[Arny Krueger]

"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message

On Jan 27, 2:04 pm, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message



Now that it looks like Bluray has won the next
generation video format war. I was now wondering about
the format war no one cared about DVD-Audio and SACD.
Are both these formats near death?

You just said that this was the format war that nobody
cared about. Hold that thought and fill in the blanks!

Is there any new content or hardware for these formats?

There is a pipeline of products that have been in
development for some time. Ask this question say, 3
years in the future when the current pipeline contents
run out.

It would appear that the mp3
has been chosen as the next generation audio format.

For what?

It would appear that this is just one more nail in the
coffin for high-end audio as well.

If high end audio were really healthy, its cash flow
would have floated the DVD and SACD boats up into the
mainstream.

Right now I use a PC
to play DVDs, Bluray DVDs, CDs, and DVR.

You have a BluRay drive in your PC?

NBL.


Arny has been ****ting on high end audio for a
decade-plus and then he wails about the poor performance
of high end audio.

Read what you just wrote Bret. My complaint with high end audio has been
with its poor performance. The poor performance caused the complaints. You
can't blame me for the poor performance, since poor performance preceeded my
complaints.

Some people will be spending big money on audio because
of the male compulsion to measure dicks, so to speak.

Since high end audio is rife with poor performance, you don't get better
sound from it, all you get is bragging rights associated with blowing a lot
of cash.

Instead of making sure the inevitable high dollar
equipment reflects its price in build cost, driving
excellence, Arny just ****s on the industry in general.

You've completely missed the point as usual, Bret. This discussion is not
about build cost but perforamance. Contrary to your apparent beliefs, build
cost is no guarantee of improved performance.


MP3 or any compressed lossy format is inherently no good.

Why do you blame MP3 on me? Where have I advocated it?

Highbit is what we want,

No, improved actual performance is what we want.

and SACD and DVD-A are the best
things going-despite their flaws.

I don't you're following the bouncing ball, Bret. SACD and DVD-A are dead as
mainstream products, and are on life support as niche products. If you blame
that on me, then you're saying that I have a heck of a lot power over the
marketplace. Do you want to say that?