More on DVD-Audio and SACD

Spock the Baptist writes "This article at CNN covers the drive of manufacturers to get the public to convert from the CD format to two relatively new formats, DVD-Audio, and Super Audio Compact Disk. The manufacturers cite the superior audio quality, and 3-dimensionality of the new formats' reproduction as the reasons for customers to embrace these formats. The article also goes on to say: "An added bonus for record companies and retailers, who are engaged in a battle against piracy, is that the relative complexity of DVD-Audios and SACDs makes them much harder to copy. At the same time, that might turn some consumers off the format.""

Comments

Great...

[count_dooku]

Now I'll have to buy the White Album again.

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Apparently...

[SniffleBear]

Music companies will still be releasing crap on those new formats, except this time around, the crap is more crisp and sharp.

Kinda like a bad constipation :)

At last

[Anonymous Coward]

At last, I have always needed those copy-proof CDs!

Oh, wait!

Re:well well well

[scott1853]

What store's are you shopping in, Dave's DVD Warehouse? I haven't had any problems find new releases in VHS. They're usually in the section under the sign that says "VHS", next to the one marked "DVD".

Translation guide

[squarooticus]

Here's an "audiophile to English" dictionary:

"warm" = crackly
"proven" = bigger, less convenient, less versatile
"superior" = elitist
"music" = jazz and classical

Re:well well well

[Kallahar]

lol,

Q: Is home-taping killing the music industry?

A: Yes Yes Yes. Instead of making billions and billions of dollars, the music industry is only making billions of dollars.

How many of you use Celerons?

[harlows_monkeys]

I'm amazed at the number of people making fun of people who want better sounding musical reproduction. Yes, most of us can't hear the difference between CD and these other formats. Hell, a lot of probably can't tell the difference between MP3 and CD.

However, there ARE people who can hear the difference. Why make fun of them wanting something that sounds better?

All you people making fun of them...what kind of computer to you have? After all, most people would not notice the difference between a ~1 GHz Celeron with a GeForce2 MX, and the latest Athlon or P4 and a GeForce 4 Ti4600. Anyone who has spent more than $1000 on their computer setup needs to shut up about the audiophiles.

Re:well well well

[Lumpy]

welcome to the bullcrap that is audio.

I recently installed a soundsystem for our corperate boardroom. a $1500 THX certified amp with decoder in it and a seperate ADC for the coaxial and toslink (blinkey led light) digital audio. so for grings I plugged in the digital audio AND the analog audio from the DVD player. this is a crappy $295.00 sony dvd player.. only progressive scan and the other bullcrap being thrown about.

funny.. the ADC in the $295.00 dvd player sounds EXACTLY the same as the >$500.00 seperate ADC purchased that claims it is precision and all this other baloney only to impress morons with fat checkbooks.

There is some truth out ther in the land of audiophiles.. they are the people spending weeks doing math and CAD to build their own speakers... they are NOT the people that use anything but $0.19 a foot lamp cord for speaker wire (Note to all you "Experts" you CANNOT hear any difference between your $12.00 a foot no ox directional, stereo certified digital speaker wires and my $12.00 per 100 foot roll lamp cord... I've done double blind tests, I used to work sales in a high end audio shop, YOU CANT TELL so stop lying to us!)