On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:25:37 +0000, Roger Thorpe
wrote:

Without starting a debate about whether HD audio is really needed, would
anyone here like to attempt a prediction of the likely sound carrier of
the future?
I'm not very good at this myself (I said that CDs would never catch on)
and backed the SACD horse a few years ago. I can see that Dolby True HD
and DTS HD are likely candidates for physical media, however the
copy-proof characteristics of SACD were what I thought would make it a
winner for the publishers. Is there any activity in a different, secure
blu-ray format?
Roger Thorpe

CD already has a definition way beyond that of the human auditory
system, which is why attempts at higher definition have not caught on.
Quite the contrary in fact, most recent changes in the delivery of
music have been heading towards lower definition.

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