manhattan Project park at a recent Lunch with the League meeting, sponsored by the League of Women Voters in Oak Ridge.
Several people in Oak Ridge have been working on the initiative, along with Los Alamos, N.M., Hanford, Wash., and Washington, D.C., to get approved last year without success. While the U.S. House of Representatives version of the bill to establish a new national park was supported by the majority, it failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to bring it out of the committee.
The plan is to establish a Manhattan Project National Park in Oak Ridge the Manhattan Project, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Barger indicated he and the National Parks Conservation Association were continuing to pursue the passage of the bill in Congress and had plans to push for its consideration as soon as practical. He also indicated that U.S. Congressman Doc Hastings of Washington state continued to fully support the legislation.
With the retirement of U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, a sponsor for the bill in the Senate is needed. Barger also noted that the possibility of possibly using the Antiquities Act, signed into law on June 8, 1906, by President Teddy Roosevelt and used more than 100 times in ensuing years. This law allows presidents to designate property already owned by the government as restricted use such as national monuments.
Barger expressed strong support for the creation of the Manhattan Project National Park and said, "It is not just important for the nation, but for the entire world."
News editor Donna Smith contributed to this story.


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The young Saints girls basketball team had two losses that pretty much covers the range of how a team can lose basketball games.
The young Saints girls basketball team had two losses that pretty much covers the range of how a team can lose basketball games.
At home against, a Waseca team which was short a couple of starters due to illness the Saints played flat, shot poorly, scored only ten points in the first half and got rolled over 53-25.
The girls went on the road Tuesday night, played a very good Martin County West team (13-2 at the time) and lost 62-61.
The Saints hit the road on Tuesday night and played one of their best games of the year. It was a 62-61 loss to MCW, but MCW was a team that was 13-1 going into the game compared to the SJA girls record of 1-11.
On any given night one team can beat another, and that almost happened to the Saints against the Mavericks.
Freshman Julia Beckius once again led the Saints in scoring with 20 points.
Emily Hurley added 16 points and Allison Brandts had 13 points.
Hurley has been a force under the boards this year and on Tuesday she had 16 rebounds - five of them offensive. As a team, the Saints had 36 rebounds.
The Saints shot better from the floor, hitting on nearly 34 percent of their field goal attempts. They were 25 of 74.
The Saints could have won the game by making a couple more free throws. SJA had 21 attempts, but only made eight, which is only a 38 percent rate.
Commenting after the game Head Coach Adam Schroeder compared this effort to earlier team efforts, "Well, tonight went better. Other than losing. It was a close game throughout other than us suffering a ten point deficit in the second half.
"We had 15 turnovers in the first half but controlled the ball in the second half only giving up four. We also forced a few turnovers which helped as well.
"I was very pleased with our effort over all tonight. We had a chance to win with seven seconds but failed to get a quality shot off. We hope to play well again Thursday against New Ulm.
The Saints beat New Ulm at home before Christmas 57-55. It is the Saints only win of the season.
Waseca 53, SJA 25
The Saints hosted the Waseca Bluejays in a conference game last Friday and fell by a score of 53 to 25.
One of the consistencies of a young team can be its inconsistency. While the girls have had stretches of good shooting, Friday night was not one of them.
For the game, the Saints shot 18.5 percent from the field. They shot 25 percent from the free throw line.
Head Coach Adam Schroeder said, "We really didn't shoot well. Four of our ten shots made were in the paint. We were 10 of 54. We just need to shoot better."
Waseca pressured the Saints and the young SJA ballhandlers turned the ball over 21 times. The Saints will continue to see pressure defense until they demonstrate they can beat the press.
The Saints only had ten points at the half and trailed Waseca 22-10 at halftime. The Bluejays outscored the Saints 31 to 15 in the second half.
No players were in double figures. Julia Beckius and Emily Hurley led the way with eight points. Hurley was the top rebounder with 11. The team had no assists.


