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I plan on getting this soon. Borders is also carrying it.
Happy listening.
-B-
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But wait a minute!!!!!!!
Somebody on just said that DVD-A is dead!! Could he have told the masses an untruth?
gary
Gary
I am having the same problem with a poster on the hi-rez highway. DEAD means NO life, zero, zip, nadda.
This is a great sounding recording maybe it will sell well and the majors will become interested in high resolution again. We should give special thanks to AIX and Classic Records for keeping DVD-Audio alive during these slow times. Thanks guys!
Just my experiences and opinions, yours may be different,
Teresa
The only reason DVD-A as well as SACD [by the way] is dead in the water is the complete lack of Hi-Rez merchandise. The normal outlets that we used to visit and sort of take a stroll thru their inventory have now all but dropped Hi-Rez. Their sales people don't even know what the format is!! When was the last time you saw an advertisment for SACD or DVD-A in a non-audio formated magazine? Heard the same on the radio or TV?
I currently own four players that will play SACD, and one that will do DVD-A. One was so bad that I now use it for nothing but video. One is broke and lost somewhere in the oblivion of Service Wide Tech. The others just keep plugging away (funny thing is they also the cheapest ones). Hi-Rez seems to have moved back to the world of the LP at my house. It just goes and goes, and of course sounds better. But I (for one person anyway) like the convienence of the silver frisbe. It's hard to mess up a disc without walking on it with spike soled combat boots. I'm not planning on abandoning the format[s], but have this strange feeling in the back of my head that they have abandoned me. Am I the only one? Do I have another Elcassete? (check the posts made back when SACD was the newest and so called greatest format on the planet). Yes I can can call those fine folks at The Elusive Disc or Music Direct to place an order, but I'm the hands on kinda guy (many of us are). I like reading the fine print before shelling out my hard earned cash (I'm sure you are that way as well).
So now the big boys are asking me to plunk down another wad of cash for a "blue ray" player. Do I need a "blue ray" whatever it is? Are you (Sony, and the others) going to abandon me in five years? Past record says you will. I'm kinda uneasy about the whole damned situation right now, but in the end I know my LP's are always there.
gary
But to our surprise here comes the Graham Nash: Songs for Beginners on DVD-Audio and a handful of announced Sony SACDs and new Sony SACD players. Plus Yamaha and others brand new lines of Universal players.
Sure we have to mail order our discs. But when we had them in the stores at the defunct Tower Records I only bought them in the store when they had their 25% discount sales. Best Buy has mixed the hybrid SACDs in with their regular stock and the DVD-Audios are now almost completely gone. Talked to a clerk at Borders who special ordered a Telarc SACD for me and allowed me to use my 25% discount coupon, for new Telarc releases they get 3 CDs and 1 SACD.
BTW as long as a single recording is released in a format it strictly speaking is not dead as dead implies no life. Near dead might be a better term, But IMHO with 47 or so new SACDs coming out every month and a few DVD-Audios every month still coming out neither format could be called near dead either. Don't forget DVD-Audio has strong support from AIX and Classic Records.
I agree LPs sometimes sound better than high resolution digital but even though I collect and listen to LPs they are a royal pain. For me it's a love-hate relationship I have with LPs. With my Yamaha Universal music is so great with both SACD and DVD-Audio that I don't play my LPs as often as I should. I guess I am spoiled by the analog-like sound of high resolution digital coupled with the convenience. All we need is to get more people spoiled and the sparse release schedules will take care of themselves.
I'm not sure what to think about BluRay but they are everywhere even WalMart. I think the new translucent blue cases look ugly I much prefer the black DVD soft plastic keep cases.
Also when I bought my new TV years ago, I first bought an 26" LCD HDTV at Best Buy and took it back as it made my DVDs look terrible! After trying two others including one that had a HDTV tuner so I could watch over the air broadcasts I was not impress and took them back. And went to WalMart and bought a 24" CRT NSTC TV. After looking at many HDTV's the problem was not HDTV but LCD screens as they also look terrible on regular televisions. So having an NSTC TV I feel no urge to get BluRay, from what I've been able to tell one really needs a huge screen to see the difference. But there will be a big sonic difference in the sound as 192kHz and 96kHz are way better than DVDs Dolby Digital and DTS.
