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The Great Format War - DVD-A Vs SACD Technology Articles | May 14 Melvin Ingram Womens Jersey , 2011
There is yet another format war going on, however this time most of us are completely unaware. The two formats in question are the DVD-A and SACD and neither are destined for market success despite their increased capacity and high fidelity surround sound.

The consumer is being faced with the most difficult decision with regard to consumer electronics since the days of VHS vs Betamax. A person would spend hard earned money on one fearing that their choice was to be the one that fades away with time - creating the necessity to buy a new machine and new tapes.

Yes, that same difficult decision between two competing technologies is here with the DVD-A and SACD. Will it be DVD-Audio or the SACD that has a bright future as the primary audio format? What? you never heard of either the DVD-A or SACD? Perhaps you once heard of one Joey Bosa Womens Jersey , but not the other? Most people aren't familiar with either format and probably will never be. Yet both have been around for more than a decade now. Yes, I was being sarcastic above - but take a trip over to Ebay and do a search for "DVD-Audio" and "SACD" and you will find a number of familiar artists on the unfamiliar formats.

In all likelihood, neither DVD-A nor SACD will ever have much of a following. They have both failed in the consumer market and most people with DVD-A andor SACD players and discs are audiophiles. Prerecorded SACD music releases rose a bit last year (2010) but are still down quite a bit since their peak years ago. Most SACD releases however are not new music releases but older titles being reissued for the audiophile audience.

It seems that multichannel audio formats are doomed to fail every time. The general public loves stereo Melvin Gordon Womens Jersey , plain and simple - at least when we're not talking about audio for visual media. Back in the 1970s quadraphonic flopped. Remember the quad 8-tracks? There were also quadraphonic reel-to-reel tapes and even quadraphonic records called Quadradiscs. The newest multichannel failures are DVD-A, SACD, and probably BD-Audio too. Yes Philip Rivers Womens Jersey , that means Blu-ray Audio Disc. There is now such a thing.

DVD-Audio

DVD-Audio which is also commonly called DVD-A is a high fidelity digital audio format. Though an extension of the DVD family it does not cover video delivery. DVD Audio first came on the scene at the turn of millennium and is still in use by a few people today.

The much higher capacity of a DVD allows them to support considerably more music with no loss of quality or vastly increased quality with large amounts of information being able to fit on a single disc. On top of the increased quality and quantity the DVD-Audio format also offers additional channels for multi-channel effects. Unlike the CD, DVD-A supports everything from mono to 5.1 channel surround sound. The compact disc, on the other hand Justin Jones Womens Jersey , only held stereo recordings. If mono music was to be recorded to CD it would have to be converted to "stereo" by having 2 channels with identical material. Multichannel