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Originally Posted by Maggot

Digital can replace analog, but it's not quite there yet. For music, I thought they had a great start in improving digital with two channel/multichannel DVD-A and SACD, but the format war between the two killed it. Blu-ray audio for music is pretty much nowhere to be seen, so it seems sadly digital high-def will have to continue improving on the movie front, which compared to what I heard on DVD-A and SACD is still far behind.

• SACD may become more popular because as people replace their broken DVD or Blu-ray players they will often go to universal players that do SACD as well as CD, BD, DVD, and more.
• One reason SACD did not catch fire is a lack of public awareness, due to an amazing lack of advertising. I can't imagine anyone who uses the same amps/speakers for movies and music not wanting glorious 5.1 for their music as well. Even for those SACDs that are not 5.1 or 5.0, the 3 channel and 2 channel SACDs often sound better than CDs, either because of the superior technology, or perhaps because the engineers and producers are motivated to do a better job when working in a better medium.
• Hopefully, the movie sound technology and music disk technology will synergistically help both improve.