Neil Youngs "Greatest Hits" Great in HDCD!

Actually the second disc is DVD-V. But it sounds great!

 

They are NOT the same. DVD-V & DVD-A are completely different codecs. DVD-As will ONLY play as hi-rez on a DVD-A compatible DVD player, whereas a DVD-V will play on any DVD player. DVD-A players have settings to set the player for either codec. If you set a DVD-A player to behave as if it was a DVD-V player, it will only play that section of the disc & ignore the DVD-A portion (in order, for instance, to play a DTS track that is in the DVD-V section that is normally ignored when it is set to DVD-A). 16/44, 24/96, etc., has nothing to do with this. The Acura TL's car stereo, for instance, will play CDs & DVD-As, but it will NOT play DVD-Vs. If they were the same, then it would be able to play them also.
I'm sure there are MUCH more coherent answers to this out there, but that's my story & I'm sticking to it!

 

Yes, you ARE crazy. There is ZERO 5.1 content on this disc!

 

Are you playing it in Pro Logic II? Depending how they're mixed, some stereo tracks provide a convincing 5.1-like sound in PL II. Also, does your receiver indicate a 5.1 track is playing?

 

Correct.

 

Very...It's the same.