Blu-ray, not just successor to DVD-Video but also to audio CD...

[emm7th]

I was pondering about it this morning...

If SACD/DVD-Audio both failed to penetrate the market, why not capitalize on the Blu-ray's success to possibly replace the old standard for recording music - the Red Book CD? Technically, Blu-ray's audio is at least on par (or better) than SACD/DVD-Audio's standard.

Comparing them: Blu-ray's audio supports up to 8-channels while SACD/DVD-Audio's supports up to 6-channels only. In direct comparison to DVD-Audio (since SACD uses different method) - Blu-ray's maximum is 7.1 24bit 96KHz or 5.1 24bit 192KHz PCM while DVD-Audio is 'only' 5.1 24bit 96KHz or 2.0 24bit 192KHz.

Certainly, if almost all video standards today are in HD, why not the audio? What SACD/DVD-Audio has left-off, Blu-ray can fill in without the unnecessary new equipment - because ALL BD players support the specs that I've just mentioned regarding the audio in Blu-ray.

The record labels can just put in the audio file on the disc then add some kind of a media-player-esque interface (using BD-Java) instead of a video (which could use some unwanted bandwidth). Then voila, it's BD-Audio!