Talking Heads Remastered

That label doesn't do SACD. Heck, Sony doesn't do SACD anymore either (which, I assume, is why the Dylan discs eventually came out in CD only versions). I believe SACD has been officially abandoned by the large labels and will be a niche product of audiophile labels from now on. Too bad.

DualDiscs having hi-rez audio is really just a fluke. The main idea behind them is that it's a cheap way for manufacturers to include DVD content to help encourage people to buy a disc rather than burn it. Too bad the labels decided on a format that is not up to CD or DVD standards and will not play on a certain percentage of players. It seems strange that a struggling company in a struggling industry would knowingly give up a certain percentage of the market, but I guess that's why they're a struggling company in a struggling industry, huh? :-)

I think you've got it wrong, Phil. The purpose of these fancy new formats is to get different segments of the market to pay different prices. So first you put out a hi-rez version (a la Dylan's SACDs) or one with extra features (the Heads Dual-disks), so the hard-core fans and audiophiles will pay a premium price. Then you bring out the same recording as a standard CD at a lower price that will appeal to the mass market. You're not giving up any part of the market that way. You're just getting the people who might willing pay more to actually do so.

Pableson, Are you sure that Sony has abandoned SACD? Was this published somewhere?

These tracks (or most of them at least)are available on the Talking Heads box set Once In A Lifetime in remastered form.
This was released late 2003/early 2004.

I have it, I'd actually prefer the individual albums but the DVD aspect holds no interest for me.
Like the Springsteen release,here in the UK these discs have the DVD as a seperate disc.

Did I say that Sony has abandoned SACD?