The following information appears on page 28 of the December 2005 issue of Sound & Vision magazine : " Shipment figures released by the Recording Industry Association of America for the first half of 2005 ... 300,000 SACDs shipped , down 18% from the same time last year . ... Meanwhile , more than 7 Million DualDiscs were shipped " .Certainly , these numbers are no surprise to me . Throughout the development of DualDisc , I said that DualDisc was going to kill SACD , and that SACD was going to become DeadDisc .
In 2005 , there were no titles released on SACD , in the U.S. , which could generate good sales numbers . OTOH , there were some very good selling DualDiscs , led by Rob Thomas - Something To Be , released on April 19 , 2005 , which has sold more than 1 Million DualDiscs with DVD-Audio .
Back on June 9 , 2005 , I posted , in DVD-Audiobahn , Rob Thomas - Something To Be had sold over 1 Million DualDiscs with DVD-Audio . Now , we have more very nice numbers to look at : 7 Million for the new and successful DualDisc format , and only 300,000 for the old and failed SACD format .
ZS KEKL
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Topic - DualDisc is slaughtering SACD . In U.S. , 7 Million DualDiscs shipped vs. only 300,000 SACDs shipped . ... - ZS KEKL 12:14:19 01/20/06 (29)
- Re: DualDisc is slaughtering SACD . In U.S. , 7 Million DualDiscs shipped vs. only 300,000 SACDs shipped . ... - milpai 12:11:34 01/31/06 (0)
- This forum is dead. Stick a fork in it, turn it over, it's finished (nt) - radiodaddy 11:56:46 01/24/06 (1)
- Actually, this THREAD is dead. There's no point in arguing with ZS KEKL any further. (nt) - ILoveJazz 08:47:41 01/26/06 (0)
- RIAA numbers are meaningless when it comes to SACD (nt) - racerguy 10:07:27 01/24/06 (0)
- Re: DualDisc is slaughtering SACD . In U.S. , 7 Million DualDiscs shipped vs. only 300,000 SACDs shipped . ... - jojopuppyfish 10:31:14 01/23/06 (7)
- Very conspicuously , you failed to post sales figures for Sony DualDiscs and Sony SACDs . Instead ... - ZS KEKL 23:35:13 01/23/06 (2)
- Re: Very conspicuously , you failed to post sales figures for Sony DualDiscs and Sony SACDs . Instead ... - jojopuppyfish 14:22:40 01/27/06 (0)
- Nice touch there Mr. Sensitivity.... - kayaker 11:17:43 01/24/06 (0)
- Re: DualDisc is slaughtering SACD . In U.S. , 7 Million DualDiscs shipped vs. only 300,000 SACDs shipped . ... - ILoveJazz 14:09:36 01/23/06 (3)
- Here's a reminder of Sony's double inventory Jennifer Lopez DualDisc selling 83,000 DualDiscs in its first week ... - ZS KEKL 16:51:04 01/23/06 (2)
- Re: Here's a reminder of Sony's double inventory Jennifer Lopez DualDisc selling 83,000 DualDiscs in its first week ... - ILoveJazz 08:21:44 01/26/06 (0)
- Jennifer Lopez!!! Hauling out that old chestnut again, eh? - SF tech 12:02:57 01/25/06 (0)
- But who is listening to the DVD-A side? - Scholl 04:18:49 01/22/06 (2)
- As I Stated Below - Robertc88 04:26:09 01/22/06 (1)
- Your lucky to find any serious classical in most stores these.... - theaudiohiffle 05:36:00 01/22/06 (0)
- Apples and Oranges: Rock music will ALWAYS outsell Classical music not matter what format. - Teresa 03:46:58 01/22/06 (2)
- SACD labels have been abandoning the Rock genre because their Rock SACDs haven't sold enough, and weren't financially... - ZS KEKL 19:04:16 01/23/06 (1)
- No it's just like I said Classical sells on SACD and Rock sells on DualDisc. - Teresa 00:44:36 01/24/06 (0)
- Re: DualDisc is slaughtering SACD . In U.S. , 7 Million DualDiscs shipped vs. only 300,000 SACDs shipped . ... - fmak 23:37:39 01/21/06 (1)
- To clarify....HK Universal did release exactly 1 DualDisc title recently (nt) - Soundboy 01:31:38 01/22/06 (0)
- Sure, DualDisc is outselling SACD by a mile and a half, but... - ILoveJazz 17:41:01 01/21/06 (0)
- And you were doing so well! (nt) - robert young 16:32:56 01/20/06 (0)
- and CD is slaughtering DualDisc, with way more than 7 million shipped each week... - tunenut 15:21:46 01/20/06 (3)
- Going from Zero to 7 Million , in a short period of time , is a good start for DualDisc . OTOH ... - ZS KEKL 18:22:19 01/20/06 (2)
- It Isn't The SACD Format Per Se That Is the Problem - Robertc88 09:41:33 01/21/06 (0)
- it's doing OK I guess...but I wouldn't crow too much just yet... - tunenut 19:19:23 01/20/06 (0)
- Who cares? - SF tech 13:30:25 01/20/06 (1)
- I Believe That Would Matter Little - Robertc88 15:28:27 01/21/06 (0)
- But... - Jesper 13:30:06 01/20/06 (0)