So what do you think?
Should i Bother waiting for a dvd audio player to come out or justbuy a regular dvd player right now.

p.s. When can i expect DVD audio players to hit the market
should i invest money in their stock
well what do you think?

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I hear both panasonic and pioneer are coming out with DVD audio players not sure when they will be availible. I don't know about sony or phillips because they are still wotking with the stereo super audio cd.

I also dont think there is too much material out on dvd audio if there's even any.

not sure about the stock either sorry :)

I guess it depends on how long you plan to keep your player before upgrading. I myself today would skip DVD Audio and get a normal DVD player. If in a year or two DVD Audio is more popular, then consider upgrading.

I can barely stand to listen to a whole CD worth of the same artist. In fact, I'm looking for a CD multidisk player with playlist programming that won't forget what the playlist is when you eject a disk or cartridge of disks.

I don't think audio is the best use of DVD's capacity. I'd be interested in versions of popular audio CD's that were recorded on DVD WITH the complete music VIDEO, maybe some outtakes and commentary, etc.. These would play in any current DVD player, be much more entertaining and not require an upgrade.

My 2 cents.

Dave

good point dave!

Does anyone know of any websites with specs on DVD Audio?

I imagine they can pack a buttload of audio on it even at a super high sampling bit rate.

Roland

There's a rather basic press release here. Can you believe only 74 minutes of stereo audio? At 9.6Mbps?

Uhm, Guys... you can already get 74 minutes of stereo audio out of your DVD player. Stick a music CD in it.

Ok, so that was 4 cents. Sorry.

Dave

Mmm having hte same thoughts myself

panasonic/ Technics are launching two players in the US this month. There are press releases on their US website (in the depths) $1000+

Pioneer are also launching one before 2000.

Both the panasonic and technics have dts and ac3 decoders built in, and going on their previous players shouldbe pretty good.

All depends on the format taking off though as Sony have lots of titles ready to relase on the rival SACD, but as yet there are no DVD-A software titles out. If DVD-A goes the same way as Betamax and DIVX then it will be a bloody expensive DVD-Video player!!

thats about $5 worht surely!

Lee..

So will DVD-A have 5 or 6 channel audio as opposed to the normal stereo?

I'm not too up on audio technology, so please forgive me, but is there such thing as a surround sound or 5.1 audio CD?

If they get to 5 or 6 channel CDs, what would be carried in the so many channels? With movies, you are in a surrounded environment where stuff like planes fly around and behind you, but music (e.g. listening to a band at a concert) is typically in front of you.

Any explanation would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Roland

Apparantly it's 74 minutes with 2-channels. Less with more. I honestly don't see the point of such super-high-completely-uncompressed bitrates. I'd rather see, say, 4 or 5 hours of 6-channel audio on a disc as a bare minimum. I mean a DVD movie's VIDEO track has a maximum of 10Mbps -- who needs 9.6Mbps for just AUDIO?

NONE of you has a clue has to what DVD audio is really about. IT uses MLP. what is that? look it up on the MeridianAudio web site and you will know. it is actually some pretty cool stuff.

If you are looking for 6 channels audio CD, it exist with many title available: it's called DTS audio.
Have a look at: http://www.dtstech.com/

Here's another DVD-Audio promo:
[Link: panasonic.com]

5.1 channels sounds good (imagine sitting in the middle of an orchestra instead of in the audience). Audio options do include DTS.

Dynamic range of 144dB may be too much for many. Doesn't it get painful above 120dB?

Question is, why would an artist/producer opt for DVD-Audio instead of DVD video?

Back to the original question, I'm waiting for a 200 disk DVD changer.

OMG guys are you all really this dense? DTS audio is 5.1 yet still compressed in the 20 bit domain. DVD audio can be either 96/24 bit or even higher with up to 8 channels of true audio. For u JOHN, i guess u dont understand what DVD video means. It does NOT NOT NOT have the AUDIO capabiltiies even close to DVD audio. DVD video is ALWAYS compressed and must USE Dolby digital or DTS compression. More to come about dvd audio soon but yes READ about it from the Creator of DVD audio at www.meridian-audio.com!