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1: Video Asylum, Hey small guy... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-09, 07:20:35 (24.44.184.205)
Mind your own business. .......
2: Video Asylum, All CRT projectors need reconvergence touch ups... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-09, 05:54:08 (24.44.184.205)
once or twice a year for the best looking picture. It's easy to do, so you can do it yourself. It generally takes only a few minutes or less. .......
3: Hi-Rez Highway, Spring, but that's spoken for too. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-07, 15:44:22 (24.44.184.205)
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4: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Very interesting and very exciting. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-07, 14:53:03 (24.44.184.205)
***Let's hope that the record labels start maxing out the capacity of this facility.*** It was maxed out before it was installed. .......
5: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Hey, hey, hey, whatcha doin' on this side of the 'hood? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-07, 14:28:47 (24.44.184.205)
***I just can't understand why some audiophiles of all people support a format that is clearly marketed to the average HT geek and has consistently done too little too late.*** Because they're not aud .......
6: Hi-Rez Highway, Some folks... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-07, 06:00:47 (24.44.184.205)
recognize when their chain is being yanked. Others get pulled off a cliff. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL .......
7: Video Asylum, Moderator: Please remove. Has nothing to do with video (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-07, 05:50:10 (24.44.184.205)
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8: Hi-Rez Highway, Yeah... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-06, 19:39:59 (24.44.184.205)
Universal said they were doing DVD-A 3 years ago. LOL! Sucker! .......
9: Hi-Rez Highway, I have the disc... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-06, 15:22:06 (24.44.184.205)
and have listened to it on multiple systems. How many systems do you think Fred used? .......
10: Hi-Rez Highway, And you believed him? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-06, 10:48:29 (24.44.184.205)
He likely told you that so you'd LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!! LOL .......
11: Hi-Rez Highway, Wanna buy a bridge? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-06, 07:55:03 (24.44.184.205)
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12: Hi-Rez Highway, Of course he needs a new preamp... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-06, 07:52:24 (24.44.184.205)
His preamp digitizes every input. He'll never hear the advantages of SACD that way. .......
13: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-05, 14:33:33 (24.44.184.205)
***Universal later in the year WILL be releasing DVD-Audio discs.*** No chance. .......
14: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Has anyone dampened the SACD 1000 cover? Will it void the warranty? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-05, 14:28:16 (24.44.184.205)
***Has anyone dampened the SACD 1000 cover?*** Wetting the cover is sure to void the warranty. .......
15: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: before we get carried away ... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-05, 13:12:15 (24.44.184.205)
***i would think that someone writing for TAS has got to be sophisticated enough to know what it takes to judge a recording fairly and how to do it in the right conditions.*** You would be wrong. Inco .......
16: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Amusing approach.. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-05, 13:10:35 (24.44.184.205)
***Why do you feel compelled to defend mediocrity?*** Mediocrity? The disc sounds wonderful on the 3 systems I've tried it on. How many systems have you tried it on? .......
17: Video Asylum, Not unless you plan a TV upgrade (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-04, 14:12:06 (24.44.184.205)
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18: Hi-Rez Highway, Why would anyone want to? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-03, 13:10:05 (24.44.184.205)
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19: Whiner's Woad, 100 times better than your JUNK! LOL (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-03, 11:16:14 (24.44.184.205)
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20: Hi-Rez Highway, LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-01, 08:15:16 (24.44.184.205)
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21: Video Asylum, Why? That's worse than composite (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-01, 05:35:05 (24.44.184.205)
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22: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: What's the alternative? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-01, 05:27:26 (24.44.184.205)
***In november you laughed about the idea of a DVD Audio hybrid and 3 month's later a prototype is presented.*** That's because it already existed in November. Duh. The DVD-A hybrid will prove to be a .......
23: Hi-Rez Highway, No, CD is some of the worst sound available... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-02-01, 05:23:11 (24.44.184.205)
in the past 60 years. Seems completely idiotic to me, unless you don't care about sound quality or don't recognize the relatively poor sound quality inherent in CD. .......
24: Video Asylum, Re: Need advice on composite cable for old Trinitron. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-31, 07:50:00 (24.44.184.205)
***What composite video cable would offer me a picture signal comparable to an S-Video connection?*** None. .......
25: Hi-Rez Highway, Take your lies back to the DVD-A forum... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-31, 05:08:04 (24.44.184.205)
Even the DVD-A folks know you're a liar. .......
26: Hi-Rez Highway, If it's so well researched... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-31, 05:03:51 (24.44.184.205)
Why the hell is it that you can't produce any of the relevant research???????????? .......
27: Hi-Rez Highway, Yes, but not two anti-SACD posters using the same IP within 24 hours. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 15:54:39 (24.44.184.205)
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28: Video Asylum, Theft of service is a criminal offense and should not be discussed here (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 14:59:50 (24.44.184.205)
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29: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Chris! (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 14:48:59 (24.44.184.205)
What's the point of having separate forums if no effort is made to keep the DVD-A folks off this forum? .......
30: Hi-Rez Highway, Duh (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 13:50:09 (24.44.184.205)
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31: Hi-Rez Highway, Stop embarrassing yourself and get out (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 13:47:26 (24.44.184.205)
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32: Hi-Rez Highway, What jimby probably wanted to say... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 13:45:53 (24.44.184.205)
"You seem to need psychiatric help. Stop stalking me with your third grade correspondence...or else!" .......
33: Hi-Rez Highway, That's nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 13:34:41 (24.44.184.205)
If Universal was interested in DVD-A they would have released some titles in the 3 YEARS since they declared support for it!!!! DVD-A is dead. Quit crying and go back to your own small little forum. : .......
34: Hi-Rez Highway, What are you doing on this forum? Go back to your own (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 09:54:40 (24.44.184.205)
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35: Hi-Rez Highway, Use the search function at the top of the page... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 09:52:07 (24.44.184.205)
that's what it's there for. .......
36: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Rich, You are simply unsocialized and rude to new posters. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 09:50:46 (24.44.184.205)
***I have no idea why you, and others, would not have the patience to listen to a reasoned scientific argument.*** When I hear one I'll listen. Unlike you, I'm not fooled by nonsense masquerading as e .......
37: Hi-Rez Highway, Do a search. It's been discussed to death (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 09:47:35 (24.44.184.205)
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38: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Who cares? I do not know, but is it not up to everyone to decide for them self? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 09:46:49 (24.44.184.205)
***What is you reason for feeling so strong about this?*** My two ears. Save your preaching for the brain dead over on the DVD-A forum. I'm still waiting for that research which proves that almost EV .......
39: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: It is, so don't worry about it............ (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 07:56:10 (24.44.184.205)
***Not everyone dislikes the effects, some rather like it, but almost everyone can detect when an artifically added HF-noise (like the noise from DSD) is taken away, at least when playing at high leve .......
40: Hi-Rez Highway, He's not a guest. He's an SACD basher (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 07:18:00 (24.44.184.205)
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41: Hi-Rez Highway, SACD bashers... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 07:14:43 (24.44.184.205)
should be banished to the DVD-A forum where you belong. .......
42: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 07:10:08 (24.44.184.205)
SACD bashing on an SACD forum is RUDE! .......
43: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Who cares? Go preach on the DVD-A forum (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 07:09:15 (24.44.184.205)
***Why do discussions on SACD's DSD-problems belong on the DVD-A forum???*** Because bashing isn't discussion. Your "problems" are completely irrelevant to most folks on this forum and you are a pro D .......
44: Hi-Rez Highway, Time Warner is in no shape to buy anything (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 05:32:13 (24.44.184.205)
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45: Video Asylum, You need a component to VGA converter. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 04:40:11 (24.44.184.205)
Key Digital and other manufacturers offer them. Do a Google search. .......
46: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 04:37:15 (24.44.184.205)
Merger costs my @ss. .......
47: Hi-Rez Highway, Moderator please banish this troll to the DVD-A forum... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 04:28:49 (24.44.184.205)
where he belongs. .......
48: Hi-Rez Highway, Who cares? Go preach on the DVD-A forum (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-30, 04:24:12 (24.44.184.205)
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49: General Asylum, Bush... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-29, 14:46:48 (24.44.184.205)
might have had the first guy killed. .......
50: Hi-Rez Highway, Obviously not... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-29, 13:06:21 (24.44.184.205)
Do you just make this stuff up? Many SCD-1s and 777s have more than 3000 hours on them already and haven't failed. .......
51: Video Asylum, Re: Plasma buzzing & life expectancy... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-29, 09:50:53 (24.44.184.205)
***a high-end direct view CRT HDTV monitor*** There is no such thing. Don't be fooled by bullshit claims. .......
52: Hi-Rez Highway, Do a search. The question has been asked hundreds of times (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-29, 03:27:26 (24.44.184.205)
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53: Hi-Rez Highway, Wrong forum (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-27, 10:48:50 (24.44.184.205)
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54: Hi-Rez Highway, They already are (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-27, 08:50:40 (24.44.184.205)
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55: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: That's brilliant, what a firm grasp on the obvious you have... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-27, 08:50:01 (24.44.184.205)
***You care to expand on that brilliant gem?*** No. Ignorance is your problem, not mine. .......
56: Hi-Rez Highway, Warner will sell what sells. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-27, 06:50:32 (24.44.184.205)
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57: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: If DVD-A dies, will Warner make SACD's ? or conclude Hirez = Dead ? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-27, 06:06:57 (24.44.184.205)
***Anybody else have this dilema ?*** What dilemma? Did Warner stick with the LP? .......
58: Hi-Rez Highway, Wrong forum (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-25, 15:00:13 (24.44.184.205)
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59: Hi-Rez Highway, Wrong forum (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-25, 14:58:12 (24.44.184.205)
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60: Hi-Rez Highway, Wrong forum! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-25, 09:42:08 (24.44.184.205)
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61: Hi-Rez Highway, Post this in the video forum where it belongs (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-24, 10:28:14 (24.44.184.205)
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62: Hi-Rez Highway, It's bonded (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-24, 07:00:44 (24.44.184.205)
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63: Hi-Rez Highway, A prohibitive amount more (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-24, 05:52:02 (24.44.184.205)
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64: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Warner would probably like that, but we shall have to see if retailers give it to them... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-24, 05:38:43 (24.44.184.205)
***When they hit the shelves, we'll find out.*** No one with any credibility has said they're going to hit the shelves. A bonded disc has a significantly higher cost of manufacture than the existing D .......
65: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Indeed, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-20, 08:27:11 (24.44.184.205)
***anybody with even a simple DVD player (and there’s LOTs of those now) is going to flip it over give that surround 5.1 programme a spin!*** You're kidding yourself. Well over 90% of folks don't have .......
66: Video Asylum, The line doublers in most rptvs... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 18:38:30 (24.44.184.205)
including your Toshiba aren't very good. A good progessive scan dvd player will enable you to buypass your set's doubler and will deliver the best picture your set is capable of, short of high definit .......
67: Video Asylum, I agree...16:9 was my choice, as well (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 18:31:34 (24.44.184.205)
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68: Hi-Rez Highway, They should prohibit the DVD-A folks from posting here (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 15:16:50 (24.44.184.205)
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69: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: No indication, and still good figures. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 13:55:06 (24.44.184.205)
***However, there is simply no way in my view they could be retail sales.*** Your view? LOL You haven't even figured out that this isn't the DVD-A forum. .......
