I know that there was another thread speculating on the influence of Blu-ray / HD-DVD on high end audio. I believe that people got hung up on the formats introduced by these two HD video products...
To me the benefits should come from the technological enhancements that Blu-ray has brought on the table from a hardware perspective. Moving from a 780nm IR laser used for CD players, to a 650nm Red laser used for DVD players, and on to a 405nm Violet laser used for both Blu-ray and HD-DVD players, the enhancement not only offered a higher storage capacity, but also a more accurate reading process. It is like improving the stylus and the entire pickup system of turntables.
There are definitely benefits from producing pure DSD multi-channel SAVDs (for Super Audio Violet Disks ): less errors in the reading process, less signal processing, and more data storage capacity for each channel.
It is not about borrowing the Blu-ray or HD-DVD audio formats and the problems that come with them, but more about using the higher resolution laser components (a lower wavelength implies a thinner beam). Manufacturers of SACD players could replace the current lasers with the 405nm lasers and even the reading process of today's SACDs would be more accurate.

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