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<blockquote data-quote="infinite.loop" data-source="post: 880744" data-attributes="member: 10723">99% Marketing.What most users do not know is that majority of movies were produced in 5.1. Yet on many BR's you see stickers like &quot;thrilling 7.1 Surround Sound!&quot; which is just an attempt to sell more units. The additional 2 Channels are upmixed, which your AV-Reciver can do as well and most of the time with better results.&nbsp;The &quot;lossless&quot; sticker is another example of marketing, which many users jump on.To really hear and feel (50Hz) the difference between i.e. a normal DTS stream and MA you need very high quality/expensive Audio Hardware. With the hardware most users have in their livingrooms, you can not hear a difference due to the quality their speakers, amps, etc. have.&nbsp;But this is not the aim of MPAR. MPAR is meant for users who foremost want a smoooth video playback.&nbsp;If you play a video that has 24FPS on a display that runs at 60Hz, then you will have stuttering due to dropped frames. It is as simple as that.If your player does not produce stuttering due to the FPS/RR mismatch, then it is doing processing to compensate. Very much as MPAR does.&nbsp;But there is no real point in arguing I think.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />We provide our community with an option to choose on their own. Users who don't notice the slight stutter, or don't suffer from it, or just prefer bitstreaming over a smooth videoplayback don't have to use MPAR.Users who foremost want smooth videoplayback will enjoy MPAR very much.&nbsp;MediaPortal was and always will be about flexibility and choice. MPAR is another great example of that philosophy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="infinite.loop, post: 880744, member: 10723"] 99% Marketing. What most users do not know is that majority of movies were produced in 5.1. Yet on many BR's you see stickers like [I]"thrilling 7.1 Surround Sound!"[/I] which is just an attempt to sell more units. The additional 2 Channels are upmixed, which your AV-Reciver can do as well and most of the time with better results. The [I]"lossless"[/I] sticker is another example of marketing, which many users jump on. To really hear and feel (50Hz) the difference between i.e. a normal DTS stream and MA you need very high quality/expensive Audio Hardware. With the hardware most users have in their livingrooms, you can not hear a difference due to the quality their speakers, amps, etc. have. [B]But this is not the aim of MPAR[/B]. MPAR is meant for users who foremost want a smoooth video playback. If you play a video that has 24FPS on a display that runs at 60Hz, then [U]you will have stuttering[/U] due to dropped frames. It is as simple as that. If your player does not produce stuttering due to the FPS/RR mismatch, then it is doing processing to compensate. Very much as MPAR does. But there is no real point in arguing I think.;) We provide our community with an option to choose on their own. Users who don't notice the slight stutter, or don't suffer from it, or just prefer bitstreaming over a smooth videoplayback don't have to use MPAR. Users who foremost want smooth videoplayback will enjoy MPAR very much. [B]MediaPortal was and always will be about flexibility and choice. MPAR is another great example of that philosophy.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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