70: Hi-Rez Highway, No boom or loose bass here via a variety of speakers... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 13:40:22 (24.44.184.205)
and no trouble hearing bass fundamentals either. .......
71: Hi-Rez Highway, Europe (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 13:30:27 (24.44.184.205)
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72: Video Asylum, Cheap digital sound with a high price (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 07:12:40 (24.44.184.205)
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73: Video Asylum, I've never found their evaluations to be at all relevant (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 07:10:23 (24.44.184.205)
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74: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-19, 06:46:42 (24.44.184.205)
you have no way of knowing whether they're shipment figures, since whether they are or are not isn't detailed. It is likely however, that it is retail sales since someone already posted scanner inform .......
75: Hi-Rez Highway, You are correct (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-18, 14:37:33 (24.44.184.205)
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76: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Stealth (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 11:23:18 (24.44.184.205)
***I think "stealth" hybrid SACDs are also an admission of failure by the high resolution people. It says, "we cannot get a suffiently large number of people to purchase hi-rez discs in their own righ .......
77: Hi-Rez Highway, CDs can't stay cheaper when they're gone... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 09:31:53 (24.44.184.205)
And the music download business has been a total bust so far. .......
78: Video Asylum, Picture quality can't be accurately judged in a showroom... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 08:51:07 (24.44.184.205)
To accurately judge picture quality, both monitors need to be calibrated. Showroom monitors aren't calibrated and most will be misadjusted. Any choice made base on showroom viewing is a crapshoot. ::: .......
79: Hi-Rez Highway, Learn to comprehend what you read... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 07:59:13 (24.44.184.205)
And don't criticize what you know nothing about. .......
80: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Personally, I think they may be moving too fast (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 06:43:41 (24.44.184.205)
***they've already missed a big opportunity by making these SACD's "stereo only" (as the web site says).*** What big opportunity? Multichannel audio is a tiny niche of the total audio market. ::: TOPI .......
81: Hi-Rez Highway, It's not an afterthought... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 06:23:45 (24.44.184.205)
it was designed into the product. ***The biggest problem facing the Hi-Rez formats right now (apart from the fact that spinning silver platters are probably transitional anyway), is that it's "a solu .......
82: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: They sell more discs... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 06:19:19 (24.44.184.205)
***True, but by enough of a margin to make it worth the major labels while?*** Obviously, they think so or they wouldn't be supporting it. ***Not if very few people are listening to the SACD layer.*** .......
83: Hi-Rez Highway, Doesn't count since Denon and Marantz have been merged... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 06:12:13 (24.44.184.205)
Marantz and Denon are no longer separate companies. They are now just brand names of D&M Holdings. .......
84: Hi-Rez Highway, And Philips (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 06:03:29 (24.44.184.205)
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85: Hi-Rez Highway, They sell more discs... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 06:02:37 (24.44.184.205)
A hybrid will ALWAYS outsell a CD if the pricing is comparable. .......
86: Hi-Rez Highway, Royalties (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 05:56:30 (24.44.184.205)
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87: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Image is everything I'll bet at those CES shows. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 05:09:10 (24.44.184.205)
***A statistician would say an exacting survey of what they prefer (sacd or dvd-a) would require every person that owns a sound system-ANY kind of sound system-to be questioned.*** No, they wouldn't. .......
88: Hi-Rez Highway, They obviously are... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 04:56:53 (24.44.184.205)
The manufacturing industry wouldn't be moving forward with hybrid production if it wasn't cost effective. .......
89: Hi-Rez Highway, Of course it does... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 04:44:48 (24.44.184.205)
The goal is disc royalty revenue. Hybrids deliver it. .......
90: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Continue to Produce Hybrids If Market Doesn't Have SACD Capable Player?? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-14, 04:40:29 (24.44.184.205)
***A question friends and I ponder. If a large percentage of the market continues along with listening on mini systems, boomboxes, in their car, portable players, DVD players, etc. and doesn't buy an .......
91: Hi-Rez Highway, Did I say he questioned whether it sounded good? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 15:28:17 (24.44.184.205)
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92: Hi-Rez Highway, Bull... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 14:54:14 (24.44.184.205)
There is no such thing as a DVD-A player. Only DVD players with an added DVD-A feature. Name a single DVD-A only player. You can't. That's because no manufacturer is dumb enough to make one because it .......
93: Hi-Rez Highway, You're correct. It IS going nowhere (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 14:48:21 (24.44.184.205)
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94: Hi-Rez Highway, He's questioned SACD and Sony (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 14:45:11 (24.44.184.205)
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95: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: In addition, Hansen hasn't been here in a month and when he was, he said nothing about DSD. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 14:43:58 (24.44.184.205)
***you are not doing much for your cause*** You don't know the definition of a lie. BTW, I don't need to do anything. DVD-A is dead. .......
96: Hi-Rez Highway, We know that the Stones reissues sold more alone than all DVD-A discs combined... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 10:07:01 (24.44.184.205)
have ever sold. We know that hybrid disc manufacturing capacity is expanding. We know that many music labels that originally committed to DVD-A have switched to SACD. What more do we need to know? ::: .......
97: Hi-Rez Highway, Most people don't buy music videos... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 10:02:32 (24.44.184.205)
I can't imagine why that is a surprise to you. .......
98: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Music DVD's: The sleeper format? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 10:00:34 (24.44.184.205)
***Don't tell Rich, he always says music can only be sold in the 'music aisle' where CDs are*** Learn to comprehend what you read. I never made any such statement. You inferred that because you can't .......
99: Hi-Rez Highway, Among many folks here, you have a reputation... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 09:57:35 (24.44.184.205)
as a liar and a sockpuppet. Nuff said. .......
100: Hi-Rez Highway, I don't lie... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 09:55:16 (24.44.184.205)
if you want to confuse a name mixup with a lie, that's your problem. Moreover, I couldn't care less whether anyone considers what I say credible. .......
101: Hi-Rez Highway, No it isn't the same. . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 09:51:00 (24.44.184.205)
Sony has been marketing SACD only players and DVD/SACD players. Show me one DVD-A only player. LOL .......
102: Hi-Rez Highway, No SACD player manufacturers are including DVD-Audio . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 09:49:03 (24.44.184.205)
You have it backwards. DVD player manufacturers are now including SACD. None of the SACD player manufacturers (Sony, Philips, Marantz, Accuphase, Classe, Krell, etc) have added DVD-A capability. ::: T .......
103: Hi-Rez Highway, You don't have any Sony friends or any credibility (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 08:56:01 (24.44.184.205)
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104: Hi-Rez Highway, No, Arcam introduce a DVD player that also plays DVD- Audio (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 08:54:37 (24.44.184.205)
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105: Hi-Rez Highway, You are mistaken... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-13, 06:17:48 (24.44.184.205)
The 9000 is just another top end model in Sony's DVD player line, descended from the original top end model 7000 years ago. They've now added SACD capability. Check the line history. .......
106: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Rich...Please Stop You're Killing Me.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 14:06:41 (24.44.184.205)
***Obviously you're incapable of drawing any meaningful conclusions from that.*** That's because there aren't any to be drawn. Next. .......
107: Hi-Rez Highway, You are correct for once... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 13:40:16 (24.44.184.205)
I confused Halverson with that other PCM gnat, Hansen. All these small PCM backers look alike to me. Do your search on Charles Hansen. .......
108: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: You're right... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 13:21:18 (24.44.184.205)
***I'm sure there are some people that have their DVD player hooked up to their tv only*** Not some, most. ***That's what drives the HT economy; the male gene.*** The vast majority of people don't hav .......
109: Hi-Rez Highway, Yeah, just like DSOTM (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 13:04:55 (24.44.184.205)
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110: Hi-Rez Highway, Prove that you're more than a gnat first (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 13:02:53 (24.44.184.205)
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111: Hi-Rez Highway, Duh... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 12:59:41 (24.44.184.205)
I don't charge by the hour in my consulting business. .......
112: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Most people don't play music on their DVD players (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 12:57:21 (24.44.184.205)
***If Sony felt most people don't play music on their DVD players ... why did they include progressive DVD capability into their 9000ES SACD player and now into ther new 999ES SACD player ! Why ? Beca .......
113: Hi-Rez Highway, My rate is $500 per hour (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 12:52:50 (24.44.184.205)
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114: Hi-Rez Highway, Unless you're limiting your point.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 12:35:37 (24.44.184.205)
to consumers like the folks who visit this site (less than 3% of the market), "universal" is irrelevant. Most DVD player volume is below the $200 price point. As such, what is your point? That Sony is .......
115: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Get Real! (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 12:01:10 (24.44.184.205)
***Your logic is beyond comprehension.*** Correction: My logic is beyond your comprehension. ***On one hand you say people play CDs through Cd players with a speaker system of some sort. Then when the .......
116: Hi-Rez Highway, Who cares what you think? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 11:47:40 (24.44.184.205)
What you're proposing is not only wrong, it's ridiculous. .......
117: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Another perspective on the hirez battle. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 11:07:11 (24.44.184.205)
***Rich: "Most people don't play music on their DVD players"*** That is a fact. Don't blame me if you're too ignorant to know it. Unlike you, most folks are much older than 20 and already have a CD pl .......
118: Hi-Rez Highway, Learn to make sense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 11:01:41 (24.44.184.205)
Sony has five times the market share of Pioneer in DVD players. Denon and Marantz have significantly less market share than Pioneer. The "universal" feature has done little for Pioneer sales because M .......
119: Hi-Rez Highway, Your Admiral isn't progressive scan capable (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 10:40:28 (24.44.184.205)
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120: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 09:39:15 (24.44.184.205)
Most people don't play music on their DVD players. The hottest selling players are the least expensive, and those players don't even have progressive scan. .......
121: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Wishful thinking... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-12, 05:54:53 (24.44.184.205)
***Of course, that was never the plan, although I said here TWO years ago that the only way to get any headway with SACD was to make it transparent to the average customer and make the switch unknowin .......
122: Hi-Rez Highway, That's about 20 people. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 14:37:14 (24.44.184.205)
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123: Hi-Rez Highway, No one cares about Classic's 2 bit operation... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 11:29:15 (24.44.184.205)
except dead format lovers. Enjoy your dead format. .......
124: Hi-Rez Highway, No one cares... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 11:21:17 (24.44.184.205)
Most people have never heard of Classic Records and they never will. If Chesky and Telarc can't sell more than a handful of DVD-A discs, Classic can't either. 24/192 is completely irrelevant to most f .......
125: Hi-Rez Highway, Folks like you... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 09:56:19 (24.44.184.205)
have to learn the hard way. .......
126: Hi-Rez Highway, Not far. Plush is finished (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 09:28:28 (24.44.184.205)
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127: Hi-Rez Highway, This is the hi-rez form. Post your CDP inquiries in Digital Drive where they belong (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 08:58:18 (24.44.184.205)
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128: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: So we add a 24/192 mix to the original DAD concept. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 07:54:32 (24.44.184.205)
***He's targeting the audiophile market with his first release; competing directly with SACD in SACD's strongest market.*** And he's going to fail miserably, AGAIN. .......
129: Hi-Rez Highway, It's being dropped by EMI (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 07:50:32 (24.44.184.205)
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130: Hi-Rez Highway, And this post confirms what many already knew... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 07:49:27 (24.44.184.205)
You don't have a clue about marketing. .......
