Lance, I think we'll not see improved audio on HD-Discs for awhile. I went by Busted Buy today to take a look at the Toshiba player. They sold all 5 they were sent and didn't retain a demo piece. They proably didn't even demo one... I quess you had to be there at 10 a.m.! I didn't wanna buy one...
Lance, one thing you seem like you're not taking into consideration is the majors desire to see their music flow through HDMI cables. Surely, they'll make some kind of feeble attempt at establishing such a format or subformat. Will it go over? ...doubtful...I'm confident it'll be priced to...
Kevin, that's a notion I've had all along. Most SACD's and DVD-A's either have, were or are "minted" in vastly lower numbers than CD's. ...same for today's new LP's. So, most titles will be scarce. Future demand, well that's the question. Will the future demand only files, or what??? I know I...
Lance,The George Clinton album I think would be good fodder is the Brides Of Funkenstein album Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy. I don't think it's even been on CD yet. The Brides are 3 vocalists who appeared on so many Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy, and Eddie Hazel albums. The silly opening...
I feel alot like you Chris. I think SA-CD could really succeed if they pushed it and if they enhanced the CD layer with files for your portable. Then all the bases would be covered. I don't see why 4-way play couldn't be reality. Oh, there's that other little thing, the price. That'd be the...
Kyle, I'll never have a Dual-y disc, no! It's a mechanically defective format, a travesty. My preferred formats are Sack-Dee, DVD-A, and vinyl. I'll take CD if nothing better is available. IMO, M/C has killed Sack-Dee and DVD-A for a similar set of reason as Quad died. IMO, preparing M/C...