No, DSD is not mandatory, nor will it be mandatory. I've just heard that there was going to be a new version of SACD released and was curious to know what the specifications were.

So DVD-Audio and SACD are simply going to die off with Dolby Digital Lossless and DTS Lossless taking over for everything? Considering that we are talking about 8 channels of lossless 24/96 (and potentially 8 channels of 24/192 for those who care) that would simplify the market and maybe we can revitalize multichannel music under these two formats since both are mandatory in the future. Now we all know that the majority of people are happy with their cheap arse lossly MP3 stuff, but I'm not here to talk about that.

By the way, this is the current Poll on Bluray vs HD-DVD:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=483444

How Do you Feel About the Bluray vs HD-DVD Format War?

One Format Bluray 330 55.65%

One Format HD-DVD 93 15.68%

Both Bluray and HD-DVD should be released 42 7.08%

Would prefer to wait and see which is superior (price/performance) 116 19.56%

I don't care, DVD is good enough 12 2.02%

Total: 593 votes 100%

[This message has been edited by Health Nut (edited 03-12-2005).]

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