131: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey genius... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 07:47:27 (24.44.184.205)
Hybrids were the plan from the beginning. You're simply unable to grasp that a 35 billion dollar market transition has to be done in stages. ***The single-layer SACD is dead.*** No it isn't. You'll b .......
132: Hi-Rez Highway, Halverson is here frequently and was here a few weeks ago (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 07:37:15 (24.44.184.205)
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133: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Isn't that a bit shortsighted... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 07:03:14 (24.44.184.205)
***If you like the vinyl releases that Classic puts out, why deny yourself those because they have selected DVD-A as a digital hi-res medium.*** There are more vinyl reissues from labels other than Cl .......
134: Hi-Rez Highway, Hobson is in bed with Halverson of Muse... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 06:57:47 (24.44.184.205)
who comes around these parts periodically, trying to sow the seeds of DSD discontent. Chumps! .......
135: Hi-Rez Highway, Are you aware that these are the same fools... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 06:52:19 (24.44.184.205)
who introduced DAD, a complete DUD in the marketplace? DVD-A is dead. .......
136: Hi-Rez Highway, Folks like you are often observed standing in the rain (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 06:22:45 (24.44.184.205)
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137: Hi-Rez Highway, Get a clue... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 06:07:37 (24.44.184.205)
sales of 15,000 copies for your best selling titles = DOOM. Have fun with your dead format. LOL .......
138: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Plush! Why didn't Sony announce that they're dropping SACD? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 05:50:04 (24.44.184.205)
Duhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Instead they announced a sh!tload of new SACDs, that they're expanding hybrid production capacity and that they'll be producing hybrids under their own label. Are you sure the sour .......
139: Hi-Rez Highway, Better hurry... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 05:35:41 (24.44.184.205)
it's going away soon. .......
140: Hi-Rez Highway, LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 05:25:00 (24.44.184.205)
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141: Hi-Rez Highway, The ONLY significant news for DVD-A in the past year... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-11, 05:19:19 (24.44.184.205)
has been poor sales, how many labels AREN'T supporting it, which labels that previously announced support of it, are dropping it in favor of SACD, and how the DVD-A forum is scrambling trying to circu .......
142: Hi-Rez Highway, He's in bed with Halverson... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-10, 20:15:56 (24.44.184.205)
They'll learn the hard way. .......
143: Hi-Rez Highway, From the same idiots who thought DAD would fly (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-10, 19:59:56 (24.44.184.205)
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144: Hi-Rez Highway, Get real... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-10, 19:56:24 (24.44.184.205)
DVD-A is on the way out at EMI. It can't compete with SACD/CD hybrids. That should have been obvious to anyone the day EMI announced support for SACD. .......
145: Hi-Rez Highway, Duhhh... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-10, 19:42:18 (24.44.184.205)
Everyone else already knows. .......
146: Hi-Rez Highway, No... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-10, 05:26:47 (24.44.184.205)
DVD player manufacturers are adding SACD capabilities to the players. Why? Because they're finally figuring out what was predicted years ago...DVD-A is dead. .......
147: Hi-Rez Highway, Seek help (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 12:22:14 (24.44.184.205)
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148: Hi-Rez Highway, In a parallel universe... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 11:57:46 (24.44.184.205)
where reality is suspended perhaps. .......
149: Hi-Rez Highway, Folks... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 11:41:30 (24.44.184.205)
like you enable me to take 300 days of vacation per year. Thanks. .......
150: Hi-Rez Highway, I'm not speaking of racks... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 09:41:23 (24.44.184.205)
I'm speaking of Rolling Stones hybrid discs being placed within the "R" section of CDs. There is a HUGE difference. .......
151: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony will do nothing that impedes its ability to sell blades... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 09:37:55 (24.44.184.205)
and a universal player from Sony would impede that ability. .......
152: Hi-Rez Highway, The big money is in the blades, not the shaver (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 09:11:25 (24.44.184.205)
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153: Hi-Rez Highway, You don't... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 09:09:12 (24.44.184.205)
seem to comprehend what you read very well. Folks who do, don't misinterpret what they read. .......
154: Hi-Rez Highway, Learn to read (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 08:56:23 (24.44.184.205)
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155: Hi-Rez Highway, That will be the day (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 08:46:30 (24.44.184.205)
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156: Hi-Rez Highway, One is out of print... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 08:40:54 (24.44.184.205)
but the other two are still available most anywhere. .......
157: Hi-Rez Highway, Virtually every universal player manufactured today... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 08:39:03 (24.44.184.205)
would have been a DVD-V/DVD-A only player if manufactured 6 months to a year ago. That would be a terrible development for DVD-A if it were on equal footing with SACD/hybrids in distribution terms. Ad .......
158: Hi-Rez Highway, Are you saying you can't see the obvious? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 07:29:25 (24.44.184.205)
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159: Hi-Rez Highway, Universal players are significantly contributing to the death of DVD-A (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 06:22:40 (24.44.184.205)
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160: Hi-Rez Highway, I don't think you fellows understand how negative a development... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 06:06:57 (24.44.184.205)
universal players are for the DVD-A camp. .......
161: Hi-Rez Highway, Your guess is dead wrong... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 05:56:06 (24.44.184.205)
and makes absolutely no sense. .......
162: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Those were such open questions . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-09, 05:16:32 (24.44.184.205)
***Those were such open questions*** That was the intent. Most anyone can find a definition in a textbook or via an online search. The answers to some of the questions I asked, however, aren't likely .......
163: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: dunno (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 16:43:03 (24.44.184.205)
***DUI will probably see this as a sign that UMG has given up on SACD ("I told you!!!).*** An idiot would. Perhaps he'll surprise you. .......
164: Hi-Rez Highway, Another F... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 16:40:05 (24.44.184.205)
Oh well, I guess books aren't everything. .......
165: Hi-Rez Highway, You get an F here... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 16:38:40 (24.44.184.205)
I guess your books don't help with those. .......
166: Hi-Rez Highway, I didn't ask you... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 15:43:10 (24.44.184.205)
and your answer to number one is wrong although close. .......
167: Hi-Rez Highway, I didn't ask you (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 15:42:11 (24.44.184.205)
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168: Hi-Rez Highway, Most anyone in marketing could answer the questions easily... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 15:16:57 (24.44.184.205)
You obviously can't. Either you're an idiot or you aren't in marketing. LOL .......
169: Hi-Rez Highway, Poor Robert...can't answer a series of simple marketing questions. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 15:05:14 (24.44.184.205)
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170: Hi-Rez Highway, Still further... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 14:57:05 (24.44.184.205)
What rough percentage of total consumption do heavy users account for in most consumer product markets? .......
171: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Further... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 14:46:01 (24.44.184.205)
What are the general characteristics of brands in market leadership positions? What are the general characteristics of brands in the second and third market share positions? .......
172: Hi-Rez Highway, Further... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 14:41:46 (24.44.184.205)
What are the limitations of scanner sales data? Warehouse data? .......
173: Hi-Rez Highway, Prove yourself... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 14:36:03 (24.44.184.205)
What is Infoscan and what is the Hendry model? .......
174: Hi-Rez Highway, Complete and utter nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 14:32:13 (24.44.184.205)
I've run a highly successful marketing consulting firm for 25 years and I don't believe anyone as clueless as you could possibly be in marketing. Even if you could get hired, you wouldn't last a week. .......
175: Hi-Rez Highway, Marketing... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 13:45:51 (24.44.184.205)
appears to be well beyond your ability to comprehend. That's interesting given that much of the field is based in common sense. Oh well, you can always wait for other folks to tell you what's going on .......
176: Hi-Rez Highway, The DVD-A number is too high...it's more like 5%. LOL (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 12:37:32 (24.44.184.205)
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177: Hi-Rez Highway, Guess again... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 12:01:15 (24.44.184.205)
***Obviously, you are getting your information from the aisles of your local stores.*** I don't shop retail, but more importantly, I don't need visual confirmation of the obvious. No retailer is goin .......
178: Hi-Rez Highway, LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 09:46:45 (24.44.184.205)
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179: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: There are no rumors that DVD-A might be dropped, except for the ones Rich makes up and spreads . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 09:43:32 (24.44.184.205)
***three of the five major labels , Warner , BMG , and EMI , are releasing DVD-As in North America .*** Not for long...LOL .......
180: Hi-Rez Highway, I'd love to answer that, but my post would be deleted... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 06:45:20 (24.44.184.205)
and I'd probably get a "COOL IT." LOL .......
181: Hi-Rez Highway, Only an idiot looks in his/her local stores... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 06:43:58 (24.44.184.205)
foolishly believing that has any representativeness to what's happening in the total market. FACT: Some SACD classical discs sell as many copies as the best selling DVD-A pop discs. FACT: The Stones d .......
182: Hi-Rez Highway, There are no rumors that SACD might be dropped... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 06:20:30 (24.44.184.205)
and anyone should be able to see that the SACD folks are crushing DVD-A. Far better sales, more labels, more titles and with hybrids, they can get distribution in the CD aisle where people buy music. .......
183: Hi-Rez Highway, Martin says...technical expert? Get real... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 05:04:21 (24.44.184.205)
Stick to decoder rings. .......
184: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Bigboot/YeahBaby/Junky/Rich... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 04:58:43 (24.44.184.205)
Posting under more than one moniker is against the rules. Try reading them next time. 1: DVD-A is dead! nt (0.00) Posted by Rich. on 2003-01-08, 04:29:52 (12.1.241.148) ....... 2: Try a Q-Tip sometim .......
185: Hi-Rez Highway, There aren't many things more humorous... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-08, 04:45:45 (24.44.184.205)
than the DVD-A debacle and its fans. .......
186: Hi-Rez Highway, It's dead. Wake up (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 19:53:03 (24.44.184.205)
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187: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: DVD-A will be lucky to survive 2003. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 15:49:02 (24.44.184.205)
***See (soon), Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Days Night, Beatles for Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper......*** Yeah, just like DSOTM! LOL Have fun with your dead format. :: .......
188: Hi-Rez Highway, Perhaps if you were a bit older... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 15:25:22 (24.44.184.205)
why DVD-A can't possibly succeed. Oh well, live and learn. LOL .......
189: Hi-Rez Highway, Use your ears and stop reading trash (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 15:20:48 (24.44.184.205)
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190: Hi-Rez Highway, Put down the crack pipe LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 15:12:17 (24.44.184.205)
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191: Hi-Rez Highway, BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Get real (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 15:07:27 (24.44.184.205)
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192: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A is running on vapors now... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 13:59:42 (24.44.184.205)
Player sales are completely irrelevant if you can't get distribution in the aisle where folks buy music. DVD-A is history. .......
193: Hi-Rez Highway, No, DVD-A is like DEAD. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 13:42:22 (24.44.184.205)
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194: Hi-Rez Highway, I doubt if it sold 2000. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 13:39:58 (24.44.184.205)
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195: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A will be lucky to survive 2003. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 13:21:57 (24.44.184.205)
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196: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 12:52:08 (24.44.184.205)
Where's DSOTM? LOL .......
197: Hi-Rez Highway, He's frustrated... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 12:40:56 (24.44.184.205)
He's out of work and DVD-A is getting its ass kicked. LOL .......
