To me this is just a waste of time and as the title suggests, much ado about nothing. The physical media format wars and advancement of the physical media era is over. Here is a snippet from audaud.com.

"...Experts on hi-res audio discussed their passion for sound and how difficult it can be fitting the new improved audio tracks on hi-def discs. They pointed out that Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD deliver lossless audio "which is as close to the master recording as possible" [some would disagree...Ed.] and requires less disc capacity. One observed how HD audio exposes consumers to a new listening experience - less passive than that of portable MP3 players and ring tones. [It appears there was no discussion of Uncompressed 5.1 PCM, which is the best fidelity of all but does of course take more space...Ed.]..."

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- Chris
Computer Audiophile | Turn Down The Silence