I don't see why anybody is suppourting Dual-y Disc! (1 Viewer)

[Kevin C Brown]

Ah HAH! (Judas Priest Dualy-Disc vs CD+DVD release)

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...73#post2592773

So I did get something more for my $8 extra other than a proper "CD"...

 

[Justin Lane]

The jury is out whether Dualy Disc will be a success, but I will say this much....

Sony has provided more support to this format with big name artists and the sheer number of copies available at Major retailers than they ever did with Sack-Dee. Coupled with utter disapperance of new and old Sony SA-CD in retailers, I think the picture is pretty clear where they are now betting the farm.

J

 

[Rachael B]

Justin, it seems like betting the farm on Dual-y disc is an even worse idea than betting on Sack-y Dee.

 

[Kevin C Brown]

Justin- You should hang out at the SMR forums. There are plenty announcements of newly released SACDs quite often.

But ironically, I also just found this out:

http://www.highfidelityreview.com/ne...umber=17777505

 

[Justin Lane]

New releases from Sony? I think not....

J

 

[Kevin C Brown]

Sony's support (or, lack there of) for SACD matters, but they obviously aren't the only game in town either...

Will be curious with their new management, if anything changes one way or the other.

 

[Rachael B]

Justin, So-ny has announced Jeff Wayne's WAR OF THE WORLDS for SA-CD in the U.K. to coincide with the remake of the film, La-dee-da! I heard it on vinyl years ago and it's no big deal, IMO, it generally sucks...

 

[ChrisMatson]

Edit:
I forgot to mention that the album will actually be available in three formats:
-CD
-CD/DVD dual disc
-and as a digital download.

Which to go for at the same price?

 

[Rachael B]

...all the same price... Ain't that musical chairs...?

 

[Larry Geller]

Only Rachael could turn their being able to market a DD at the same price as a CD or download into a negative!:rolleyes

 

[ElevSkyMovie]

Well, unless the download is lossless, I wouldn't pay the same price. I won't pay full price for audio that's been put through the grinder. I might check out this DD to see what it will play in and how screwed up the cd layer is. I figure I can make a copy of the cd layer if it won't play and use that instead.

 

[Rachael B]

Come on Larry, downloads ought to be che-eeeee-ap! That's what really slapped me in the face, downloads at the same price as physical media.

I've got a new song idea. Accentuate The Negative...

 

[Michael St. Clair]

Lossy, reduced quality music
No packaging
Unable to resell or trade
DRM restrictions to control how many machines you can listen on

Yeah, I'd definitely take the downloaded version for the same price. I also like getting stabbed in the eyeball.

 

[Gary Burdick]

They aren't all the same price on Stand Up.

The cd version is 13.99, dualdisc is 14.99.

I'll probably pre-order through the warehouse to get the 3 extra live tracks on the bonus disc.

 

[Kevin C Brown]

So far I've been lucky. Haven't found anything that I've wanted to have that's only been available on DualDisc. So far ...

 

[Lee Scoggins]

My prediction is that the format confusion in both music and movies will drive even wider adoption of iTunes. Maybe it helps web movies like that of iFilms as well...

It just highlights how much more consumer-centric the iTunes/iPod experience is.

If Americans barely have time to listen to music, they are not going to be comfortable having some high schooler at Busted Buy explain DualDisc, double disc, and SACD/DVDA to them...what are the odds they will get right anyway?

 

[Michael St. Clair]

I don't see any format confusion for regular consumers. There's one old format (CD), and one new format (DualDisc). SACD and DVD-A don't exist to them.

Audiophiles frustrated by reduced high-res in general, and the complete abandonment of pop/rock by SACD in particular, aren't going to start listening to crappy-sounding lossy music, even if they are pissed off about DualDisc or anything else.

I think iTunes will continue to grow as most consumers prefer convenience over quality, but I just can't see 'format confusion' having anything to do with it.

Likewise, the potential early adopters for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are videophiles; overcompressed downloads that are worse than DVD just aren't going to cut it for them.

 

[Kris Deering]

I agree Michael. DualDisc isn't creating any confusion at all except for the newbies frequenting these boards and getting all sides of a different story. Mass market consumers don't even know what DVD-A or SA-CD is so they could care less. Dualdisc is mixed in with the regular CDs and has exposure right now just about everywhere.

Also, just announced. The new Nine Inch Nails albulm WITH TEETH will be released in CD and DualDisc simultaneously. I guess some Mellencamp stuff is coming to.

 

[John Kotches]

I'm not 100% sure if I'm looking forward to lossless compression on Blu-ray and HD-DVD. We'll start hearing more of their tricks on soundtracks

Then again, HDTV and DVD has forced Television and Motion Picture studios to improve their video techniques, perhaps this will force them to do the same with their audio techniques

Cheers,