DVD sales are "increasing", but that is for movies. I doubt that will be the case for music. CD sales are decreasing. MP3 sales are increasing. I personally think the writing is on the wall for *any* reasonable high def audio format. CD included (as compared to MP3, anyway). 8 Track had its...
OK ... so if "DVD-audio" isn't "DVD-Audio" with a capital A, and then they are saying their rippable tracks are lower quality, that means you will not be getting CD quality sound with those rippable tracks. Probably low rate MP3's.
"DVD Album" = DOA. Just like DVD-A and SACD and DualDisc. Not being able to rip them to a PC and not being able to play them in a car will be showstoppers. And I bet too, the max resolution we get might be 16/44 if we are lucky. If we aren't, it'll be lossy DD.