What is DVD-Audio ?

DVD-Audio uses the same physical discs as DVD-Video, but takes advantage of the large disc size to give the best possible audio quality, rather than video. Whereas the surround-sound on a DVD-Video is compressed to make space for the video, on a DVD-Audio you can have full resolution uncompressed 24-bit 96 kHz sound, plus a few limited video and menu funtions. DVD-Audio cannot be played in a normal DVD-Video player, you need a special DVD-Audio player, or one of the newer "Universal" players.