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"Consumer" format

If Dualdisc really is targeted at the "average consumer," then by necessity it will tend to focus on the lowest common denominator as the primary. Add-ons for "niche" consumers will be secondary.

It stands to reason that 5.1 MLP will be the least utilized tracks on a Dualdisc since it requires a specialty player AND the appropriate multi-channel cabling/speakers/amplification.

No matter how you slice it, 48k MLP is a big step up from lossy DD 5.1, so Universal probably figures they're doing everyone a favor :-)

Since all the Universal Dualdisc releases are also available/soon to be available on SACD, Universal probably figures that people who want more than 48k 5.1 will buy the SACD instead of, or perhaps even in addition to, the Dualdisc.



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