Music on Blu-Ray! When?

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by naturephoto1

I kind of question whether Blu-ray will replace CD for music. Just as the other High End music formats - SACD and DVD-a, I believe that Blu-ray for music will be used by a minority (more high end and discerning fans) while CD will be what is used/collected by the masses. Also, like SACD and DVD-a, I believe that there will only be a limited amount of music released in this form.

Rich

I don't know whether I agree with you on this issue Rich! And I say this, because I think CD as a format is not going to survive. You know as well as I do how much of a beating CD's are taking from Digital Downloads. There appears to be nothing the record companies can do to stop it. And the format itself is maxed out whereby they can't offer additional enhancements to entice the consumer back into the fold.

A multi-capable (A/V) format such as Blu-ray might be just the thing to get people to buy more music. Perhaps new music releases in future will include the associated music videos or a background montage of the recording as it was created.

There needs to be another format!

Is that format Blu-ray? I don't know! But perhaps it is! It won't be SACD nor will it be DVD-A, we all know that as well.

This is my take on the matter: 2-Channel Audio is DEAD! (I don't want to discuss analog/vinyl as we are discussing a digital format) Consumers today want a more expansive sound. They want to utilize every speaker in their 5.1 or 7.1 set-up. Perhaps within 5 years every artist that goes into a studio will be recording in 5.1/7.1 and a vehicle needs to be in place to support that.

The sad thing about all of this is, that music the way it was intended to be listened to is disappearing. People are no longer happy with just an aural experience.