198: Hi-Rez Highway, So much for DSOTM on DVD-A LOL... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 12:38:33 (24.44.184.205)
I hear the folks at EMI are none too happy with virtually nonexistent DVD-A sales. How long will it be before they drop it? Maybe they already have. LOL .......
199: Hi-Rez Highway, Wrong . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 11:58:17 (24.44.184.205)
All they care about is ridiculing you! DVD-A is dead. LOL .......
200: Video Asylum, Why would you... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 11:56:04 (24.44.184.205)
waste money buying a flat panel monitor designed for video reproduction? Buy a cheap LCD projector. They're designed for Powerpoint presentations. .......
201: Hi-Rez Highway, Where are all the DVD-As you said we'd be swamped with? LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 11:47:18 (24.44.184.205)
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202: Hi-Rez Highway, ROFLMAO!!!!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 11:46:32 (24.44.184.205)
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203: Hi-Rez Highway, Every Dolby Digital track I've heard is far worse than CD (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 07:26:17 (24.44.184.205)
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204: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: utter nonsense (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 05:54:25 (24.44.184.205)
***Until either of us can prove scientifically what is perceptible to the average human ear, then you cannot call the unknown nonsense.*** He can and did. You really need your own Dead DVD-A forum whe .......
205: Hi-Rez Highway, No... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-07, 05:48:13 (24.44.184.205)
all you've done is degrade your original sound. .......
206: Hi-Rez Highway, Dead DVD-A: The truth . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-06, 15:50:18 (24.44.184.205)
It's dead. .......
207: Hi-Rez Highway, No, it isn't true (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 16:23:23 (24.44.184.205)
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208: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: If they could have... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 16:18:33 (24.44.184.205)
***Again, not wanting to disagree - merely wishing for more clarity, which patents do Sony/Philips still hold?*** Don't know the specifics, but the following quote from a news article quoting the DVD .......
209: Hi-Rez Highway, Time for you to visit the library... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 16:10:37 (24.44.184.205)
and check out some books on basic research design. What I don't understand, however, is why you're so eager to display your ignorance. .......
210: Hi-Rez Highway, If they could have... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 14:51:22 (24.44.184.205)
they would have already. One can deduce that at least one of the following is true: 1. Manufacturing costs for a hybrid that doesn't violate Sony/Philips patents are prohibitive 2. They can't get arou .......
211: Hi-Rez Highway, I defer to your expertise in wishful thinking and self-delusion (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 14:03:26 (24.44.184.205)
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212: Hi-Rez Highway, I have lots of reel tapes... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 13:05:08 (24.44.184.205)
many of which are live recordings at 15" per second or more. I also have some 15" per second reel tape master dubs, some of which I also have the CD release for comparison. I've also spent plenty of t .......
213: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I don't think so. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 12:46:33 (24.44.184.205)
***My only claim here is that SACD can be weaker than CD on HF percussion*** Correction: SACD can be erroneously perceived to be weaker than CD on HF percussion. It should be obvious to you that nothi .......
214: Hi-Rez Highway, There are plenty of other variables that affect perception... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 12:22:44 (24.44.184.205)
that I left out. .......
215: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Come on.......... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 12:21:12 (24.44.184.205)
***A lot of other people have concluded the same.*** Most people are ignorant. Folks who have a clue about research design and methodology don't draw inappropriate conclusions from silly comparisons. .......
216: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I don't know that about that side of the coin..... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 12:16:05 (24.44.184.205)
***That is a legitimate comparison.*** Yes, it could be, but it would be completely irrelevant, since the findings would only be valid only for those 2 specific players and only on the discs that were .......
217: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: When I Look Into Your Eyes (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 11:57:57 (24.44.184.205)
***This is an instance where the CD is better than the stereo track on the SACD.*** Unless you've run a ton of trials using a proper methodology and a wide variety different equipment, you can't possi .......
218: Hi-Rez Highway, You're missing the point... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 11:45:06 (24.44.184.205)
Ignorance doesn't make his methodology valid. He just doesn't know any better. .......
219: Hi-Rez Highway, His stated conclusion is incorrect... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 11:07:13 (24.44.184.205)
He didn't use the a valid methodology to draw his stated conclusion. You obviously know little about research design. .......
220: Hi-Rez Highway, Why would they? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 10:33:18 (24.44.184.205)
His methodology is flawed and his conclusion is incorrect. .......
221: Hi-Rez Highway, Dream on... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 09:52:50 (24.44.184.205)
There's zero chance that you'll ever see DVD-A/CD hybrids on the market! And I mean ZERO chance. .......
222: Hi-Rez Highway, The headstart is irrelevant when your competition is dead (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 09:48:27 (24.44.184.205)
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223: Hi-Rez Highway, A sh!tload! LOL Dead DVD-A! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 09:47:34 (24.44.184.205)
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224: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I'm surprised someone hasn't retorted about the reasons for the high RS sales . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 06:39:35 (24.44.184.205)
***As I serious doubt this would be the case with SACD only RS disks.*** What is the point of speculating about something that isn't reality? The discs are hybrids. .......
225: Hi-Rez Highway, Player sales are completely irrelevant (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-05, 06:29:22 (24.44.184.205)
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226: Hi-Rez Highway, Far more SACD discs have been sold than DVD-As LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-04, 07:27:15 (24.44.184.205)
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227: Hi-Rez Highway, Guess again... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-04, 06:05:06 (24.44.184.205)
This isn't an expansion situation. The new hybrid production lines are converted CD production lines. The CD is being very slowly phased out. Can you say dead DVD-A? .......
228: Hi-Rez Highway, Ground control to DUI... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-04, 06:01:08 (24.44.184.205)
There are well over 1000 SACDs available vs about 200 DVD-As if you don't count that Silverline junk. Moreover, the SACDs actually sell! Dead DVD-A. LOL .......
229: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD players... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-04, 05:57:16 (24.44.184.205)
being bought by movie fans to watch movies don't sell DVD-A discs. LOL .......
230: Hi-Rez Highway, Because no one ever bought any DVD-A discs! LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 15:22:07 (24.44.184.205)
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231: Hi-Rez Highway, Dead DVD-A... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 14:26:04 (24.44.184.205)
Highfidelityreview.com lists 125 SACD labels vs. 57 DVD-A labels. This is really becoming laughable. LOL .......
232: Video Asylum, I thought it was humorous actually... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 14:04:28 (24.44.184.205)
and was wondering how long it was going to take before someone posted, 'hey moron.' It didn't take long. LOL .......
233: Hi-Rez Highway, How do you know... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 11:06:11 (24.44.184.205)
you're not hearing analog tape overload distortion? .......
234: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: DVD-A & SACD (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 10:52:53 (24.44.184.205)
***I do have a few problems with SACD.*** It's infinitely more likely that you have a problem with your player within your system/room context. If the SACD technology had problems, everybody would be .......
235: Video Asylum, The post originally appeared in hi-rez... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 10:38:25 (24.44.184.205)
It was transferred here along with my response from the hi-rez forum. .......
236: Video Asylum, I've never seen the bug in 3 years of watching films on... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 10:36:10 (24.44.184.205)
a frequent basis via both a 65" rear projector and a 7 1/2 foot front projector. I have numerous other players that supposedly have the bug, but I've never seen the bug on them either. As such, the ch .......
237: Video Asylum, I tried the 62... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 08:05:16 (24.44.184.205)
and returned that piece of junk the next day. It had stairstepping artifacts galore. My 3 year old Toshiba didn't exhibit the same problems. When artifacts weren't visible (only about 10% of the time) .......
238: Hi-Rez Highway, He doesn't have any DVD-A sales data... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-03, 08:00:23 (24.44.184.205)
He thinks DVD-V and DVD-A are the same thing! LOL With support like that, it's not surprising DVD-A is dead. .......
239: Hi-Rez Highway, Linn.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 23:37:58 (24.44.184.205)
the expert in overpriced mid-fi electronics and turntables with bloated bass. .......
240: Hi-Rez Highway, On this site... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 18:47:36 (24.44.184.205)
most folks deem SACD superior in sound. I have no opinion on that, but I wouldn't be caught dead with dead DVD-A. The discs don't sell worth a damn because the fools who introduced the format didn't r .......
241: Hi-Rez Highway, Obviously so, since the Stones are SACD... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 18:35:14 (24.44.184.205)
That's too bad for dead DVD-A. Hmmmmm...dead DVD-A has a nice ring to it. I think I'll submit it for the name of your new forum. .......
242: Hi-Rez Highway, It should be obvious to you that demand is greater than supply... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 18:28:30 (24.44.184.205)
Why do you think all the new production capacity is coming online? You apparently have no idea what that means. Why am I not surprised? .......
243: Hi-Rez Highway, More demand than supply (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 16:33:57 (24.44.184.205)
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244: Hi-Rez Highway, 15,000 copies of pop discs is a joke.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 15:01:30 (24.44.184.205)
From what I hear, some classical SACD titles have sold that many copies. DVD-A is so dead. .......
245: Hi-Rez Highway, That isn't what you stated.. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 14:16:43 (24.44.184.205)
your previous post said nothing about Universal. .......
246: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony had nothing to do with the DVD-A circuitry... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 14:12:30 (24.44.184.205)
That is a fact. Why are you trying to create a story where there is none? .......
247: Hi-Rez Highway, That... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 13:17:35 (24.44.184.205)
you should try understanding what you read before posting. .......
248: Hi-Rez Highway, 1 million? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 13:07:27 (24.44.184.205)
Has the cumulative total of all DVD-A discs ever sold worldwide topped the 1 million mark yet? LOL .......
249: Hi-Rez Highway, No they didn't. I suggest you reread and pay particular attention... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 13:04:41 (24.44.184.205)
to Sony's involvement in only the DSD/SACD implementation. You'll find nothing that states Sony had any involvement in the DVD-A capabilities. Pay better attention next time and maybe you won't get st .......
250: Hi-Rez Highway, It isn't Sony's player... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 12:00:02 (24.44.184.205)
What about that don't you understand? .......
251: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Positive Feedback (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 11:22:59 (24.44.184.205)
***Funny how he avoids to mention that the new linn player and the oem kit do DVD Audio.*** Why would he mention it? Most of his readers know it's dead. .......
252: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD sales have NOTHING to do with DVD-A sales (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:48:42 (24.44.184.205)
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253: Hi-Rez Highway, Typo. Should have read 34 billion not 64... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:47:44 (24.44.184.205)
but that doesn't change the point in the least. .......
254: Hi-Rez Highway, Did you hear that from your top secret pals at Universal? LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:37:49 (24.44.184.205)
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255: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony has nothing to do with DVD-A capability in that player... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:33:22 (24.44.184.205)
BTW, there is no half wrong or right, Sony will never do DVD-A. .......
256: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: You need to get a better grip on reality... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:18:33 (24.44.184.205)
***SACD can't get meaningful distribution anywhere. That's the reality. Period. Even the Rolling Stones experiment is an expensive flop.*** The CD aisle is where 64 billion dollars of sales are made e .......
257: Hi-Rez Highway, I wouldn't... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:14:05 (24.44.184.205)
need to repeat myself if you had a better understanding of marketing and sales. .......
