Twinsdad - Can you point me to a list of "thousands" of HDCD titles? I've found a few hundred - perhaps less than SACD.
I also wouldn't bet on HDCD gaining much ground.
People usualy fall into three camps.
1) They don't care about any future titles. They just plain want SACD so they buy it.
2) Since the prices on the Sony ES SACD players are coming down and some folks consider the redbook performance to be 'good enough' they buy the player for redbook and consider the SACD as a free bonus.
3) Stay out of the pool and put the money into non-SACD gear. The thing here is if you decide you want SACD a year from now you'll wind up buying two players.
Nobody knows what will happen. I fell into camp 2 when the price of the C333ES fell below $600.
Good luck in your hunt!
- A
I also wouldn't bet on HDCD gaining much ground.
People usualy fall into three camps.
1) They don't care about any future titles. They just plain want SACD so they buy it.
2) Since the prices on the Sony ES SACD players are coming down and some folks consider the redbook performance to be 'good enough' they buy the player for redbook and consider the SACD as a free bonus.
3) Stay out of the pool and put the money into non-SACD gear. The thing here is if you decide you want SACD a year from now you'll wind up buying two players.
Nobody knows what will happen. I fell into camp 2 when the price of the C333ES fell below $600.
Good luck in your hunt!
- A