New Sony BD players unveiled at CES play SACD!

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Originally Posted by frank_t

probably true, but why would sony add SACD playback now?

seems a dying format is a dying format.

i'm glad they did. i have 2 sacd players at home (a PS3 and a Denon player), and knowing there is more recent hardware that supports is great since I have a nice expensive collection.

Good question, my understanding however is not that sacd is dying, it is just a niche market. Much like laser disc that most people seem to think died before it started when in reality it was a niche market served with new stuff for some time.

Why sony would add it now? i do not know... unless they think it is a feature that might pull early adopters away from models like the oppo, and was low cost to implement.