XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Mr.T  wrote:   
   >"Scott Dorsey"  wrote in message   
   >news:icuvll$3k3$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   >> What sells DVD-A and SACD into the market, over CD, is the ability to   
   >> have surround recordings.  Since there is a large installed base of   
   >surround   
   >> playback systems in homes, as a consequence of the home theatre craze, you   
   >> would expect this to have some demand.  But it really doesn't.   
   >   
   >I didn't expect a big demand. Why pay more for audio only DVD's when you can   
   >already get surround sound music DVD's with vision included for less? But   
   >the real question is why they thought people would want to pay for   
   >completely new systems like SACD?   
      
   Well, that's another question... are people buying surround sound music DVDs   
   with vision included?   
      
   >> People have the ability to play the stuff back but they don't see it   
   >> worth paying for.   
   >   
   >As I said, they are buying HEAPS, it's the vision included stuff they are   
   >choosing, just as I do.   
      
   I don't see that selling particularly well at all either.  From a technical   
   standpoint, I think the required lossy compression is a big problem with   
   those, but the average listener doesn't care.  On the other hand, sales still   
   remains way down.   
      
   WAY, way down.   
   --scott   
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