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Tools, equipment, numerous auto parts and a van also went up in flames. Damage was estimated at between $300,000 and $400,000, said Butler Township fire marshal Larry Christy.
The owner, John Brown, did not have insurance, fire officials said.
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This gothic church contains tombs of many famous artists amongst which Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Machiavelli, Dante and Galileo are included. Santa Croce, after which the church was named, played a signifìcant role in the evolution of the Renaissance thought.
The full sessions of the Council of Florence which attempted to reconcile the differences between the Roman and Eastern churches took place in this church.
Santa Croce has traditionally always been used for important civic and religious events because it is large enough to contain crowds of people. This is where the Franciscan preachers, as well as St. Bernardino of Siena, during the plague of 1437, addressed the population.
This was also where Carnival and May Day festivities were celebrated, as well as tournaments, jousting and carousels, especially during the Renaissance, with the participation of the younger members of the Florentine aristocracy. Such events included the famous jousts described by Pulci (1469) and Poliziana (1475), with Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici among the principal protagonists.
The interior is spacious and is enhanced by the radiant frescoes of Giotto and his gifted pupil, Taddeo Gaddi that were painted early 14th century. In the nave, almost every object of interest is a funerary monument. Brunelleschi's classical Cappella de' Pazzi is the masterpiece of the Renaissance architecture.
The two chapels on the right (Cappella Peruzzi and the Cappella Bardi) of the chapel are covered in frescoes by Giotto, later assisted by other artists. The Peruzzi chapel is covered by scenes from the lives of St. John the Evangelist and St John the Baptist. The Bardi, on the other hand, is covers by the life of St. Francis.
The Funeral of Saint Francis, though sad, still communicates the same feeling of the grief-stricken mourners despite of its areas of paint destroyed by the removal of the tomb to attach it to the wall. The cloister of various artistic works has been gathered in the Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce to build the atmosphere of the Church of Santa Croce.
The Museum of the Opera di San Croce has some of the most important Florentine masterpieces with works by: Cimabue, Orcagna, Donatello, and Domenico Veneziano. Unfortunately many works such as the Crucifix by Cimabue were damaged in the flood of November 1966.
On the far end of the Cloister a magnificent portal of the XV century by Giuliano da Maiano with a front portico that leads to the Pazzi Chapel, last creation of Brunelleschi, who began it in 1443 for Andrea de' Pazzi but died before finishing the facade which, after his death, was continued by his collaborators who left the pronaos incomplete. On the portico, the cupola in the form of an umbrella with ceramic medallions decorated by Luca della Robbia.
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A Quick Guide to HD Audio
Chris has put together a short guide to the wonders of high-definition audio...
By and large, DVD used two main formats: Dolby Digital and DTS. These are what is known as 'lossy' audio formats, in that they 'discard' the parts of the soundtrack that the human ear theoretically can't hear, which greatly reduces the amount of space that the soundtracks occupy on the disc. This was more important for DVD than Blu-ray, because of the relatively restrictive size of the discs (8.5GB for a dual layered disc, as opposed to 50GB for Blu-ray).
Because of the massive storage afforded by Blu-ray, not only can it deliver superior video, but also high-definition audio. As with DVD the two dominant formats come from Dolby and DTS, but they differ slightly in their implementation and there are also more variants. Let's take a look at the available Blu-ray audio formats, some of which are mandatory and must be supported by Blu-ray players, and some of which are entirely optional:
- Linear PCM (Mandatory)
- Dolby Digital (Mandatory)
- Dolby Digital Plus (Optional)
- Dolby TrueHD (Optional)
- DTS (Mandatory)
- DTS-HD High Resolution Audio (Optional)
- DTS-HD Master Audio (Optional)
Which format is used is down to the content makers, but most Blu-ray Discs contain at least one lossless soundtrack. However, because these soundtracks are not mandatory, not all Blu-ray players and amplifiers can decode them (more on that later). Let's take a look at the formats in a bit more detail.
