Crustyloafer
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I would have presumed they would have made them within the tolerances of a single disc in order to maximise distribution.
I thought it was actually the other way round??However, from my understanding SACD has the greater potential in terms of absolute sound quality, but I'm in the DVD Audio camp and would rather that succeeded.
Originally posted by Jules
DVD Audio discs on the other hand, will play in all DVD players.
And, when these hybrid DVD Audio / CD discs come into play, they'll play in CD players too! Case closed.
Originally posted by Jules
However, from my understanding SACD has the greater potential in terms of absolute sound quality, but I'm in the DVD Audio camp and would rather that succeeded.
Originally posted by Underscore
This is not true. DVD-V audio discs - using dts, DD or even 16-bit PCM - will play in all players, but that's not what we are talking about. DVD-A will only play in players compatible with the format - and none of the 3 players that I have owned have been. Most people will need to buy a new player to play either format.
Ah, it seems that I owe an apology - I didn't realise that having a DD track was mandatory for DVD-A. By the way, there is an interesting article here which seems to suggest that Sony's push for hybrid discs puts them in a strong position in the format 'war.'Originally posted by Crustyloafer
Underscore is partially correct. All DVD-A discs will play in any DVD player whether compatible with DVD-A or not. If you have a 'standard' DVD player then it will play a compressed Dolby Digital or DTS soundtrack which can be mulitchannel or stereo or both.