While I still not have the leap to go to High Definition for video even though my television is quite capable of handling it, there may be other reasons to consider Blu-Ray.

One reason to switch to Blu-Ray is its ability to handle high definition music. It is no secret that MP3′a, iTunes downloads even many CDs are inadequate to reproduce the fidelity of the original recordings. Compression in its many forms compromises quality in most respects.

Blu Ray discs along with some solutions coming our way , allows as a virtue of its high storage capacity to accommodate more bits per tracks especially to those notes and tones which are virtually undetectable to the ear yet unconsciously we can hear them giving the music its warmth and depth.

That is the one thing I have been missing with the music I have been hearing of late. I download plenty of music these days yet after listening to it for awhile, mainly for the novelty of hearing a new song, I rarely return to the music. It always felt lacking.

At work, as I code away, I listen to my iTunes library but instead of listening to it directly from the computer, I send the signal through another device that attempts to restore some of the sound that was lost in the translation so to speak. It is very good and it really makes listening to the music quite acceptable.

In the car, it is not quite the same though the extra wattage of sound along with an impressive bass reflex does compensate. But the sound is not same.

Now with DVDs and Blu-Rays able to handle more music and reproduce it better, we may be in a new age of music appreciation and start to hear the music as it should be.