New Formats more software next year?


Will next year see a vast increase in the number of title available on the new formats?
From what I can gather SACD in particular is starting to get more support from the major record companies.
Or is it all still up in the air and will require another 3 or so years before new releases will automatically be available in hybrid form?

As an Audio fan who buys a lot of CD's,I've stayed away (despite being tempted) from a SACD player simply because I'd be limited to what I could buy in terms of software.
ben_campbell

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2001 has been a great year for SACD. New lables coming over to SACD every month and more studios mastering in the DSD format. This continues to show me SACD is alive and well. This week I received my Music Direct 2002 catalog, the amount of SACD has grown three fold from last year (four pages vs. one for DVD-A. Music Direct also has announced the start of production for the new Mobile Fidelity (bought by Music Direct) with the first three disks to be Patricia Barber: Cafe Blue, Modern Cool and Nightclub! all in SACD, I for one am very excited. This past month I got Wildchild Butler "Sho' Nuff", APO; Mark Levinson "Live Recordings at...", Red Rose Music; and Spyro Gyra "In Modern Times", Heads Up. I would hate not owning an SACD player and pass up these disks or the other fifty plus I own.
The old arguement that there is no software and no support from the industry just don't add up this year. A new excuse for sitting on the fence must be found soon if the nay sayers are going to continue believing waiting is right.