Hi,

I don't want to start another heated SACD vs DVD-A debate on sound quality and watermarks etc etc I simply want to ask your opinion of who SHOULD win, based on business reasons.

I think peronally that SACD should have had this in the bag. I mean, It was developed by two electronics giants - the same two that invented the CD in the first place. One of them also owns one of the largest record labels, namely Sony Music. The disc could be played on any CD discman/home based/car based system as well - just about any system out there at the moment! It doesn't need a monitor/TV set to use either.

Sony and Philips could manufacture the hardware chip for SACD into EVERYTHING it makes - DVD players, CD players, mini systems, midi systems, PS3 etc The software isn't THAT much more either - and they could have subsidied it slightly to make it even cheaper. That's my feeling ...