DualDisc Unveiled to Retailers (1 Viewer)

[Will_B]

It's like they tossed a bunch of darts into the air at an old record store.

 

[MatS]

it's not like these are Silverline signed artists
it is licensed product
you take what you can get when you don't own the rights

 

[Robert A. Willis Jr.]

Some of those they need to toss in the disposal.

 

[Marc Colella]

Well the Jane Monheit and Robert Cray are decent releases.

Can't really show any enthusiasm about the other titles.

 

[Lee Scoggins]

 

[LanceJ]

When are The Alan Parson Project albums going to be released in 5.1???

 

[Robert A. Willis Jr.]

The Robert Cray is pretty good I have the DVD-A and it is a nice disc.

I've only seen Jane Monheit on BET Jazz but I am tempted to bite.

 

[LanceJ]

O.K. anybody know where these things are? I went to Best Buy tonight and no one I talked to, including an assistant manager, had even heard of the format.

BTW: the DualDisc site is finally active.

 

[Lee Scoggins]

I see the Silverline is for November. Weren't we supposed to see titles in late October?

 

[Phil A]

Lance, I've talked to managers at Best Buy and Circuit City who don't have a clue as to what DVD-A is or SACD and what the difference is between them. I've also talked to people in those stores who run the departments that order the discs and they're not much better. I suspect that B&M retailers see more profit in stuff like games, extended warranty contracts, etc., and stuff like the new formats are like a couple of gnats that are fine out of their way. The management is under pressure to produce profits and something that may add the least amount to the bottom line is not something they care much about. I think both Best Buy and Circuit City near where I live may have both more game software and DVDs than they have CDs, certainly Circuit City for sure and while Best Buy may have a few more CDs (as well as some DVD-As and SACDs) it is not much of their floor space.

 

[Kris Deering]

Warner will be releasing a whopping 2 titles on 26 October. One is Simple Minds the other is The Donnas. They are also releasing two more in November.

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Oooooooh 2 titles a month?

I guess the majors are really trying to kill hirez.

 

[Seth_L]

I picked up one of these to day at the Convergence Show in Detroit, MI. Dolby was giving them away.

The title is Robert Cray - Time Will Tell. It's a Silverline title.

You can see it's a little thicker than either a CD or DVD.

 

[Kris Deering]

I have about 4 of them from the test market since I live in Seattle. It was hit or miss really. The Sony ones pretty much sucked. No high rez, hardly any multi-channel. The AC/DC disc said it had a superior PCM track of the albulm on the DVD side, turns out to be exactly the same as the PCM version on the CD side!!

The other companies were a bit better. Most had DVD-A tracks on them. Some were only stereo (POD) but most offered multi-channel as well.

 

[Bill Leber]

Kris, how are they packaged? Like a CD, DVD-V, or DVD-A?

 

[Kris Deering]

They are packaged like a CD with some slight differences. The size is the same, the layout is just a bit different.

 

[Seth_L]

The one I have is packaged virtually identically to a CD except being marked as a Dual Disc on the front with a sticker and some explanation on the back as to what a Dual Disc is.

 

[Will_B]

DualDisc has a nice new curved jewel disc case that now includes a top and bottom spine so you can recognize the disc no matter what edge you are looking upon. Still the same size as a CD jewel case, but much more elegant.

 

[Paul.S]

Sounds like the case that Telarc, UMG and many other record cos. (except Sony) have been using for SACD.

-p

 

[Kris Deering]

It isn't the same as the UMG SA-CD cases. You would have to see it to understand I guess.