Either the start of a trend where music releases start taking advantage of Blu-ray's higher audio resolution and interactive capabilities, or a one-off release that only exists because of a musician's persistence. Neil Young announced at a Java developer's conference that he will begin releasing his entire music archive on Blu-ray.

This includes music in high resolution, and interactive features with photos, videos, and memorabilia that the listener can browse through while the music plays (this is a key difference from DVD-A and 96/24 PCM DVD-V, where the interactivity is limited when the music is on). The first of five volumes comes out in the fall, and it will be a 10-disc set.

While I hope that this is a trend for future high res music releases, Neil Young has been far more supportive of high res digital formats than just about every other musician out there. Several of his albums came out on DVD-A, and he insisted that his Greatest Hits CD be made available with an open 96/24 PCM DVD-V that can play on any regular DVD player, not just those that supported DVD-A. No surprise that he's the first artist to promote Blu-ray as a music format. Time will tell if other artists join in this time.

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