Did you hear Oppo is building a true universal BluRay player that will play DVD-Audio and SACD? If others follow this will give a boost that both high resolution formats need.
Just my experiences and opinions, yours may be different,
Teresa
Hi Teresa, let me reassure you, there IS a big difference in the picture quality with Bluray, it depends like with recorded music on the master band and the care of the one who made the transfer.
The key word is sharpness.
" Mieux vaut une tête bien faite qu'une tête bien pleine."
< < there IS a big difference in the picture quality with Bluray > >
Assuming we are talking about comparing it with scaled standard DVD's, then the size of the display is probably the biggest factor.
If you have 27" display, you could never see the difference unless you held your face right up to the screen.
If you have a 40" display, you could never see the difference unless you were within a few feet from the screen.
If you have a 50" display, you might start to see a small difference if you like to sit close to the screen -- say six feet or so.
If you have a 100" projector, then 1080p will look noticeably better at just about any normal viewing distance.
Now what DVD players are we comparing? The new one are reputed to comes near BR, well that has to be seen.
When I compared my Krell DVD Standard to the Pioneer BR on the 50 Kuro Plasma there was / there is a huge difference at any distance in the sharpness.
I tried another DVD ( not BR )of the new generation...Well BR is just so much better.
And not only the sharpness.
" Mieux vaut une tête bien faite qu'une tête bien pleine."
The original Kuro 50" were 768p, while later ones were 1080p. From your post I would assume that you have a 1080p model. If that is the case, then a Blu-Ray player will feed your fixed-pixel display *without any scaling*. On the other hand, there is no scaler in the world that can make a fixed pixel display look good on its non-native resolution.
If you doubt what I am saying, try adjusting the display resolution of any computer using an LCD display (all laptops) to something other than the native resolution. The result are always dismal.
Me? I'm still using a CRT projector. It wasn't until the Kuros were released that any flat panel display was even worth looking at. And I'm not so interested in video that I purchase a new display every year. So in ten years when my CRT dies, I will figure out the best display for my needs then. In the meantime I am very happy watching plain old DVDs, with at least 100x as many titles available as Blu-Ray. Others apparently agree with me. (See linked post.)
Well it was understanding too....Before I meet Kuro and tried BR, it is also that one point that suit me well is in my age and my sighting who is not to be what it use to be ( In three years I will laser them, now too early ) is the increase sharpness ( I must insist ) !
Now the colors seems also more accurate and the overall is much quiter.
Now I am a movie lover...
And what a black!
" Mieux vaut une tête bien faite qu'une tête bien pleine."
I hear lots of good things about Oppo, but have also heard some bad stuff as well. So I kinda backed away from them. I know Stereophile seems to like them (they also liked those Sony SACD players that are dead in the water after a couple years). I keep waiting and hopeing that Jolida gives us something new. I want the format(s) to survive because we need them.
Regarding LP's; I buy about a half dozen discs a week (most are mint used ones), and I do play mine. But I think a lot of that has to be with the venues of music I like:
* acoustic jazz (mostly old school)
* classical (have a passion for Russian artest)
* lite Italian opera
* live blues (acoustic)
* bluegrass (acoustic)
yet when it comes to rock I useally just go with a CD or SACD. I think DVD-A has better vocals in my system. But maybe SACD has a little better detail. I don't have a tape loop in the downstairs system anymore so I can't make that compairison, and just have not done it with the one in my bedroom. I'm getting old and lazy in my old age, and really do like the convienence of digital even if I like analog better.
gary
Gary
One review I read says it's not done well?
Now I Understand
Graham Nash's "Songs for Beginners" was well received on 180 Gram vinyl so I am sure the DVD-Audio will be excellent. "Songs for Survivors" had mixed reviews.
Just my experiences and opinions, yours may be different,
Teresa
but I want to give it a listen.
Best...
-B-
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