Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-15 Thread Bob Willcox
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 11:20:11AM +0100, Kai Rode wrote: However the huge bonus of SACD is that you can have a convential CD-Audio layer on the disc which _will_ play in regular CD players. That is what will sell the format (if at all) to the public. Yes, you can have that layer. But

AW: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-06 Thread Kai Rode
However the huge bonus of SACD is that you can have a convential CD-Audio layer on the disc which _will_ play in regular CD players. That is what will sell the format (if at all) to the public. Yes, you can have that layer. But this feature is not used at the moment because: - it makes the

MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Rodney Peterson
I'm considering the purchase of a Sony 9000 ES Progressive Scan DVD Player. As a bonus, it also plays SACD. Titles available in SACD are few and far between and seem to mirror the same (Sony titles only) that were initally available on prerecorded MD: Bangles Greatest Hits, Cyndi Lauper-She's So

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Leon
"hardened", and heads off into vinyls/cassettes. Don't ask me to explain their rationale. ;) Leon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rodney Peterson) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:00:48 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival? I'm c

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread jtasker
Question: what is the difference in sound quality and why should anybody in the general public give a flying f**king rhinos ass? I have sincere doubts anybody will ever give a s**t about DVD-Audio, let alone SACD. They shouldn't, unless they are a high-end audiophile type. DVD-Audio

RE: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Magic
I'm considering the purchase of a Sony 9000 ES Progressive Scan DVD Player. As a bonus, it also plays SACD. Titles available in SACD are few and far between and seem to mirror the same (Sony titles only) that were initally available on prerecorded MD: Bangles Greatest Hits, Cyndi Lauper-She's So

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === What's this sacd thing? Never heard of it. At

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Gerry Morgan
Leon wrote: The future doesn't look bright for DVD-A or SACD. If nothing else, I think us people nowadays are far less likely to spend on audio as if it's a hobby, and pursue the (supposedly) more refined stuff. Of course, that's probably also due to things like MD being so easily available.

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Rodney Peterson
SACD=Super Audio CD, a new supposedly superior (and of course incompatble with current CD players) audio format from Sony. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Dave Hooper
- Original Message - From: "Rodney Peterson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:38 PM Subject: Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival? SACD=Super Audio CD, a new supposedly superior (and of course incompatble with current CD players) au

Re: MD: SACD? Any chance for survival?

2000-12-05 Thread Simon Gardner
SACD=Super Audio CD, a new supposedly superior (and of course incompatble with current CD players) audio format from Sony. However the huge bonus of SACD is that you can have a convential CD-Audio layer on the disc which _will_ play in regular CD players. That is what will sell the format (if