SACD on its way out?

I was at my local Best Buy recently and it was obvious that they weren't restocking DVD-A titles after they were sold out. The SACD racks OTOH appeared to be fully stocked. I have a universal digital setup and would like to see both formats succeed.

SACD format is growing and here to stay for awhile. Want to hear the best possible digital format playback ; SACD is a no brainer choice.

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Considering you can pick up new Hybrid SACDs of Dylan & Stones for less than ten bob each, what's the problem? And RCA Living Stereo Hybrids are such a deal at 12. This is good news for SACD, trust me.

I spent 5 years with Sacd, & after 10 minutes with a five grand tubed phono stage pre-amp in my rack all I can say is Hi-Rez Who, What, When??? Bye Bye Sacd! Bye Bye Dvd-Audio! Either way both formats will not be missed by me! Sony/Phillips keep trying!

I was the one that said that. I haven't heard that SACD is "on the way out" though. What I opined is that SACD is an attempt on the part of the music industry to stop copying and downloading (no digital out on SACD, right?). In the meantime, if you look into home studio and regular studio recording technology, the clear trend is towards "high-rez" (higher sampling rates, longer word lenths). For now, people are mostly using the high rez for the master and then "dithering" it down to "redbook" (regular CD), but, if they want to, they can burn a DVD-A at the higher resolution - AND THESE CAN BE PLAYED ON ANY DVD PLAYER! So, my point is really my own prediction, but it seems to me that with DVD players everywhere, and high-rez recordings doable by anyone, there's going to be a lot of momentum towards DVD-A. Just a prediction, folks!