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Re: All young people--throw away your i-Pods now!

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In Reply to: Re: All young people--throw away your i-Pods now! posted by jdaniel@jps.net on August 25, 2004 at 09:23:24:

>> And this is why the Music Video DVD, which offered all that for 10 years, hasn't overtaken CD sales ever? <<
Look at the sales trends. Look at the stores. DVD is taking over swathes of space where plain CD�s used to be. That�s because DVD offers more than CD.
Now, DualDisc not only caters for both of these markets, but it also allows labels to introduce very high-quality multi-channel audio to the masses, by acting as an effective "bridge" for people to migrate from CD to DVD. Moreover, with hirez being too big to manage on a hard drive, as well as being CPPM-protected, this is a direction where labels want to go.
>> And the price to pay royalties to the hundreds of people who will be artistically involved with producing the graphics, footage, etc.? Not to mention the musicians? <<
People will prefer to buy one multi-content disc, rather than a separate CD plus a separate DVD of the same album.
>> The SACD market may be small, but we wanted it, we have money and we have time. <<
Then you should be in the other forum.

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Re: All young people--throw away your i-Pods now! - jdaniel@jps.net 14:15:44 08/25/04 (0)
"Look at the sales trends. Look at the stores. DVD is taking over swathes of space where plain CD�s used to be. That�s because DVD offers more than CD."
This is a specious statement. *Movies* (on DVD) have taken over CD space. You're confusing the success of a genre with the success of a format. Everyone, even my mother, has the confidence and desire to own some movies.
Now, DualDisc not only caters for both of these markets, but it also allows labels to introduce very high-quality multi-channel audio to the masses, by acting as an effective "bridge" for people to migrate from CD to DVD. Moreover, with hirez being too big to manage on a hard drive, as well as being CPPM-protected, this is a direction where labels want to go.

"Now, DualDisc not only caters for both of these markets, but it also allows labels to introduce very high-quality multi-channel audio to the masses, by acting as an effective "bridge" for people to migrate from CD to DVD. Moreover, with hirez being too big to manage on a hard drive, as well as being CPPM-protected, this is a direction where labels want to go.
They're aiming at people *least* interested in Hi-rez. They're going to file-share the low-rez portion, only the majors have saved them the time of CD burning! Brilliant.
Best of luck though.
"That�s because DVD offers more than CD." It sure does...they're called 'movies'. :-) - Methos 10:07:23 08/25/04 (4)
The movie DVD section is quite large in most stores, rivaling the CD aisles. The DVD music video section has always been much, much smaller in every store I've checked.
- The only shrinking category is CD (along with pure CD players) . . . - Martin419 10:28:43 08/25/04 (3)
  . . . thus everything is headed towards DVD and multimedia experience. Hence DualDisc. And if chart albums on the music shelves are DualDisc, people will buy them.
  - If someone truly wants 'the multimedia experience', then they'll buy the DVD-V/CD dual disc... - Methos 10:46:02 08/25/04 (2)
    ...the DVD-A/CD flipper will only have a token amount of video content at best, and that wouldn't interest J6P, who's used to music videos (and buys them in modest numbers).
    - But most music albums don't come as feature films . . . - Martin419 11:18:25 08/25/04 (1)
      . . . and secondly, most record companies don't make a music video for each and every song on an album when that album is first released (if at all).
      Also note that Redbook CD's don't support discrete multichannel surround sound.
      In short, the main purpose of DualDisc is:
      1. 2-ch CD on Side A;
      2. Discrete 5.1 surround sound on Side B (DVD) with on-screen lyrics;
      3. Music video(s) also on Side B;
      4. Any other extras the content provider wants to include.
      Oh, and if a record company does want to make a pop/rock film, or has a long concert video DVD, then they CAN certainly market it with "sneak-peaks / trailers / teasers" etc. on a DualDisc music album.
      - Re: But most music albums don't come as feature films . . . - walter 05:35:03 08/26/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: But most music albums don't come as feature films . . . posted by Martin419 on August 25, 2004 at 11:18:25:
        
        2 ch cd and 5.1 dvd sounds good to me as it fits my 2 systems. it is better than just cd or dvd as it is now. Would prefer 2 ch dvd-a but we are in a distict minority.

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