Mr. Doody,
I'm sorry, I don't feel as if I know you well enough to lapse into the familiar doody, and besides, then it would be way too tempting to type "Howdy, doody!".....
Augggh. The bad puns one comes up with on a Monday morning.
Let's talk about titles for a few, shall we?
You said this:
i think we all are surprised at this. it sure seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it? but the software isn't there, and the release schedule sure looks anemic.
the sacd release schedule seems wildly healthy in comparison, doesn't it?
maybe the DVD-A crew let themselves get so cocky about this ("oh - it's a no-brainer!") they dropped the ball on getting the software guys moving?
If you look at the focus of the two respective formats, you will find that SACD strongly courted the 2 channel audiophile market. The effort involved in reissuing an existing stereo recording is relatively speaking easy.
In contrast DVD-A has focused much more on the multi-channel market. With that in mind, it is vastly more complex to create a multi-channel mix, since you usually have nothing to work from. So it is a longer process.
If one compares the number of multi-channel releases on each format, one would find a comparable number of titles, even though SACD has a 1+ year headstart to market.
as far as DSOTM is concerned, i too remember reading or seeing something about it being a totally new ground-up mix. the original engineer/mixer wasn't asked to participate and he seemed rather bitter about it.
DVD-A has the capability of delivering stereo (at say 24/192K), the original Quad mix, and a 5.1 mix.
SACD does not.
Shouldn't it be possible to deliver both SACD and DVD-A on the same physical disc?
I should think a DVD-18 type flipper would do the job quite nicely. Perhaps a participant who is more familiar with DVD media could chime in on this.
Regards,
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