Well, actually a combo player has already been released (and then taken off the market). The player is a Panasonic DMP-BD10A which is Blu-ray AND DVD-Audio. It appeared sometime in early 2007 and was taken off the market around Sept. same year. My belief is that the player was designed with total regard to quality audio. It has very high quality DACs using audiophile caps, etc. When the marketing guys found out, they wanted all the emphasis placed on the video, so the next player, the 30A was Profile 3 but could not play DVD-A.
ÿBut, I also agree that mfgrs now will see no need to continue with SACD or DVD-A. Blu-Ray is the unifying standard which has all the capability of every other past format. The production of a simple CD, for example, now can simply be done with 5 mics instead of two or three, and a couple of cameras (even fixed positionl) so that every recording (studio or concert) would have some accompanying video (hi res, of course), and the audio quality will be, what?... quadrupled? The price of players will come down and now are hundreds less than the $500 the first CD players cost in the '70s. I saw a Sony BD yesterday in the US for $289. Within 2 years, 3 at the most, I believe everything will be Blu-Ray.
ÿThanks,
Robertÿ
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