258: Hi-Rez Highway, You need to get a better grip on reality... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:10:19 (24.44.184.205)
A music format that can't gain distribution in the section where CDs are sold is never going to be anything but a niche product at best. Warner and EMI aren't interested in niche product sales. End of .......
259: Hi-Rez Highway, You still don't get it... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 10:05:48 (24.44.184.205)
this isn't about profits today. It's about generating revenue streams for the next 20 years. While you've been daydreaming about dead DVD-A, Sony and Philips have been building the manufacturing infra .......
260: Hi-Rez Highway, That's... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 08:34:14 (24.44.184.205)
about as likely as the sun going out next week. .......
261: Hi-Rez Highway, Being... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-02, 00:26:06 (24.44.184.205)
a small fish in a small economic pond is nothing to be ashamed of. No need to get bent out of shape when it's pointed out to you. .......
262: Hi-Rez Highway, Get real... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-01, 17:48:59 (24.44.184.205)
the UK is a tiny market, a blip on the radar screen. .......
263: Hi-Rez Highway, Who cares about the UK? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-01, 11:32:16 (24.44.184.205)
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264: Hi-Rez Highway, You've already heard the truth...DVD-A is DEAD! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-01, 11:31:33 (24.44.184.205)
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265: Hi-Rez Highway, Duh...... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2003-01-01, 09:40:54 (24.44.184.205)
He already answered. Are you thick headed? .......
266: Hi-Rez Highway, He's more than a fervent supporter... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-31, 14:28:18 (24.44.184.205)
he's gets royalties for every DVD-A disc sold. He's also full of sh*t. .......
267: Hi-Rez Highway, The SACD crushed the DVD-A in sales . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-31, 06:58:52 (24.44.184.205)
Michael Bishop quote: "Given that the SACD version of the 1812 release has far outsold the DVD-A version, it's not likely we can spend the additional $15,000 to re-author the DVD-A now that the author .......
268: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Can I play CD layer of my SACDs on my SACD player? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-30, 21:51:12 (24.44.184.205)
***Is there a way to get my unit to play the CD layer instead?*** Read the manual. .......
269: Hi-Rez Highway, Get real . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-30, 07:19:53 (24.44.184.205)
DVD-A pop discs don't sell worth a damn. You can't give DVD-A classical discs away. .......
270: Hi-Rez Highway, Seek psychiatric help (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-29, 15:25:08 (24.44.184.205)
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271: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Your opposition to separation (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-29, 14:39:39 (24.44.184.205)
***Also, in general (and more to the Bored), how will separate boards prevent anyone from posting on either board; their assertion that one format is better than the other (or are such assertions goin .......
272: Hi-Rez Highway, Quite a number of hi-end manufacturers... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-29, 14:25:39 (24.44.184.205)
of my acquaitance won't exhibit with Wadia at shows because they say Wadia sounds horrible. Don't assume everyone agrees that Wadia makes topnotch redbook players. .......
273: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I'm not a troll, I'm RIGHT. Frank explains it all in the thread below, and (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-29, 06:03:51 (24.44.184.205)
***there's PLENTY of things out there that back up what I'm saying.*** Only idiots back up what you say. .......
274: Hi-Rez Highway, All the high end mags have praised... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-29, 05:57:13 (24.44.184.205)
Sony's CD playback. Stop reading trash. .......
275: Hi-Rez Highway, Are you still in high school? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 15:18:24 (24.44.184.205)
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276: Hi-Rez Highway, Are you still in high school? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 15:17:44 (24.44.184.205)
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277: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: people look at me like I have 3 heads (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 13:14:33 (24.44.184.205)
***Not one of the stores that I went into had any of the Stones in them*** Of course they did. Did you try looking among the Stones CDs??????????????? ***If it continues the way its going SACD will ju .......
278: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Must have sugar plumbs dancing...... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 12:13:00 (24.44.184.205)
***Most stores don't even have any SACDs.*** Nonsense. Every store has the Stones. ***As to SACDs becoming the norm; that really is a dream.*** No, it's a plan and it is inevitable. ***I think Sony it .......
279: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Pink Floyd's-Darkside of The Moon to be on SACD! (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 10:24:26 (24.44.184.205)
***Wonder what Rich is going to say about this!*** Nothing. .......
280: Hi-Rez Highway, Still waiting for that deluge of DVD-A titles you promised. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 10:19:18 (24.44.184.205)
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281: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Interesting theory on the future of SACD. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-28, 05:51:41 (24.44.184.205)
***Most "normal" people are going to use one player that does it all, music and movies.*** No, most "normal" people don't have a DVD player and when they get one, they'll connect its audio to the TV's .......
282: Hi-Rez Highway, The stereo track sounds wonderful on my Diva system... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-24, 14:14:55 (24.44.184.205)
haven't tried it on the other systems yet and I don't do multichannel. .......
283: Hi-Rez Highway, What's your favorite from among... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-24, 14:06:37 (24.44.184.205)
room dampening, I need advise, audio gears, tamber and timber, your an idiot, extention (I'm sure it was a typo in your case), base, etc? Did I miss some? .......
284: Hi-Rez Highway, More lies and stupidity (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-22, 15:11:38 (24.44.184.205)
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285: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: My system is not High End but I can hear an Improvement. Why can't you? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-21, 16:17:27 (24.44.184.205)
***You have somehow fooled yourself that a high end stereo system is te only way to reach your goal.*** Far better than fooling himself that junk sounds good. Why are you so defensive? ***But you cann .......
286: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: One man's trash is another's treasure. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 17:18:43 (24.44.184.205)
***But, do you really have any room to brag, Rich?*** Yes, plenty, but I wasn't bragging. ***I checked out your system, and have concluded that you must be hard of hearing.*** Thanks for the quote, bu .......
287: Hi-Rez Highway, Of course it does... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 16:39:46 (24.44.184.205)
you are simply ignorant of the facts. .......
288: Hi-Rez Highway, Proprietary sources don't have links (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 16:25:14 (24.44.184.205)
***I'm only stating what would appear to be a logical step*** There's nothing logical about it. 1. Most people people buy DVD players to watch movies. 2. The audio outputs of most DVD players in hom .......
289: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: The REAL Battle will be High End vs Mass Market (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 15:56:09 (24.44.184.205)
***I would venture a lot of those sales eventually included extra speakers to get the full effect of the DVD capabilities; namely multichannel surround.*** You would be wrong because most of those pla .......
290: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I have a hard time following you Rich (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 15:29:14 (24.44.184.205)
***you agree with the fact that >50% of amps being sold today are MC.*** That is your inference. Your statement is obviously not correct. Most amps are stereo. Most receivers are multichannel. ***Do y .......
291: Hi-Rez Highway, Complete junk (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 15:07:43 (24.44.184.205)
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292: Hi-Rez Highway, That is a pitifully small number of stereo receivers... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 14:50:08 (24.44.184.205)
And most retailers don't carry all models in a line. .......
293: Hi-Rez Highway, He is too polite... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 14:32:58 (24.44.184.205)
They are junk. .......
294: Hi-Rez Highway, I don't think it, I KNOW it... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 14:32:11 (24.44.184.205)
you on the other hand, are simply fantasizing about your tiny sample of folks that is not at all representative of the population. .......
295: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Rich, I was actually referring to speaker and amplifier manufacturers. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 14:24:14 (24.44.184.205)
Yes. Trying buying a stereo receiver. They hardly exist. Folks who just want stereo are forced to buy a multichannel receiver because there are few, if any, stereo choices. .......
296: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Maybe you are confused. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 13:55:51 (24.44.184.205)
***The manufacturer's own numbers support the fact that up to 50% of equipment sales are going in to HT platforms.*** Don't fall for the hype. Most multichannel receivers aren't being purchased for mu .......
297: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I guess you have not heard a good HT set-up?? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 12:43:21 (24.44.184.205)
***But multichannel is clearly the future.*** You'll be dead and your children might be dead before multichannel systems are the norm in homes. .......
298: Hi-Rez Highway, You misunderstand... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 11:57:30 (24.44.184.205)
I'm not in the business of telling people what to buy. As such, your allegation of a fatal mistake is incorrect. .......
299: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: It is my business to know what people... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 11:19:29 (24.44.184.205)
***Perhaps, but you make the fatal mistake that you think that you could tell people what to buy.*** ???? .......
300: Hi-Rez Highway, It is my business to know what people... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 11:01:49 (24.44.184.205)
will or won't buy and why. Clients pay me a ton of money to help them understand what people will or won't buy. Is anyone paying you for this type of advice? Hell, I doubt if you even know what YOU wi .......
301: Hi-Rez Highway, I know the obvious answer... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 10:56:07 (24.44.184.205)
Why don't you? .......
302: Hi-Rez Highway, There is no "it"... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 10:46:05 (24.44.184.205)
I've seen a variety of primary research sources. All confirm the obvious. Cost = far more than you could ever imagine. .......
303: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: "and it likely never will" (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 10:41:16 (24.44.184.205)
***A lot of these people will buy a mc sound system eventually.*** They never will. Most will play the audio through their TV. You obviously don't know much about people. .......
304: Hi-Rez Highway, I've seen the research... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 09:59:37 (24.44.184.205)
but common sense should tell you that multichannel is a niche and almost certain to remain that way until technology delivers invisible speakers and speaker wires and reduces the extra cost of multich .......
305: Hi-Rez Highway, The proof is proprietary... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 09:49:36 (24.44.184.205)
but why is proof needed for the obvious? I can't imagine how anyone could possibly believe otherwise. .......
306: Hi-Rez Highway, It is a fact (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 08:25:46 (24.44.184.205)
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307: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A disc sales are in the toilet... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 07:43:54 (24.44.184.205)
as evidenced by the desperate push to add CD compatibility to DVD-A. So, not only does DVD-A NOT rule, it's dead. .......
308: Hi-Rez Highway, More... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-20, 07:40:33 (24.44.184.205)
than 90% of folks DON"T have multichannel setups in their homes. Until that changes in a significant way (and it likely never will), multichannel will remain a niche phenomenon. .......
309: Hi-Rez Highway, If they wanted DVD-A to succeed, they wouldn't have introduced SACD (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-15, 05:39:14 (24.44.184.205)
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310: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: "The only real indication for sacd succes... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 16:35:40 (24.44.184.205)
***What do I need to understand?*** Apparently quite a bit. ***Music only cd market in decline, sacd hybrids mixed in will not prevent that from happening.*** So what? That isn't the objective. The ob .......
311: Hi-Rez Highway, Frank's point is irrelevant (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 16:08:35 (24.44.184.205)
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312: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: "The only real indication for sacd succes... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 15:33:27 (24.44.184.205)
***If a label puts out hybrids only, we will never now how many people buy the cd for the music or/and for the sacd layer.*** That is completely irrelevent to the folks who hold the patents, own the m .......
313: Hi-Rez Highway, As I've told you before... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 15:28:16 (24.44.184.205)
Ignorance is nothing to be proud of. Whether the DVD-A group is aware of me is completely irrelevant. They are still scrambling to counter each and every one of the arguments I've made. That is fact a .......
314: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I am a SACD supporter but... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 15:04:04 (24.44.184.205)
***but the war appears to be far from over.*** What war? DVD-A doesn't have any weapons. Luxembourg would stand a better chance in a war against the US. .......
