thetonestarr said:
VHS was the standard until DVD came around. You didn't argue about people supporting the superior format only back then; why argue now?
AAC is incredibly superior to MP3. Somebody's gotta do something to bring about the change that'll move support over. Yes, MP3 is standard, but does that mean it should be?
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Uhm, it's not 'incredibly superior'. Never was really. It was chosen by Apple beause it had the DRM option, nothing to do with sound quality. Nothing. It's more like the difference between HD-DVD and Blu-ray.
from the same wikipedia article linked earlier in this thread, posted as proof of AAC betterness:
"However, in terms of whether AAC is better than MP3, the advantages of AAC are not entirely decisive, and the MP3 specification, although antiquated, has proven surprisingly robust in spite of considerable flaws. AAC and HE-AAC are better than MP3 at low bit rates (typically less than 128 kilobits per second)[citation needed]. This is especially true at very low bit rates where the superior stereo coding, pure MDCT, and more optimal transform window sizes leave MP3 unable to compete. However, as bit rate increases, the efficiency of an audio format becomes less important relative to the efficiency of the encoder's implementation, and the intrinsic advantage AAC holds over MP3 no longer dominates audio quality."
My 320k max VBR MP3's average about a meg per minute - an average of 128kps (slightly less actually) and sound like Cd's. Unless you listen at 64kbps, or streaming things on the web AAC has no real advantage. AAc was designed to squeeze more into the same 56kpbs modem bandwidth most of us had back in 1997, and to squeeze more audio onto our insanely expensive 500Megabyte drives. Whoop de do.
Nintendo is not going to change the market with their new DS. They are just going to look stupid.
Trying to convince me the Wii is a real adult game machine 'if you play it right' is like trying to convince me Tofu tastes great 'if you just cook it right'
