Universal supports SACD


Universal Music Group just announced that it will support SACD with the objective of making SACD the preferred recording format.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010825/lasa001a.html

Also, Sony just added another manufacturing facility that is producing 500,000 SACDs/month and has a capacity to turn out over 1 million SACDs/month. This is in addition to its two other facilities. Sony announced that there are currently 440 SACD titles (170 Sony) and there would be 1,000 by March 2002. That would mean an average of 80-100 new SACDs/month for the next 6 months.

Looks to me that SACD greatest shortcoming (the software) is being addressed.
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I also believe Sony is making a mistake with the single layer discs. Alot of people like to play cds in their cars. Dual layer is also insurance against format death. I'm glad to see Universal is supporting SACD. Let's hope they go with dual layer discs. I read the post Abecollins pointed to. I don't see how dvd audio can be a dominant music format because you need to have the player hooked up to a monitor for on screen programing to use them, or am I missing something?