315: Hi-Rez Highway, About 99% of folks couldn't care less about DSOTM (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 14:47:59 (24.44.184.205)
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316: Hi-Rez Highway, My question is whether Sony/Philips... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 14:27:50 (24.44.184.205)
will sue before or a day after the hybrids are released. .......
317: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I am a SACD supporter but... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 14:25:05 (24.44.184.205)
***Every generation is buying this album and it will be a huge seller in whatever format it is released in.*** No it won't. Too many folks already have it and unlike folks on this site, they don't cha .......
318: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: You still make no sense, but it is a free country (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 14:17:59 (24.44.184.205)
***insane arguments*** Insane arguments? Please explain why the folks who brought you DVD-A are scrambling, attempting to counter every single one of my arguments against the DVD-A product and the way .......
319: Hi-Rez Highway, I like these quotes...LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 13:14:26 (24.44.184.205)
"U&S also noted that the new technology could have ramifications in the area of patent licensing. "While audio CD patents have expired in many territories, they still exist in the U.S. and other marke .......
320: Hi-Rez Highway, There are no strong sources of the rumor... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 12:52:36 (24.44.184.205)
Strong = EMI. .......
321: Video Asylum, Nothing (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 11:59:30 (24.44.184.205)
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322: Hi-Rez Highway, Where's the press release from EMI? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 11:54:21 (24.44.184.205)
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323: Hi-Rez Highway, Duh...that isn't a press release... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 11:53:13 (24.44.184.205)
all idiots are reading the same rumors. EMI has said nothing. Wonder why? .......
324: Hi-Rez Highway, Let me get this straight... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-14, 02:57:03 (24.44.184.205)
A website, notorious for its DVD-A support, publishes a rumor from a guy who ISN'T working on the mix and HASN'T seen or listened to the mix, that the disc is being mixed for DVD-A. Where's the press .......
325: Hi-Rez Highway, Rumor has it that the rumor is bullshit (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-13, 19:10:48 (24.44.184.205)
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326: Hi-Rez Highway, Enjoy your Budweiser and kitsch (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-11, 15:49:36 (24.44.184.205)
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327: Hi-Rez Highway, If you find the comments worthless... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-11, 12:30:32 (24.44.184.205)
I suggest you acquire more schooling. Ignorance isn't something to be proud of. .......
328: Hi-Rez Highway, That's easy... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-11, 09:37:02 (24.44.184.205)
I have no patience for incompetence. One of the formats of which you speak is dead because it isn't compatible with the 650 million CD players in existence, requires a TV for most folks to operate, ha .......
329: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Okay.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-11, 08:36:07 (24.44.184.205)
***I think SET amplification with gross distortions at -50..-60dB level does more harm than the hole watermarking issue.*** How would you know? You don't own any SET amplifiers and you've probably nev .......
330: Hi-Rez Highway, Who cares? Good riddance (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 14:46:02 (24.44.184.205)
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331: Hi-Rez Highway, Will you be discussing your list with the top secret executives at Universal? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 13:17:56 (24.44.184.205)
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332: Whiner's Woad, There is a search function...use it (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 10:55:27 (24.44.184.205)
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333: Hi-Rez Highway, What difference does it make? #10 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 10:03:36 (24.44.184.205)
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334: Hi-Rez Highway, Yes (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 09:12:07 (24.44.184.205)
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335: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Spoon Feeding 101........ (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 09:07:26 (24.44.184.205)
***"Hirez" stands for "high resolution". That is not a votable issue. That is fact. You therefore cannot justly exclude any "high resolution" format from a forum simply entitled "Hirez Highway". Doing .......
336: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I compared the 999ES to the SACD 1000 in red book. But what about blue lazer? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 08:10:05 (24.44.184.205)
***I guess the bottom line is I'm affraid of the new blue lazer technology making the 999 worthless in two years.*** HD DVDs aren't coming anytime soon, at least not in any significant volume, regardl .......
337: Hi-Rez Highway, Complete rubbish (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 08:06:26 (24.44.184.205)
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338: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: The CD aisle is not the place where I would want to sell DVD music (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 08:03:24 (24.44.184.205)
***As soon the wifes releases she can hear her favourite tv programs in surround five speakers in the room are not a problem anymore.*** Not a chance. .......
339: Hi-Rez Highway, What happened to DVD-A? LOL (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 07:34:43 (24.44.184.205)
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340: Hi-Rez Highway, What happened? You said you were going to bury us by now. LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 07:34:00 (24.44.184.205)
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341: Hi-Rez Highway, BTW, the CD aisle IS the place where Warner and the others want to sell their DVD-A discs... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 07:30:12 (24.44.184.205)
they just can't get in. LOL .......
342: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: The CD aisle is not the place where I would want to sell DVD music (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-10, 07:27:31 (24.44.184.205)
***DVD music is the big winner, more than doubling turnover in one year.*** So what? It's easy to double sales when your are next to nothing. CDs sales were 14 billion dollars in 2001. DVD music dolla .......
343: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Warner Vision and Panasonic launch DVD Audio campaign (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 16:53:54 (67.86.129.237)
Junk players don't result in a high end image no matter what country you're talking about. DVD-A can't get distribution in the CD aisle in Germany either No one anywhere in the world is going to repla .......
344: Video Asylum, In general it's not hype... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 16:18:24 (67.86.129.237)
Although you may find a few exceptions, pro transports are built to be used daily in a business environment. Buy a Panasonic though. They've always made some of the most reliable vcrs on the market. J .......
345: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 16:09:34 (67.86.129.237)
The DVD-A titles out now aren't selling. DVD-A only has a couple of major labels supporting it, so where are the 5000 titles going to come from? DVD-A can't even get distribution in the music section. .......
346: Hi-Rez Highway, They can't sell what they do release either (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 16:03:51 (67.86.129.237)
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347: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Warner Vision and Panasonic launch DVD Audio campaign (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 15:51:49 (67.86.129.237)
***DVD Audio has gotten rid of its high end image, the standard established, and the industry is committed to the format.*** What a pack of lies!!! DVD-Audio never had a high end image, has never been .......
348: Hi-Rez Highway, Complete rubbish... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 15:09:11 (67.86.129.237)
if any of it were true, the DVD-A group wouldn't be scrambling to add a CD layer. .......
349: Hi-Rez Highway, Get real (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 10:34:53 (67.86.129.237)
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350: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony obviously had nothing to do with the DVD-A implementation (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-09, 10:26:53 (67.86.129.237)
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351: Hi-Rez Highway, My cynicism isn't about the pricing.. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-08, 15:58:16 (67.86.129.237)
Even if they could produce every new CD release on DVD-A, where would all these discs be distributed? The small space being allocated in the DVD-V section? I think not? The CD section? Hell no! There .......
352: Hi-Rez Highway, No, you said we would already be buried by now. What happened? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-07, 09:51:59 (67.86.129.237)
The only thing being buried is DVD-A. .......
353: Hi-Rez Highway, Check the archives (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-07, 09:48:28 (67.86.129.237)
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354: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Maybe not.. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-07, 09:46:53 (67.86.129.237)
***This month they had a feature on a DVD-Audio conference in London announcing DVD-Audio disc prices to be the same as regular CDs and that DVD-A new album discs will be released at the same time as .......
355: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A is dead...what you have now is all you're ever going to get (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-07, 07:38:29 (67.86.129.237)
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356: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony doesn't test the waters (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-07, 07:37:34 (67.86.129.237)
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357: Hi-Rez Highway, #10. Get used to it (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-07, 07:36:08 (67.86.129.237)
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358: Hi-Rez Highway, You (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 14:49:30 (67.86.129.237)
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359: Hi-Rez Highway, Give him a single reason why he shouldn't doubt you (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 10:06:13 (67.86.129.237)
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360: Hi-Rez Highway, What happened? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 10:04:57 (67.86.129.237)
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361: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: I don't agree with Ted.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 10:04:26 (67.86.129.237)
***By the way, haven't received a call from Sony today.*** Attorneys usually send letters. .......
362: Hi-Rez Highway, Oh, c'mon... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 09:53:25 (67.86.129.237)
I had about 60 more to go. LOL .......
363: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Hudson Fair/Plush (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 09:34:31 (67.86.129.237)
What happened to "burying us in DVD-A and worldwide acceptance of DVD-A?" Shouldn't it have happened by now? LOL .......
364: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Hudson Fair/Plush... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 09:31:15 (67.86.129.237)
You said the market would be flooded with DVD-A discs this past spring and that many majors would adopt DVD-A despite Sony's money. What happened? LOL .......
365: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Hudson Fair/Plush... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-06, 09:17:08 (67.86.129.237)
Where are all those DVD-A releases you said you and your colleagues were going to bury us with? Also, remember when you predicted that DVD-A would have more releases both short term and long term? LOL .......
366: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Pink Floyd DarK Side Of The Moon DVD-A Just Rumor? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 20:32:04 (67.86.129.237)
"Dark Side of the Moon well mixed to surround could single-handedly convert consumers to upgrade to the format." Jerry should put down the crack pipe. Most folks don't give two $h!ts about formats or .......
367: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: My response (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 20:27:06 (67.86.129.237)
***Not scared of Sony.*** You should be. .......
368: Hi-Rez Highway, Markets don't work that way... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 20:23:44 (67.86.129.237)
The folk who want the Beatles already have them. The % of folks who would actually spend money to hear the Beatles in hi-rez is pitifully small. .......
369: Hi-Rez Highway, The ice isn't melting... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 20:17:08 (67.86.129.237)
If one of my 4 DVD players dies, I might be forced to buy another and I might not be able to find one at $300 or so that doesn't have the useless (to me) feature. .......
370: Hi-Rez Highway, What costs? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 15:11:29 (67.86.129.237)
Most of what Sony Classical has released is old material that was gathering dust prior to SACD release. .......
371: Hi-Rez Highway, It isn't an assumption... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 14:47:49 (67.86.129.237)
They're a former client and I know how they conduct business. .......
372: Hi-Rez Highway, There is no purpose in calling him since I have no interest in his lies (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 14:40:59 (67.86.129.237)
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373: Hi-Rez Highway, I don't think he's been seeing ANY money lately (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 14:24:25 (67.86.129.237)
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374: Hi-Rez Highway, Get real. . . (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 14:21:28 (67.86.129.237)
If you had done your homework on Sony as a corporation, you'd know that what you're proposing simply doesn't happen at Sony. .......
375: Hi-Rez Highway, I have... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 14:17:36 (67.86.129.237)
two 777Es units. I need them because I have multiple systems. I originally had three units but I sold one to a friend who procrastinated until 777 was discontinued. I don't have any DVD-A players and .......
376: Video Asylum, If you want maximum picture quality like you say you do... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 13:52:29 (67.86.129.237)
you'll connect your DVD player directly to the Plasma, avoiding your preamp/processor which is undoubtedly degrading your image. As far as cables go, you might see a difference with a better cable, or .......
377: Hi-Rez Highway, Why would they? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 13:47:51 (67.86.129.237)
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378: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: the problem really is... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 12:48:03 (67.86.129.237)
***Everyone knew there would be no announcement on Reuters today. Everyone knows Sony is not pulling the plug in 6 months.*** I'll say! Even Martin Says, Maven, Frank, etc. aren't touching this one. : .......
