Dual-layer SACDs can store nearly twice as much data as a single-layer SACD. Dual-layer: A disc with two SACD layers, totaling 8.5 GB, and no CD layer.Single-layer: A disc with one 4.7 GB SACD layer.Hybrid: Hybrid SACDs have a 4.7 GB SACD layer (the HD layer), as well as a CD (Red Book) audio layer readable by most conventional Compact Disc players.The areal density of the disc is the same as a DVD. SACD discs have identical physical dimensions as standard compact discs. By 2009, the major record companies were no longer regularly releasing discs in the format, with new releases confined to the smaller labels. Many SACD discs that were released from 2000-2005 are now out of print and available only on the used market. For instance, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra started the Chicago Resound label to provide full and burgeoning support for high-resolution SACD hybrid discs, and the London Symphony Orchestra established their own LSO Live label. Instead of depending on major label support, some orchestras and artists have released SACDs on their own. The US & Canada versions do not use SACD but CD instead.īy August 2009 443 labels had released one or more SACDs. The original stereo mixes were not included. Each album in these sets contains both new stereo and 5.1 mixes. īetween 20, the rock band Genesis re-released all of their studio albums across three SACD box sets. Sales figures for Sting's Sacred Love (2003) album reached number one on SACD sales charts in four European countries in June 2004. Some popular artists have released new recordings on SACD. All three albums were remixed in 5.1 surround, and released as hybrid SACDs with a stereo mix on the standard CD layer. The Who's rock opera Tommy (1969), and Roxy Music's Avalon (1982), were released on SACD to take advantage of the format's multi-channel capability. Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) sold over 800,000 copies by June 2004 in its SACD Surround Sound edition. Many popular artists have released some or all of their back catalog on SACD.

Jazz and popular music albums, mainly remastered previous releases, were the next two genres most represented. High-Definition Versatile Multilayer Disc (HD VMD)īy October 2009, record companies had published more than 6,000 SACD releases, slightly more than half of which were classical music.HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RAM.Blu-ray Disc ( BD): BD-R & BD-RE, Blu-ray 3D, Mini Blu-ray Disc.DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DS, DVD+R DS, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-D, DVD-A, HVD, EcoDisc, MiniDVD.Compact disc ( CD): CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, 5.1 Music Disc, Super Audio CD ( SACD), Photo CD, CD Video ( CDV), Video CD ( VCD), Super Video CD ( SVCD), CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-i, MIL-CD, Mini CD.

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