Who will win? Neither. They are both essentially dead. Except for maybe SACD as Sir. T mentioned maybe being included in Blue Ray. But SACD and DVD-A as we know them are dying fast. I give each format another year or so before the official plug is pulled.

Just look at the shevles at Best Buy or Circuit City or any music store. The selection is disappearing. I have not really seen many new releases. Some but not many.

Also, DVD-A and SACD are not convenient like CD or MP3. You can really only play them on a compatible player in your home. You can't play them in your car, you can't burn a copy for your car or download it to your iPod and 99.99% of the buying public out there don't have compatible players and have not idea what DVD-A and SACD are. Quality aside, MP3 and CD are just better easier to use formats for the masses. Again sound quality aside, DVD-A and SACD just got caught in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" scenario. They built a better mouse trap but just made it too complicated and too hard to use for the masses.


Oh and Sir T. I seem to remember you "jumping my arse" a couple of years ago when I said DVD-A and SACD would never make it. You thought I was crazy. I would just like to take this opportunity to say......

I TOLD YOU SO! Ha!


JSE