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12-13-2004, 09:03 PM
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Wes
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I am yet to see any DD out around here in my parts, I would buy if there was a particular disc I wanted but looking at what releases I have heard of nothing quite works for me as of yet.
Wes
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12-13-2004, 09:21 PM
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Nick Greenwood
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I got the Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any Dual Disc, it's for my dad, but I ripped it to my computer, the regular cd side won't even work on the living room cd/dvd player, I have to put it in on the DVD side and play the album that way. Not a big deal to me, but my dad doesn't want to be bothered.
I'm not the biggest fan of it, I think they should probably keep the Dvd audio and such seperate. I know it's supposed to make it cool because you can put the music video's on the DVD side, but it's just a pain, I use iTunes for my music videos anyway. iTunes plays has music video's then MTV does in a month.
I dunno I'd have to have another DD to try but it didn't work once before when they tried it, I don't know what the difference will be now other than a marketing gimick. Oh well. This is just one person's thoughts.
-Nick G.
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12-13-2004, 09:26 PM
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Doug Pippel
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DualDisc/DVD-A face the same basic problem as SACD - only a small selection of titles/genres are released because companies see a limited market, yet there's a limited market because of the shallow selection offered to consumers.
For DualDisc, add in compatibility issues with some players due the the thickness of the discs and a lack of real high resolution DVD-A or PCM audio on some titles, and it doesn't look promising. I'd say the new delivery system is shaping up to be a big fat "so-what".
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12-14-2004, 02:50 AM
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The first DualDisc I bought was The Donnas' "Gold Medal." The CD side was defective on the entire run of 50,000 copies (the last two minutes of the last song were cut off).
Atlantic Records acknowledged the defect and basically said "Tough luck, we're not correcting it."
With that kind of label support, I'm not optimistic.
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12-14-2004, 05:18 PM
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They haven't exactly been pushing them- I've only seen a couple in stores, not like there's a large display saying "DUALDISC IS HERE!!!!!!"
It seems like a neat idea, but they haven't put out anything I really want to buy, and the prices still seem high compared to a regular music DVD.
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12-14-2004, 05:22 PM
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I'm in Boston, which was one of the early test markets. I have over 100 SACDs, 30-some-odd DVD-As, and a handful of DADs. And I don't have a single Dual-Disc. They fail to meet book specifications, and I'm not risking my expensive-for-me equipment to play them.
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12-14-2004, 05:53 PM
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Dual-y Disco can't be doing all that well. First of all I don't have one and I've hardly ever seen a format I didn't like and I don't like it. Since Dual-y Disc doesn't have it's own players, is it even a format? ...I don't think so. The hardware manufacturers must dislike it as much as I do...? Their actions suggest so...zee war-r-r-r-nings.
I wish the bleeding equipment folks were pushing what the format was gonna be rather than the content providers, seemingly, then there's Sony the doublemint twin. In my thinking, content providers should just supply that, not an electronic manifesto demanding this and that, and 17 flavours of in-cript-tion, plus anna log's outputs. They better find the new world, the digitized vun!
Dual-y Disc, hmnnn, Dual-y disc kind'a makes ya wonder what the next spin will bring in the game of format roulette? The triple-track release, you get a Mminidisc, a DVD, and Cee Dee, all in one. It's a triple sided disc and totally revolutionary.
Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.
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12-14-2004, 08:24 PM
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So far there's been no promotion of DualDisc where I live. Compared to the test run, where they had promotion up the ying/yang (including nice kiosks at the front of the stores) I can't say I'm suprised no one has a DualDisc.
That, and there's only a handful of titles out. Maybe they're waiting for something... but they better hurry, because record stores are headed to extinction quick, if something doesn't draw people back in.
I'd have bought the new U2 as a DualDisc OR as an SACD. But I couldn't buy either one!
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12-15-2004, 08:51 AM
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The titles so far have been very lackluster and I don't see any magazine ads or other real marketing. To get this off the ground they needed to make a statement with retailers as well.
They have not done that yet so I'm not optimistic. They have also not gotten the audiophile community on board which I think is important.
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in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
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01-20-2005, 01:03 AM
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A second effort to sell DualDiscs... or at the very least a second wave of distribution of DualDiscs ...is due Jan 28th.
From Bowienet.net:
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Reality's on sale again...
Despite having now had a nationwide release in the USA, it seems from recent e-mails and PMs I've received that a few of you have had no joy in tracking down the Reality DualDisc that has had a fair few mentions on these pages.
Those of you that haven't managed to get hold of a copy yet will be pleased to learn that the disc will be made available again from January 28th, as part of a wave of DualDisc releases from Sony.
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01-20-2005, 03:10 AM
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The only place around here where I've seen the things is Tower Records.
Separate CD-Audio/DVD-Video releases of related material, and bundled CD-Audio/DVD-Video packages, both seem to be more common in places where I shop.
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01-20-2005, 03:20 AM
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Going nowhere fast.  In the latest Hi Fi News (UK rag), they say that the introduction of DualDisc has been halted in Europe due to some patent issues with a dude who invented the DVDPlus format, whic | |
