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Sony turns CDs blue with new Blu-spec CD standard {Engadget HD}
Nov 9th 2008 8:03AM A PS3 will do. It even lets you rip the CD layer of an SACD to the Hard Drive.
Sony turns CDs blue with new Blu-spec CD standard {Engadget HD}
Nov 5th 2008 9:04AM No, it's not a BD, it's a CD. You play it with a an ordinary CD player using an infra-red laser, it's only recorded using a blue laser. See http://www.ps3sacd.com/index.html#_20081105
Sony's high-end SCD-XA5400ES SACD player eyes-on at CEDIA {Engadget}
Sep 6th 2008 2:42PM Sony already did. The device is called PlayStation3. It plays SACD and compared to this player it's cheap and slim, and sexiness is only in the eye of the beholder. I for one like it a lot. The main things $1500 gets you that $499 doesn't is DSD output via HDMI and balanced analog audio outputs. That's quite a price premium.
Will Blu-ray audio discs take off, or flounder aimlessly à la DVD-A / SACD? {Engadget HD}
Jul 23rd 2008 7:14AM It will surely not take off the way Audio CD did -- the difference between Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio on the one hand and 'BD Audio' on the other is too small to warrant any expecations. THe mass consumer market did not turn down SACD or DVDA because they demanded 7.1 instead of 5.1, or 196 kHz instead 92.
It need not flounder aimlessly however, because SACD hasn't either. It's found its audiophile niche, where it enjoys a loyal following, catered to by independent record labels with a steady flow of some 60 new titles per month, unabated for the last three, four years.
First Blu-ray record, Divertimenti, released {Engadget}
May 30th 2008 2:53AM Perhaps the BD is for those not on the SACD bandwagon yet?
Whichever way, the overlap is substantial since the main SACD player of millions is PS3. See www.ps3sacd.com
These people can choose just about any of the formats included.
Marantz showing off high-end SACD players, amplifiers and more {Engadget HD}
May 15th 2008 2:32AM Sony canning SACD? The 40GB version is simply the low-end model of the PS3 range. Allow them some differentiation to reach a certain price spread. Check out PS3SACD.com for more info.
