[01010]

Originally posted by aldo_14


Dunno.... but do you really need a DVD for music?  Most albums I have are about 40 mins long, probably about 2/3 or less of the CD.... god knows how long cheesy pop albums are, as well (because you can basically flog a blank Cd with a picture of Will young or some other twat nowadays to the kiddies and get a platinum disk.  Actually, the blank disk is probably a better option...........)

But with DVD you get the potential for much higher quality audio as well as the potential for proper 5.1/DTS mixing. Unfortunately very few record companies are looking at this.

A properly 5.1 mixed audio DVD is ****ing awesome.

[Mr.Garibaldi]

I think that if you have a good enough computer to run FarCay, chances are you HAVE a DVD drive   ... like me!

[Grey Wolf]

People who don't have DVD drives on remotely modern computers most likely either decided to get a CD-RW drive instead, or were incredibly cheap. I've had a DVD-ROM drive on my computer for nearly 5 years now. I did have to replace the original though; the motor refused to spin up.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by 01010
But with DVD you get the potential for much higher quality audio as well as the potential for proper 5.1/DTS mixing. Unfortunately very few record companies are looking at this.

A properly 5.1 mixed audio DVD is ****ing awesome.

Plus the special features, plus video clips, live performances, the like. My dad almost exclusively buys music DVDs, now.

[Mr.Garibaldi]

VERY true... FarCry is going to appeal to the hard-core gamer who will want the 5.1 digital surround sound

[Liberator]

I give you two words that explain why floppies will never be completely done away with:

Rescue Disk

[aldo_14]

Can do that with cD's now.  In fact, I think a lot of anti-viral programs require that amount of space to properly back up everything.

Or, of course, USB / Zip drives.

[Setekh]

We still don't have writing to CDs as easy and widely-supported as writing to floppy disks, though. But things are moving along, these days I hardly have to make my own boot disks any more.