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Originally Posted by dobyblue
But Blu-ray doesn't need to replace CD to be considered mass market adopted. Digital album sales are only 1/3rd of CD's and they're substantially considered mass market.
With more and more people getting into surround sound, discovering about fidelity through online forums, HDMI-age, 24/192 DAC's in players for under $99, it's very easy to see why the labels may give Blu-ray a shot for music releases as the potential for a sustainable market has all the right facets in place.
With all the surround mixes including quad mixes already done there is no shortage of catalogue titles to choose from in the initial push. Add in The Beatles on Blu-ray and finally releasing the 5.1 mix of Thriller and they could be off to a great start.
Vinyl albums only sell around 13,000 copies a year for the bigger artists (Pearl Jam, etc.) and the fact they can sell that many copies alone keeps them pressing wax.
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The problem is, nobody has surround systems or stereo systems anymore.
10 years ago (dvd), it was cool to have a speaker in every corner. Now, they're all replaced by HTiB sets or sound through the tv. Same is happening for movies as for audio 10 years ago ...
The "younger" generation isn't into physical carriers ... They download their movies from torrent sites, and have no clue what dts, dolby,... etc. stands for. They just stream their movies from their pc or mediaplayer.
People laugh at you, if you tell them you still buy physical carriers. That guy must be very stupid, he doesn't even know how torrent-sites work etc.
They don't care about quality, as long as it is free!
Most audiophiles are 50+ (and no 20 y.o. geeks) and don't want to invest in a new format (blu-ray) and hate "downloads" (hi res files etc.). They want booklets etc. They're happy with sacd and vinyl.
It's sad ... As long as the major labels don't want to invest or promote high res. audio it will not happen. Most artists don't care either and just want to hear their music "loud" (except a handful: Young, Petty, Peter Gabriel,...)