White Paper: Everything You Wanted to Know about Blu-ray Audio, but were afraid to hear

The Blu-ray disc format is mostly considered a visual medium. However, sound contributes substantially to the overall experience. Although Blu-ray discs look physically like DVDs, there are many differences including many differences in the audio. This white paper discusses those differences and the design issues surrounding the development of audio subsystems for Blu-ray disc players and related equipment.