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SALES OF BLU-RAY PRODUCTS PREDICTED TO OVERTAKE DVD IN 2015 (Source: Instat) GERMANY
Blu-ray market share saw a 41% rise in 2011
(Source: International Video Federation)
NEIL YOUNG
UNITED KINGDOM
6.9% decline in DVD sales in 2011 while Blu-ray continued to rise
(Source: International Video Federation)
FRANCE
A steady rise in Blu-ray sales year on year since 2008
(Source: International Video Federation)
UNITED STATES
MARKET HIGHLIGHT
QUALITY OF AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, BUT TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN MUSIC TEND TO BE AT THE EXPENSE OF SOUND QUALITY.
Consumer spending on Blu-ray discs up 28.5% in Q1 2013 Homes with at least one Blu-ray compatible device estimated at 60m
(Source: International Video Federation)
THE FORMAT
A new audio media using Blu-Ray technology Audio is available in PCM, DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby True HD Plays on all Blu-ray devices, including PS3 consoles No video content Just pure HD audio Product handles exactly like a normal CD
THE FACTS
CD & MP3 are industry standard, but compressed Between the master tape and CD or MP3 the sampling frequency, resolution and dynamics are compressed and data is lost Vinyl is uncompressed but the wear and tear of the grooves due to the friction of the needle is inevitable. Pure Audio returns to using 100% sampling, resolution and dynamics at the master frequency band: The listener can now hear the work as it was created by the artist in the studio!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
CD AUDIO DURATION CAPACITY FORMATS
72 Minutes 0.65 Gigabytes PCM limited to 44.1khz 2.0
44.1khz Limited to 44.100 information per second 16 bits = 65,536 possible values 96 Decibels 1.5 Megabits/sec Can be copied
FUNCTIONALITY
SAMPLE OF CURRENT MENU FUNCTIONALITY. ACCESS ALL THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONS IN A SINGLE CLEAR CONCISE MENU.
WOW! Not owned a Stones album before and when I saw this as High Fidelity Audio I thought I'd best give it a try. The sound quality is simply amazing and with a good speaker and amp set-up you'll be blown away well I was! Hope more albums come out in this format, because this is the way to go.
(Mr. David A. James, February 22, 2013)
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RELEASES
ROCK/POP
Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend Derek And The Dominoes Layla The Rolling Stones Grrr! Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life Supertramp Breakfast in America The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico Beck Sea Change Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down Marvin Gaye What's Going On Amy Winehouse Back To Black Nick Drake Five Leaves Left Nirvana Nevermind Queen A Night at the Opera Supertramp Crime of the Century The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street The Who Tommy
JAZZ
Diana Krall The Look of Love John Coltrane A Love Supreme (Deluxe Edition) Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald Ella & Louis/Ella & Louis again Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You Oscar Peterson Night Train Quincy Jones Big Band Bossa Nova Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto Getz Gilberto Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues Chet Baker Bakers Holiday Miles Davis Ascenseur pour lchafaud
FRANCOPHONE
Alain Bashung Osez Josphine Alain Bashung Fantaisie militaire Barbara L'aigle noir Eddy Mitchell Grand cran Jacques Brel Les Marquises Jacques Brel Ne me quitte Pas Johnny Hallyday Rocknroll attitude Johnny Hallyday Sang pour sang Mylne Farmer Monkey me Noir Desir Tostaky Pierre Henry Pierre Henry : Messe pour le temps prsent Serge Gainsbourg Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg Aux armes et caetera Zazie La zizanie
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RELEASES
CLASSICAL
Anna Netrebko, Claudio Abbado Sempre libera Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, Jos van Dam, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Singverein, Helmut Froschauer Beethoven: Symphony No.9 Berliner Philharmoniker, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay Dvork: Symphony No.9 / Smetana: The Moldau / Liszt: Les Prludes Carlos Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 & 7 Hlne Grimaud, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Corigliano / Beethoven / Prt: "Credo" Herbert Von Karajan, Berlin Philharmoniker Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Jonas Kauf mann Wagner Anne-Sophie Mutter Beethoven: Violinkonzert + Violinromanzen Rollando Villazon Verdi Ashkenazy, Kondrashin, LSO, Moscow Philharmonic Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 Benjamin Grosvenor Chopin, Liszt, Ravel Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Holst: The Planets Brendel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mackerras Mozart: Piano Concertos, K271 & K503 Britten, Rostropovich Schubert Arpeggione, Schumann. Debussy Cello Sonata Colin Davis, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Handel: Messiah Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mahler: Symphonie No.8 Grace Bumbry, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lorin Maazel Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/Falla: El Amor Brujo; El Sombrero De Tres Picos Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries Helene Grimaud (Mozart, Berg, Liszt, Bartok) Resonances Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker Beethoven Symphnony No. 3 & 4 I Fagiolini 1612 Vespers Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Jan Lisiecki Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 466 and K. 467 (n20&21) Janine Jansen Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Lang Lang, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux Ravel: Orchestral Favourites
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RELEASES
CLASSICAL [CONTINUED]
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet Debussy: La mer + Jeux + Khamma LSO, Sir Georg Solti Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, dance suite Martha Argerich, Kremer, Bashmet Brahms Piano Concerto, Op 25 Schumann Fantasia Op.88 Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev Prokofiev: Cinderella for 2 pianos / Ravel: Ma Mre l'Oye Milos Latino Mitsuko Uchida Schubert: Piano Sonata, D568 & Moments musicaux Olivier Latry Midnight at Notre-Dame Perlman, Ashkenazy Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 9 & 5 Pierre Laurent Aimard Debussy Preludes, Book 1 & 2 Radu Lupu, Previn, LSO Grieg & Schumann Piano Concertos Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Mahler Symphony: 3 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink Debussy: Orchestral Works: La mer; Iberia; Nocturnes; Prlude a lapres-midi dun faun Sir Colin Davis, Concertgebouw Orchestra Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Thomas Quasthoff, Berliner Barock Solisten, Rainer Kussmaul Bach: Cantatas BWV 56, 158 & 82 Valery Gergiev, Wiener Philharmoniker Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Giuliano Carmignola Concerto Veneziano Viktoria Mullova, John Eliot Gardiner Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff Mahler: Song Cycles Vladimir Ashkenazy Rachmaninov: 24 Prludes Wiener Philharmoniker Orch, Bohm Bruckner: Symphony no. 4 'romantic' WPO Wiener Philharmoniker Orch, Karajan Tchaikovsky Ballet Suites Zubin Mehta, Wiener Philharmoniker Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