379: Video Asylum, It means that the Zenith can accept 1080i directly... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 12:44:42 (67.86.129.237)
and display it directly without any conversion. Compare any direct view's 1080i reproduction with that of any rear or front projection CRT with 7" or larger tubes and you'll see what you're missing. T .......
380: Hi-Rez Highway, After the first year, no mass market acceptance was intended... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 12:11:47 (67.86.129.237)
Moreover, unlike Warner, laserdisc's supporters were satisfied with a tiny market. .......
381: Hi-Rez Highway, You don't have any contacts at Sony... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 12:08:27 (67.86.129.237)
or if you do, you just lost them. .......
382: Hi-Rez Highway, Laserdisc lasted for 22 years... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 11:59:30 (67.86.129.237)
DVD-A will be lucky to last 4 years. .......
383: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: The choices are expanding. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 11:53:27 (67.86.129.237)
***But really I mean what band would be the magic bullet to skyrocket hi-rez sales?*** No band can do it. The only way to sell hi-rez to the majority is to either take away what they're buying or pack .......
384: Hi-Rez Highway, Sorry... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 11:48:05 (67.86.129.237)
I have enough Looney Tunes on laserdisc. .......
385: Hi-Rez Highway, Better find those meds before it's too late! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 11:39:24 (67.86.129.237)
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386: Video Asylum, Check out internet/mail order companies... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 08:24:02 (67.86.129.237)
that sell industrial products...Beach Camera and B&H do, and there are many others also. .......
387: Video Asylum, I don't have any links... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 07:38:11 (67.86.129.237)
Do a search, but why do you need a link for something you can SEE with your eyes? .......
388: Hi-Rez Highway, Are you kidding? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 07:29:18 (67.86.129.237)
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389: Hi-Rez Highway, Your title is completely misleading (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 07:20:56 (67.86.129.237)
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390: Hi-Rez Highway, Did you get the secret decoder ring too? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 05:19:44 (67.86.129.237)
Is it the same one that Martin Says has? .......
391: Video Asylum, Direct view CRT sets really can't do HDTV... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-05, 05:12:19 (67.86.129.237)
although they're labeled as such. They can't resolve all the information in a 1080i, 720P, or 1080P signal. They'll show a picture, but it won't have all the detail being broadcast. Direct view can do .......
392: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: You Don't Know That (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 19:31:25 (67.86.129.237)
"DVD Forum secretariat Hideyuki Irie acknowledged that the organization "intends to study the creation of a specification for dual-layer multi-format support," but noted that the Forum "unfortunately .......
393: Hi-Rez Highway, Could it be because you're a sockpuppet liar? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 19:23:45 (67.86.129.237)
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394: Hi-Rez Highway, Go quote the bible somewhere else, sockpuppet (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 19:21:59 (67.86.129.237)
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395: Hi-Rez Highway, He made the entire thing up (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 19:18:52 (67.86.129.237)
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396: Video Asylum, Buy an industrial model... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 19:16:51 (67.86.129.237)
They're more reliable and they're still being made. .......
397: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Perhaps they just realized the have waisted too much money. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 15:12:37 (67.86.129.237)
***Let's wait and see, it could be a hoax.*** Ya think? Thanks for demonstrating why you invested in DVD-A. .......
398: Hi-Rez Highway, How about some more bible quotes or sock puppets? LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 15:06:06 (67.86.129.237)
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399: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Just got off the phone with Warner--they're pulling the plug... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 14:51:06 (67.86.129.237)
tonight! .......
400: Hi-Rez Highway, When are the DVD-A folks getting their forum? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 10:31:08 (67.86.129.237)
It can't happen soon enough. .......
401: Hi-Rez Highway, Just repeating a rumor I heard... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 10:28:09 (67.86.129.237)
from the DOPE who started the Dark Side Of The Moon DVD-A nonsense. .......
402: Hi-Rez Highway, What difference does it make? There aren't going to be any DVD-A hybrids (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 10:25:20 (67.86.129.237)
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403: Hi-Rez Highway, Nonsense... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 10:24:19 (67.86.129.237)
Check the archives. The DVD-A group recently admitted they unfortunately have "no rights to the CD family." Try getting your facts straight before posting. .......
404: Video Asylum, Re: 4:3 NTSC on 16:9 CRTs (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 09:54:15 (67.86.129.237)
***First question: how hard is it really on a good CRT if you do this for 4 hours per day?*** 4 hours of TV per day is worse on your brain than it is on the TV. Seriously though, I have no idea since .......
405: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: DVD-A has near zero credibility among audiophiles... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 09:30:26 (67.86.129.237)
***There are 100 million DVD players out there.*** LOL...and most of them can't play the hi-rez layer on a DVD-A disc either. #10 .......
406: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Your numbers are wrong... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 09:27:30 (67.86.129.237)
***I based my numbers on what's available to order, which was about 500 from Acoustic Sounds.*** Nonsense! You based your numbers on faulty information which you knew excluded 300+ hybrids. ***You ca .......
407: Hi-Rez Highway, They never will... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 09:22:54 (67.86.129.237)
not without being sued. Bye Bye DVD-A. .......
408: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A is being pulled from the market next week... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 09:18:40 (67.86.129.237)
I heard that from the same guy who said Dark Side of the Moon was coming to DVD-A. .......
409: Hi-Rez Highway, You can forget about adding CD to DVD-A... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 09:15:14 (67.86.129.237)
It ain't gonna happen. #10. .......
410: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A has near zero credibility among audiophiles... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 07:04:40 (67.86.129.237)
As such, why would SACD or Linn need more credibility? ***blinded by faith.*** That's far better than being blinded by ignorance. Or do you have another way of describing investment in an audibly wate .......
411: Hi-Rez Highway, Where is the press release for Dark Side Of The Moon? LOL... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 06:55:06 (67.86.129.237)
BTW, many of us have no interest in listening to Harvest or American Beauty ever again...or if we feel the need, we'll listen to the LP or CD. That's a hell of a lot more logical than investing $300+ .......
412: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A has no hope for survival... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 06:25:59 (67.86.129.237)
Why do you think they're trying to get around Sony/Philips patents and add a CD layer? LOL .......
413: Hi-Rez Highway, Your numbers are wrong... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 06:06:16 (67.86.129.237)
Typical. There are well over 750 SACDs available. Why don't you add in the the 300+ hybrid titles that you missed. Of course, it's just like you to ignore the obvious and support a dead format that ne .......
414: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Never heard of her. Also, this has been done before, and on a grand scale. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 05:49:13 (67.86.129.237)
***the general buying public doesn't know the Stones discs have SACD layers and still doesn't know what SACD is.*** Perfect execution. ***Also, this has been done before, and on a grand scale*** If yo .......
415: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Multi-format: DVD Audio included! (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-04, 05:46:47 (67.86.129.237)
***I really don't understand this drive to make "universal players".*** It's called adding features. They think they can sell more of them by adding DVD-A. Among the general population, that would be .......
416: Hi-Rez Highway, Hello....anybody home? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 20:57:46 (67.86.129.237)
30% single layer...LOL. Why bother posting about SACD? It's obvious you don't know what you're talking about. .......
417: Video Asylum, Return it and buy a widescreen set... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 20:27:58 (67.86.129.237)
Unless your 32" CRT is in a bookcase, you likely have room for a 40-42" 16:9 rear projection HDTV ready set. .......
418: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Would you prefer your DVD with or without full motion video. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 20:16:59 (67.86.129.237)
***That Sony didn't have one of the first plants with hybrid pressing capacity is beyond comprehension.*** What's beyond comprehension is the stupidity of introducing a music format that isn't compati .......
419: Hi-Rez Highway, Music video has nothing to do with CD or the LP (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 20:10:59 (67.86.129.237)
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420: Hi-Rez Highway, I have... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 20:08:08 (67.86.129.237)
no reason to believe that you have any idea what quality is. BTW, I have at least 9 Sony units, but why bother listing them? .......
421: Video Asylum, That prodedure isn't applicable to his set (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 12:16:42 (67.86.129.237)
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422: Hi-Rez Highway, Anyone besides bmoura notice that there is no CD only ... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 12:09:02 (67.86.129.237)
release for Dana Winner's latest album on EMI? I wonder what's on tap for the US next year? #10, #10, #10!!!! .......
423: Hi-Rez Highway, Relative to CD, music video is a tiny market (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 11:56:04 (67.86.129.237)
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424: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Would you prefer your DVD with or without full motion video. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 11:53:13 (67.86.129.237)
***Your continued pronouncements to the contrary, DVD-A is alive and doing well.*** DVD-A is about to lose what little remaining support it has. ***I notice you still didn't give an effective argument .......
425: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Would you prefer your DVD with or without full motion video. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 10:49:05 (67.86.129.237)
***Until such a time as all SACDs are released as hybrids it is nothing more than an unfilfilled promise.*** Far better than DVD-A's situation...no future, and sinking like a rock. .......
426: Video Asylum, Why would you set the DVD player for 16:9 when you have a 4:3 TV? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 07:52:57 (67.86.129.237)
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427: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Would you prefer your DVD with or without full motion video. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 07:49:49 (67.86.129.237)
***1) Lack of capacity.*** Not for too much longer. ***2) Sony and Universal's lack of hybrids.*** Universal has released some hybrids. Haven't you heard? .......
428: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Sony SCD-XE670 and HF reproduction (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 07:43:48 (67.86.129.237)
***I've owned too many to know something ain't a little fishy here.*** And I've owned far too many of their products (consumer TVs, various broadcast monitors, CRT front projectors, vcrs, camcorders, .......
429: Hi-Rez Highway, #10...DD and DTS are worse than CD(nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-03, 06:50:34 (67.86.129.237)
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430: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Who's winning the war? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-02, 14:44:31 (67.86.129.237)
***I can play DVD-A disks*** Not really. I'm sorry to inform you that you're hearing a compressed DD track, which is worse than CD. .......
431: Hi-Rez Highway, #10... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-02, 14:41:56 (67.86.129.237)
Sales of DVD-A discs have nothing to do with DVD-V disc sales. .......
432: Hi-Rez Highway, Agree, as always (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-02, 12:12:59 (67.86.129.237)
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433: Hi-Rez Highway, Enjoy your Budweiser (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-12-01, 15:07:17 (67.86.129.237)
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434: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Show me the money. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 23:17:03 (67.86.129.237)
***How long will you let someone tell you "They're coming, any day now" and yet they don't show, before you walk away?*** Please do us all a favor and walk away. Better yet, sell your SACD player, buy .......
435: Hi-Rez Highway, Broken chicken little (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 23:01:02 (67.86.129.237)
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436: Hi-Rez Highway, Mediocre (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 16:57:32 (67.86.129.237)
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437: Hi-Rez Highway, On the contrary... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 09:32:37 (67.86.129.237)
backward compatibility, transparent copy protection, a well thought out business plan, and deep pockets have assured SACD's survival since day 1. In contrast, DVD-A has nothing going for it. ::: TOPIC .......
438: Hi-Rez Highway, If you don't use it... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 09:26:35 (67.86.129.237)
you'll never hear SACD at its best. .......
439: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: If Let it Bleed doesn't sound good.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 09:23:12 (67.86.129.237)
***Kind of Blue is not a good SACD - the SBM CD is better.*** The SBM CD is not as good as the stereo SACD. .......
440: Hi-Rez Highway, If you still... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 09:19:25 (67.86.129.237)
haven't figured out why the major labels are abandoning DVD-A, it's obvious why you invested in that dead format. .......
