Thread: Is Stuart Robinson flogging a dead horse?

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Post by jlaurson October 14, 2007 (11 of 15)
Is it because I am exclusively interested (and knowledgeable) about Classical Music that I am rather confused by this article? For all I know, SACD had come out of the DVD-A / SACD struggle alive (if not healthy) -- and DVD-A was left somewhere along the way. That's not glee -- I never had cared much about who "wins" -- but as a buyer of CDs up until a year ago, I saw the death of (classical) DVD-A right before me own eyes. In the end, we had maybe 50 DVD-A titles, but 3000 SACD titles... and that was while the company was doing so badly that it went bankrupt.

Is there really *any* life in DVD-A (software/players) or is Mr. Robinson delusional due to his seemingly earnest realization that DVD-A should have been (or is) the better system on a technical level?

Post by sacd user October 14, 2007 (12 of 15)
The best Web site I have found for DVD-A is http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/ which is focused on multichannel rock. On the site you can find many arguments for DVD-A compared to SACD. You will also see that DVD-A is far from dead. The consumer interest as I see it is still rising slowly riding on more installed equipment, DVD-As released until end of 2004, and future hope for new formats.

On quadraphonicquad you can find information on released DVD-As, DVD-As still in press, and new DVD-As, http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7387.

The latest new DVD-A, Porcupine Tree, Fear of a Blank Planet has just been released and has been pressed by Sony DADC!!! according to http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?p=67718#post67718.

Post by Sam October 14, 2007 (13 of 15)
Dan Popp said:

Considering that the highs are actually steeply filtered just above 20k on CD, I find this to be a strange comment. What is the dynamic range of nothing?

Infinity? :)

Are they still making DualDiscs or has that effort been abandoned?

Post by The Seventh Taylor October 14, 2007 (14 of 15)
Sam said:

Are they still making DualDiscs or has that effort been abandoned?

I believe all labels gave up on DualDisc shortly after starting. Even the format's official news page on http://www.dualdisc.com/ hasn't been updated since May 2, 2005, a few months after it opened.

Post by soundboy October 14, 2007 (15 of 15)
Sam said:

Infinity? :)

Are they still making DualDiscs or has that effort been abandoned?

As of end of September 2007, Hong Kong Warner Music was stilling issing new music on DualDisc....

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-music/pid-1005054049/

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