5345062
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Beck
Sea Change
5344451
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Legend
5342379
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Layla
5340637
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Lionel Richie
5340643
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Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
5344450
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Nick Drake
5345112
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Nirvana
Nevermind
5342384
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Queen
3732771
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Rolling Stones
Grrr
3723392
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Stevie Wonder
5340640
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Supertramp
Breakfast in America
5342998
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Supertramp
5345068
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5345027
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5342997
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Tommy
3747398
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TITLE
UPC
CATALOGUE
PRICE CODE
Billie Holiday
5344625
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Chet Baker
Baker's Holiday
5344498
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Diana Krall
3731667
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John Coltrane
253734979
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Ella & Louis (Classics International Version) / Ella and Louis again
253734980
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Miles Davis
3726516
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Nina Simone
253735662
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Oscar Peterson
Night Train
3731766
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Quincy Jones
3731764
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Getz Gilberto
3731767
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TITLE
UPC
CATALOGUE
PRICE CODE
Alain Bashung
Osez Josphine
3725044
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Alain Bashung
Fantaisie militaire
3725042
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Barbara
L'aigle noir
3724981
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Eddy Mitchell
Grand cran
5342421
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Jacques Brel
Les Marquises
3725049
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Jacques Brel
Ne me quitte Pas
3725058
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Johnny Hallyday
Rocknroll attitude
3724982
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Johnny Hallyday
3724983
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Mylne Farmer
Monkey me
3722807
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Noir Desir
Tostaky
3726762
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Pierre Henry
3728778
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Serge Gainsbourg
Melody Nelson
3724999
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Serge Gainsbourg
3724989
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La zizanie
3724991
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TITLE
UPC
CATALOGUE
PRICE CODE
Sempre libera
4790775
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Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier & Berliner PhilharmonikerLudwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.9
4791083
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4791082
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4791106
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4791055
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4791053
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Jonas Kaufmann
Wagner
4785678
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Mutter, Anne-Sophie
4791063
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Rollando Villazon
Verdi
4791708
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4785027
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Benjamin Grosvenor
4785004
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4791081
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4785005
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Britten, Rostropovich
4785029
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Colin Davis, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield & Others
Handel: Messiah
4785396
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4784644
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4785006
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4791077
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Gustavo Dudamel
Discoveries
4791343
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Resonances
4791056
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4791108
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I Fagiolini
1612 Vespers
4785011
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4785007
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Jan Lisiecki
4791057
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Janine Jansen
4785001
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4790777
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4785395
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4785008
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4785023
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4791107
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4790776
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Milos
Latino
4791342
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Mitsuko Uchida
4785009
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Olivier Latry
Midnight at Notre-Dame
4790771
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Perlman, Ashkenazy
4785024
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4791064
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4785031
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Mahler Symphony: 3
4785000
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4785394
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4785010
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4790770
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4785002
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Concerto Veneziano
4791059
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4785012
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4790778
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rachmaninov: 24 Prludes
4785013
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4785026
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4785028
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4785030
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