In Reply to: Re: Weird audio group DVDA playback question -BUT posted by mwheelerk on February 27, 2007 at 20:42:27:
So - that's not news at all. I think the original point was not needing a new format and hence a new player. Many (but not all)audiophiles (which is a small niche market) prefer stereo vs. multi-channel. Many (but not all) non-audiophiles are thrilled to have all the channels utilized (and that's a bigger market). Then there's the issue of navigating menus authored different ways. Many avg. (non-audiophile) customers think a concert DVD-V is the same as DVD-A (I've heard it at places like Best Buy and Circuit City over a dozen times and even from people working in the store). Had they gone that route w/o the new format they certainly would have a good shot at more hi-rez. The more formats a machine plays generally translates into more disc reading errors. Having a hi-rez DVD-V would have been nice and perhaps could have served to educate the avg. public on hearing compressed vs. non-compressed music.
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