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DVD-A WIZ-Bang-Boom

I just took a look at my WIZ ad flyer for this weekend and I not only did I see a Panasonic DVD recorder for $999.99, but I saw a Panasonic DVD player that plays regular DVD movies, DVD-Audio, CD, and MP3. It's a new model DVD-RA60 that THE WIZ is selling for $229.99, and that included the DVD movie "Meet the Parents," and a DVD-Audio disc by the Barenaked Ladies. They claim to have other DVD-A releases in stock by Neil Young and Fleetwood Mac.

Yikes, it sure looks like DVD-A could overtake SACD as the new high performance audio format of choice -- especially if other popular recording artists get on board. Things are definitely getting interesting. What are your impressions???
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aroc
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What was wrong with 24/96 PCM on DVD-Video discs? Surely that was good enough for the mass-market?
aroc
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No kidding A/V and music are separate. I don't even _own_ a TV set. :-) I haven't heard DVD-A yet, myself. But I have fielded questions among my non-audiophile friends as to why we need DVD-A when they thought Metallica's S&M on DVD-Video sounded so good (better than CD). And from a simple "Joe Sixpack" perspective, I was stumpted for an answer.

But I have heard SACD at a dealer demo (shout out to "AudioCraft" in Mayfield Hts, OH) and I liked what I heard. From a marketing perspective, DVD-A seems like the natural successor. To the public, DVD=the new digital thing with surround sound, so the public will under stand where DVD-A is coming from. (they'll see it as the marriage of DVD-V and the compact disc). But if you assume that AV and music will be separate, then SACD makes more sense to me.
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