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Re: SACD is the High Resolution Audio format, DualDisc is a VIDEO format, Mr. DVD-A Cheerleader re-read Sony's quote:

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Actually I believe there is reason to assume for now that its not all going to be hi-res on the DVD side...

I think the "stated quote" you refer to is the post I replied to? If so, that merely contained someone's recollection of what someone else told them (I couldn't find anything in the article that was linked to in the original post of this thread about everything being in high resolution - in fact, if you go back to that article and search on keywords like resolution, 96kHz, fidelity - these words do not appear even once! Yet search on the word video and its mentioned in lots of places).

Let's look at the test market that was already run...

http://www.highfidelityreview.com/features/dualdisc.asp
“One side is a standard CD. The other side offers DVD content. This may include enhanced album audio, 5.1 surround sound, music videos, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, documentary films, photo galleries, lyrics, computer-ready digital song files, and Web links. It all depends on the artist”.


http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=12004614
"DualDisc is the DVD Forum’s answer to SACD, a disc that offers both high-resolution DVD-Audio and DVD-Video compatible content on one side and Compact Disc compatible content on the other. BMG, EMI, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and Universal all tested titles within the first batch of thirteen – although Sony’s discs did not include high-resolution content – thereby indicating that the format will have widespread support amongst the major record labels."

"The impact of DualDisc could well be far reaching, not just for the high-resolution listener. While DVD-Audio/CD hybrids will address many of the negative issues raised about the format (specifically the inability to play a DVD-Audio disc in a standard car or portable system), the market is also likely to embrace *DVD-Video*/CD hybrids, with movie or concert titles offering up a CD version on one side of the disc."


Being a fan of hi res and having a preference of DVD-A, I really hope that most/all record labels make it a policy that their DualDisc releases have high-res DVD-A on the one side, but until there's something official indicating otherwise I have a hard time believing that Sony will release any hi-res on the DVD side of DualDisc, instead reserving hi-res audio for their SACD stuff (unless DualDisc takes off and SACD stays as present).

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