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the most commonly used format for DVD soundtracks and it also appears on a large number of Blu-ray Discs. As previously stated, Dolby Digital is a lossy format that discards information in order to compress a soundtrack down to a more manageable size. Common bitrates for Dolby Digital on DVD were 384Kbps and 448Kbps, but Blu-ray ups this to a maximum of 640Kbps. Although capable of delivering excellent audio, it's not high-definition and supports a maximum of 5.1 channels.
Dolby's newer format, Dolby Digital Plus, is similar to standard Dolby Digital in that it is a lossy format. However, it uses more efficient compression at higher bitrates (up to 1.7Mbps) and offers support for 7.1 channels. This produces superior results to standard Dolby Digital, but it is rarely employed on Blu-ray Disc because of its optional status. On HD DVD, where it was a mandatory format, it had a maximum bitrate of 3.0Mbps and was used on many titles.
Dolby's most advanced format is TrueHD, which is lossless. What this means in simple terms is that although the format is compressed, no audio information is lost (in this respect it is analogous to a zip file). It allows for up to 7.1 channels of audio at bitrates of up to 18Mbps. TrueHD is widely used as the primary soundtrack on many Blu-ray Discs, but because it is an optional format it is always accompanied by a standard Dolby Digital track at 640Kbps for legacy compatibility. This track is usually hidden, but some studios (such as Warner Brothers) offer it as a selectable item in their menus.
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DTS was a popular lossy audio format on DVD due to its alleged superiority over Dolby Digital (and no I don't want to get into that debate here). DTS was commonly found on 'premium' editions of certain titles and was often used as a marketing tool to attract consumers who demanded the best audio-visual quality (Sony's Superbit rage springs to mind). Standard DTS supported up to 5.1 channels of audio and offered bitrates of 768Kbps and 1.5Mbps, although the majority of titles were encoded at the lower bitrate.
DTS's answer to Dolby Digital Plus is DTS-HD High Resolution Audio. This is a lossy format that offers up to 7.1 channels at a maximum bitrate of 6.0Mbps and its use is more widespread than Dolby Digital Plus on Blu-ray (at least in my experience). It is usually employed on titles where space is an issue, but it occasionally crops up on some big-name titles (the German release of Fight Club springs to mind).
Now this is where DTS's naming conventions get a bit confusing, as its answer to Dolby TrueHD is called DTS-HD Master Audio, but more often than not it is referred to simply as Master Audio. It supports up to 7.1 channels of audio at a maximum bitrate of 24.5Mbps. Whereas Dolby TrueHD includes a separate Dolby Digital track, DTS-HD (both variants) works on a slightly different principal. There is a single stream containing both the standard lossy DTS Core and the lossless extension, which combine to create the full DTS-HD track (this is referred to as Core+Extensions). This lossless extension contains the 'difference' between the standard Core audio and the full DTS-HD soundtrack. If a player does not support DTS-HD then the lossless extension is discarded and you are left with a 1.5Mbps DTS Core track.
Linear PCM
PCM is the other main format in use on Blu-ray and is seen by some as the 'holy grail' of audio. Because it is uncompressed and identical to the studio master it occupies far more disc space than the compressed Dolby and DTS formats, and as such it is used less frequently. For example, many early releases from Sony featured PCM tracks, but they have now largely switched to TrueHD (and to a lesser extent Master Audio).
As you can see, high-definition audio is a bit of a minefield, what with all of the different formats and their variants. However, for the best possible quality you're going to want to seek out Blu-ray Discs with Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio or PCM soundtracks. Although compressed, TrueHD and Master Audio are bit-for-bit identical to the studio mater, so there is theoretically no difference between these three formats other than space requirements and occasional volume differences (Dolby tracks tend to be quieter).
