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paiger
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I see the DVD Forum have approved the manufacture of hybrid DVD-A/ CD disks. The fact that SACD could have a standard CD layer was a big ace up it's sleeve IMHO and now DVD-A has the same, the weight has to be behind it.
Warner can produce these as standard CD's and nobody will know the difference except that they will also have hi-res multi channel audio and possibly video on there too.
I can see the momentum has definately swung behind DVD-A recently which is a shame as I have quite a few SACD disks, not that many that it would hurt to replace though. I guess we may see a clear winner in the next 12 months. It's a shame because there's lots of stuff I'd like to buy on both formats but I refuse to dig myself into either camp any deeper.
If Warner run with the hybrid idea, and the major labels continue to shift towards DVD-A then it looks like the winner.
It's strange really. I was talking to somebody the other day and he was telling me that Sony refused to let anyone make Betamax transports, while JVC did, allowing VHS to win easilly. I believe that Sony are doing a similar thing with SACD now. Will they ever learn? Correct me if I'm wrong on that last bit, it was a general conversation.
Steve
Warner can produce these as standard CD's and nobody will know the difference except that they will also have hi-res multi channel audio and possibly video on there too.
I can see the momentum has definately swung behind DVD-A recently which is a shame as I have quite a few SACD disks, not that many that it would hurt to replace though. I guess we may see a clear winner in the next 12 months. It's a shame because there's lots of stuff I'd like to buy on both formats but I refuse to dig myself into either camp any deeper.
If Warner run with the hybrid idea, and the major labels continue to shift towards DVD-A then it looks like the winner.
It's strange really. I was talking to somebody the other day and he was telling me that Sony refused to let anyone make Betamax transports, while JVC did, allowing VHS to win easilly. I believe that Sony are doing a similar thing with SACD now. Will they ever learn? Correct me if I'm wrong on that last bit, it was a general conversation.
Steve