Hybrid SACD the new standard?

If it happens,it could break the format or certainly give the format a longer time to break through however it'll just add to the confusion as far as Joe Public is concerned.
What about cost of the new discs?
I have no crystal ball but I worry SACD may already be dead in the water...............

They mention that price could "drop" to $ 23 a piece

I heard a rumor that sony laid off a bunch of folks working on the SACD project(s), has anyone else heard anything of this?? if this is the case I think sony feels they have lost enough money on this proposition(regardless of how it sounds) already-it may already be dead-we just don't know about it. I don't care for the potential $23 a disk that's for sure!! ~Tim

Both Sony and Universal and catching flak on the copy protection on redbook cds making them "something other than redbook cds". Now, with one swoop they both dump redbook cd and jump on the copy protected sacd dual layer hybrid. Suddenly copy protection is not on the publics mind unless they look at the competition..ie BMG,etc....hybrid cds take over the old cd price list and "pushes its way into the mass market. Its all about copy protection on cd burners...just my opinion....if the pricing is too high it won't fly....so they'll have to make it attractive somehow....

The packaging on the Hybrids says that they will play on any CD player. Has anyone ever tried to play one on a DVD player? I have a Marantz dv18, but I am not sure that I want to blow $23 on something that won't work. Thanks.