Now that you know about the available formats you're probably wondering what equipment you need. Well, that's just as confusing as the formats themselves. Much of the following depends on the capabilities of your Blu-ray player and your amplifier, so there's no 'one size fits all' answer. Blu-ray players and amplifiers are usually equipped with two or more audio connectors, as outlined below:
- S/PDIF (Sony Philips Digital InterFace): Optical or Coaxial digital audio connection
- HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface): Digital connection for both audio and video
- Multi-Channel Analogue: Analogue audio connection
Most amplifiers will support one or more of these interfaces, although only newer models will offer more advanced options. Ideally you will be looking to connect your Blu-ray player to your amplifier via HDMI 1.3 as it is the most elegant solution, but this is not always possible. Below is a summary of what you can expect to hear with each format over each interconnect.
S/PDIF utilises either coaxial RCA or optical TOSLINK (TOShibaLINK) connectors and is capable of transmitting both Dolby Digital and DTS bitstreams from your player to your amplifier, where they are decoded. However, it lacks the bandwidth necessary to transmit Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS-HD (both variants). In such cases most players will use the standard lossy Dolby or DTS track instead, but a few are capable of re-encoding soundtracks into 1.5Mbps DTS for arguably superior results. It's also worth noting that PCM soundtracks are downmixed to two channels due to bandwidth limitations.
This is the newest technology and the easiest way of obtaining HD audio from your Blu-ray player. The latest HDMI version (1.3) can support bitstreaming of all of the audio formats we've been talking about, so if you are in the market for a new amp it makes sense to go for one that supports this standard. Most recent modestly-priced amplifiers will decode all of the HD audio formats (check your manual if you are unsure).
However, not all amplifiers can decode HD formats or support HDMI 1.3. So, what if you have an older amp? Well, in this situation there could still be a way for you to enjoy HD audio without replacing an expensive piece of equipment. Many Blu-ray players are capable of internally decoding the HD audio formats and outputting them as PCM over HDMI. All HDMI versions can handle up to eight channels of PCM audio, so if you have an amp with HDMI 1.1 or 1.2 you could still hear the audio in all of its high-definition goodness providing it supports PCM over HDMI (if in doubt, consult your manual). For all intents and purposes there is little difference between the player and the amp handling the decoding, other than the thrill of seeing the Dolby and DTS lights appear on the amp when it decodes!
Another benefit of allowing the player to perform the decoding is that it can mix primary and secondary audio, which is not possible when bitstreaming. Why is this beneficial? Well, the main benefit is that it allows you to hear the audio on picture-in-picture tracks, but it also allows you to hear the various clicks that often accompany menu navigation. However, it is worth noting that some players cannot do this for DTS-HD tracks (notably the Sony BDP-S550).
Of course some Blu-ray players cannot decode all HD audio formats. Historically a number of players have lacked the ability to decode Master Audio, and in these cases the player would fall back on the 1.5Mbps DTS Core (which is still no slouch). The same is true of Dolby TrueHD etc., so you will need to consult your manual for details of which formats your player can decode. The PS3 was a favourite among early adopters because it could internally decode all formats to PCM except Master Audio, but support for that format arrived some time ago as part of an update. In addition to decoding, the newer PS3 Slim is also capable of bitstreaming the audio should you chose to do so.
Multi-Channel Analogue
What if you have a really old amp that doesn't have HDMI? As we know, S/PDIF isn't an option for HD audio, but if both your amp and Blu-ray player have multi-channel analogue interconnects there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Providing your player can decode all of the available formats, connecting it to your amp via six (or eight) RCA cables will allow you to enjoy HD audio with one or two caveats. Firstly, because the analogue decoding is done inside the player you must set speaker delay, distance and size manually using the player's audio settings, rather than those of your amplifier. Secondly, the quality of the final audio is dependant on the quality of the DACs in the player, rather than those of the amp. I used to use multi-channel analogue for my HD audio, and while it is an effective way of wringing a bit of extra life from an old amp, it's really no substitute for an all-digital set-up.
I hope this guide is useful to those of you dipping your toes in the high-definition waters. It's not designed to be an in-depth technical analysis of the formats, and as such some concepts have been 'dumbed down'. However, if you think that the article could benefit from more information or believe any of the above information to be erroneous, why not add your thoughts in the comments section?
Editorial by Chris Gould
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