441: Hi-Rez Highway, Hello!!!!!!!!! Philips isn't manufacturing any universal players and doesn't... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 09:17:20 (67.86.129.237)
have any plans to manufacture them. .......
442: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony and Philips don't care whether you ever listen... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-30, 09:15:22 (67.86.129.237)
to the SACD layer. As long as you buy the disc (and if you want the music and don't want to be a criminal, you won't have any choice), they make their money. .......
443: Hi-Rez Highway, I'd pass (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-29, 19:24:37 (67.86.129.237)
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444: Hi-Rez Highway, Hybrid discs make SACD hardware sales irrelevant (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-29, 19:20:34 (67.86.129.237)
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445: Hi-Rez Highway, Sir Isaac Newton (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-29, 09:02:41 (67.86.129.237)
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446: Hi-Rez Highway, No (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-27, 20:26:31 (67.86.129.237)
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447: Hi-Rez Highway, I'm staying here...you're going somewhere (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-26, 11:43:25 (67.86.129.237)
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448: Hi-Rez Highway, Nowhere near the DVD-A forum (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-26, 10:16:30 (67.86.129.237)
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449: Hi-Rez Highway, I voted for giving DVD-A its own forum... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-26, 09:45:19 (67.86.129.237)
and most of us will be happier when it gets it. .......
450: Hi-Rez Highway, There isn't anything to discuss (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-25, 14:14:06 (67.86.129.237)
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451: Hi-Rez Highway, Save it for the DVD-A board (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-25, 14:10:17 (67.86.129.237)
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452: Hi-Rez Highway, Been there, done that... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-25, 14:08:41 (67.86.129.237)
and interesting it is not. It will be good to get rid of posts like these. .......
453: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Harlow, are you aware... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-25, 12:44:36 (67.86.129.237)
that nonsense has been posted on this board thousands of times? No one cares. The forum split can't happen soon enough. Posts like yours won't be allowed. .......
454: Hi-Rez Highway, No universal player is a good value in sound... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-25, 06:25:13 (67.86.129.237)
too many compromises. For the best sound, get a dedicated SACD player and if you must, a dedicated DVD player that plays DVD-As. .......
455: Hi-Rez Highway, Yeah right...that's why there are so many DVD-A hybrids... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 19:28:14 (67.86.129.237)
and why the DVD-A forum admits it has no rights to CD. .......
456: Hi-Rez Highway, In my experience, the best way to break in... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 15:14:22 (67.86.129.237)
a DVD-A player is to toss it out of a second story or higher window. This procedure has improved the sound of every DVD-A player I've tried it on. .......
457: Hi-Rez Highway, Not knowing... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 15:05:27 (67.86.129.237)
the difference between a typo and a misspelling is excusable, but believing that DVD-A can succeed is delusional. .......
458: Hi-Rez Highway, Interesting is not the word I'd use to describe it (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 10:23:42 (67.86.129.237)
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459: Hi-Rez Highway, Computers and software are completely different... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 09:20:38 (67.86.129.237)
product categories and IBM had a completely different strategic direction. If you want to what the Sony/Philips direction is, study the introduction and history of the CD. .......
460: Hi-Rez Highway, Taste? DVD-A? Hodie? LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 09:06:01 (67.86.129.237)
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461: Hi-Rez Highway, The format is dead because there will never be hybrids (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 09:00:44 (67.86.129.237)
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462: Hi-Rez Highway, Duh... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 08:55:11 (67.86.129.237)
Why would anyone grant a license to a competitor so that the competitor can takes sales away from you? I'm begging you...please get a clue. .......
463: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Irony. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 08:53:26 (67.86.129.237)
***significant band of "early adopters", which, on its own, is successfully sustaining the DVD-A format*** Get real. DVD-A is losing money hand over foot. And the confidence of its primary financial s .......
464: Hi-Rez Highway, Only an idiot... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-24, 08:51:12 (67.86.129.237)
would think that Sony/Philips will grant the license. .......
465: Hi-Rez Highway, They've already stated they can't do it,,, (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 20:15:32 (67.86.129.237)
What more do you need? .......
466: Hi-Rez Highway, If you're so curious... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 20:01:41 (67.86.129.237)
ask Hideyuki Irie. .......
467: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Correction.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 19:51:41 (67.86.129.237)
***Are these the patents you refer to?*** No. .......
468: Video Asylum, They're junk... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 19:36:07 (67.86.129.237)
they skip, don't play, have snow, etc. Think the noiseiest, most warped record you've ever heard and you'll know why CED died a quick death. .......
469: Hi-Rez Highway, When did this forum become a democracy? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 19:31:17 (67.86.129.237)
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470: Hi-Rez Highway, Correction.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 19:29:18 (67.86.129.237)
(b) they would rather their CUSTOMERS not know that IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN...or if it does, THE DVD-A GROUP WILL GET THEIR SORRY @SSES SUED FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT! .......
471: Hi-Rez Highway, Anyone know.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 17:32:26 (67.86.129.237)
why Hodie would have left out the last paragraph of this article on their website? LOL Forum Considers CD/DVD-Audio Hybrid by Terence P. Keegan (Nov. 12, 2002) -- Seeking to match the appeal of Sony a .......
472: Hi-Rez Highway, Read the Full story and weep! (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 17:24:15 (67.86.129.237)
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473: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey genius.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 17:14:51 (67.86.129.237)
you need to get your facts straight. The DVD-A group doesn't have the legal right to manufacture such a product. Where have you been? Under a rock? LOL .......
474: Hi-Rez Highway, Hodie...LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 17:12:05 (67.86.129.237)
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475: Hi-Rez Highway, Here are two valid reasons... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 17:11:02 (67.86.129.237)
1. DVD-A discs sell poorly and shelf space is finite. Only an idiot would replace a CD that sells 50 copies per week with something that sells 1 copy per month. Your shop owner may be able to get away .......
476: Hi-Rez Highway, I'm not talking about a separate section next to the CDs... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 15:34:54 (67.86.129.237)
DVD-A CANNOT get distribution AMONG the CDs and that is why sales of DVD-A will never amount to a hill of beans and why its major supporter who are interested in large revenues will soon drop support .......
477: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Yes - Fragile DVD Audio discs are made of 100% recycled SACD material. (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 14:29:43 (67.86.129.237)
***With demand for DVD Audio ever-rising*** What demand? Music with significant demand is sold in the CD aisle, where people buy music. Last I checked, DVD-A was gathering dust in the movies section w .......
478: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: The Phillips was a 1000--looks like enough room inside for lots of modding. I'd buy any of the t (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-23, 10:21:49 (67.86.129.237)
***name one redbook from Sony, Phillips and Pioneer that 'audiophiles' were buying until hirez came along.*** Sony XA7ES was quite popular among audiophiles. .......
479: Hi-Rez Highway, DVD-A will probably be gone within a year... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 17:22:05 (67.86.129.237)
so I don't see a need to split the forum. As I've suggested in the past, however, DVD-A discussions could be moved to the Vintage Forum NOW. .......
480: Hi-Rez Highway, I see you've begun to go off the deep end... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 16:42:28 (67.86.129.237)
like your pals, Martin Says and Maven. I can empathize. If I had invested in DVD-A, I'd be suicidal too. .......
481: Hi-Rez Highway, Unlike you, I don't need to work (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 16:36:58 (67.86.129.237)
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482: Hi-Rez Highway, You're confused...as usual (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 15:35:45 (67.86.129.237)
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483: Hi-Rez Highway, Great and did you catch this quote: (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 14:35:56 (67.86.129.237)
"We have followed the increasing SACD activity of major labels like Universal, Sony Music, Warner and BMG." .......
484: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Now see, the difference between other.... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 12:22:05 (67.86.129.237)
***As I see it you post like you are a consumer when you are an industry professional.*** That's a lot better than posting like an idiot or a little crying baby. .......
485: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: You still don't get it... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 12:19:07 (67.86.129.237)
***there will be a HUGE buzz from the press when it's released.*** I can tell you from 25 years of communication experience that not more than 2% of the population will become aware of these discs via .......
486: Hi-Rez Highway, Where are the discs? LOL ... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 10:02:52 (67.86.129.237)
Did those Universal executives give you the secret decoder ring too? LOL .......
487: Hi-Rez Highway, Been waiting for DVD-A from Universal for 3 years LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 09:54:46 (67.86.129.237)
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488: Hi-Rez Highway, You still don't get it... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 09:52:31 (67.86.129.237)
You can't sell what people don't see. Since the disc won't be in the CD aisle, the vast majority will never see it. Besides, most folks who like Pink Floyd won't buy the DVD-A (if it ever gets release .......
489: Hi-Rez Highway, I've never even heard it... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 09:46:02 (67.86.129.237)
I was simply defining the meaning of Stereophile's "ruthlessly revealing" terminology. .......
490: Hi-Rez Highway, The Cat is a more committed audiophile than me... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 09:14:19 (67.86.129.237)
and apparently a lot less lazy. .......
491: Hi-Rez Highway, You were exposed long ago... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 09:09:32 (67.86.129.237)
as a wishful thinking dead format supporter. Yesterday, you were ridiculed as a liar. Maybe you should get back to your confidential correspondence with top executives at Universal. You don't want to .......
492: Hi-Rez Highway, The Duos and one of the SETs... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 08:59:13 (67.86.129.237)
I'd have extreme difficulty choosing which one. .......
493: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Hey genius... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 07:18:37 (67.86.129.237)
***All I know is a WHOLE LOT more people own DVD players of any type than SACD players and that's not about to change anytime soon!*** A nice fact, but irrelevant. Without distribution in the CD aisle .......
494: Hi-Rez Highway, It means the player isn't designed to make recordings more palatable... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 07:08:15 (67.86.129.237)
It is designed to let you hear what is on the disc, warts and all. Most non-audiophile recordings will sound overprocessed (they are) and some discs will be unlistenable. .......
495: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey genius... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-22, 06:55:44 (67.86.129.237)
It is a FACT that most people don't have DVD players. You aren't dumb enough to believe that over 50% of folks have them, are you? .......
496: Hi-Rez Highway, Who cares what you choose? (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-21, 19:21:01 (67.86.129.237)
You still don't know how to read a dictionary. LOL .......
497: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey Sherlock... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-21, 19:12:27 (67.86.129.237)
you still haven't figured out what those 1s, 2s, 3s, etc. mean. I'll give you a hint: They have nothing to do with proper or improper usage. .......
498: Hi-Rez Highway, I can't imagine why anyone would care what they concluded (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-21, 19:10:22 (67.86.129.237)
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499: Hi-Rez Highway, No... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-21, 19:01:25 (67.86.129.237)
Capitol obviously has no idea of what the public wants. Most of the public don't have a DVD player. Get a clue, and when you find one, share it with Capitol. .......
500: Hi-Rez Highway, I have no general preferences on music... (0.00)
Posted by Rich on 2002-11-21, 18:58:11 (67.86.129.237)
but the Duos/Fi 45s or Moth 2A3 are usually used for music and film. The Logans/Pass Model IIs are usually used for film, and the Divas/Krell, Genesis Vs/Cary 805, and Dunlavy SC_IV/Cary 805 or CJ 11, .......
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