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Originally Posted by dobyblue
LOL, yeah that makes a lot of sense when BD-Audio releases have not even started yet outside of a HANDFUL of artist-driven releases with no marketing.
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They have not started yet because there is a small niche market for it that major labels are less likely to pursue than boutique labels. SACD and DVD-A failed not because of a format war but because there was not a significant market and that's why BD-A would fail as a general consumer format. The fact is that it will not unseat downloads as the mass consumer format. Not a chance.
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The SACD/DVD-A format war never ended, the major studios just excused themselves. The same thing would have happened with Blu-ray/HD DVD if Warner had not dropped HD DVD and all that would be left would be Sony releases until even they drop out leaving niche releases only. Consumers didn't choose Blu-ray until Warner chose Blu-ray, then a chain of events including major retailers choosing sides allowed the format to start seeing adoption numbers worth mentioning. Until then 2:1 only mattered to early adopters like us, in reality Blu-ray's market share was under 5%. It was a fun way to rebut unhappy HD DVD fans claiming "but the consumer did choose Blu-ray 2:1" but it was just being facetious, I don't think anyone would be foolish enough to suggest either format was heading anywhere without WB choosing sides and allowing the format war to continue.
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No one believed BD was heading anywhere before WB went BD exclusive? Not even Sony? It was clear to market analysis that an HD format would rapidly overtake sales of DVD because of the advent of HDTV. The 2:1 adoption rate you cite was a good indication of consumer choice. But there is really no analogy to SACD vs DVD-A because consumers were turning to downloads for music but not for movies.
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SACD's lopsided number of available titles is because of classical and jazz releases, the pop/rock genre they were fairly even Stevens.
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Yes and that's because and the market for SACD was audiophiles who tend to gravitate toward classical and jazz.