Wow. Last night I came to realize why these formats are having a hard time. Basically, who cares if the average joe (me) wanting to give DVD-A a whirl cannot even find any titles to look at??
The experience:
Went to Borders. I had already looked at their site and saw many titles there (after some difficulty searching) I figured I would see what they had and then buy my first DVD-A! With money and excitement I stroll in through the door. To be fair, I was NOT expecting to see a huge selection, given the lack of titles out there, but I was expecting at least a selection of some kind.
Well, I tried their computers there to search for some titles, but it came up empty. I tried looking for a way to search DVD-A but nothing. Tried SACD, even though I dont have a SACD player, just to see - nothing.
I wandered around looking at the music - looking for a DVD-A section. None. Finally, I went up to the info desk to ask where I could find some of these new formats. The guy says, "Oh, you mean those SCADS?" (he said it like that - like it was a word - "scad") I said, "Yes, SACD (properly) or some DVD-audio titles?"
He says, "Well we got concerts on DVD over there." waving to the DVD section.
I ask, "Do you have any DVD-audio selections? Like these?" showing him a list of titles I had from the posts on this forum from my other thread.
He says without looking at my list, "Well there isn't really anything out on those. Plus you cannot search the computer. I think all that we have, if any SCADS, they are just mixed in with everything else...and the concert DVDs are over there" as he waves to the music and DVD section.
Frustrated, I asked another person, and got a similar response.
So I left with my money.
Enter Best Buy. Surely they would have some. Well, they did. Some in the DVD section but were mixed in with the other DVDs. Some were in the music section, mixed in by title, etc. Employees there were even worse. One guy said, "SCAD?" while another told me to check the internet.
Frustrated from this and from endless combing through the store I left.
WTF?????
Don't you think that is a format even has a chance to survive it needs to be SEPERATED from everything else so people know what to buy, and where to look? It would be like mixing the few DVD's that came out originally with the sea of VHS tapes. What good would that have done? At least with DVDs and VHS the formats get to have their own shelf space for easy shopping.
A customer will be willing to buy the needle, but not if it is INTENTIONALLY hidden in the haystack.
Please. Once again I was all set to spend a wad of cash at a B&M store only to be thwarted by stupid employees and even worse customer service via poor arrangement of the goods.
The experience:
Went to Borders. I had already looked at their site and saw many titles there (after some difficulty searching) I figured I would see what they had and then buy my first DVD-A! With money and excitement I stroll in through the door. To be fair, I was NOT expecting to see a huge selection, given the lack of titles out there, but I was expecting at least a selection of some kind.
Well, I tried their computers there to search for some titles, but it came up empty. I tried looking for a way to search DVD-A but nothing. Tried SACD, even though I dont have a SACD player, just to see - nothing.
I wandered around looking at the music - looking for a DVD-A section. None. Finally, I went up to the info desk to ask where I could find some of these new formats. The guy says, "Oh, you mean those SCADS?" (he said it like that - like it was a word - "scad") I said, "Yes, SACD (properly) or some DVD-audio titles?"
He says, "Well we got concerts on DVD over there." waving to the DVD section.
I ask, "Do you have any DVD-audio selections? Like these?" showing him a list of titles I had from the posts on this forum from my other thread.
He says without looking at my list, "Well there isn't really anything out on those. Plus you cannot search the computer. I think all that we have, if any SCADS, they are just mixed in with everything else...and the concert DVDs are over there" as he waves to the music and DVD section.
Frustrated, I asked another person, and got a similar response.
So I left with my money.
Enter Best Buy. Surely they would have some. Well, they did. Some in the DVD section but were mixed in with the other DVDs. Some were in the music section, mixed in by title, etc. Employees there were even worse. One guy said, "SCAD?" while another told me to check the internet.
Frustrated from this and from endless combing through the store I left.
WTF?????
Don't you think that is a format even has a chance to survive it needs to be SEPERATED from everything else so people know what to buy, and where to look? It would be like mixing the few DVD's that came out originally with the sea of VHS tapes. What good would that have done? At least with DVDs and VHS the formats get to have their own shelf space for easy shopping.
A customer will be willing to buy the needle, but not if it is INTENTIONALLY hidden in the haystack.
Please. Once again I was all set to spend a wad of cash at a B&M store only to be thwarted by stupid employees and even worse customer service via poor arrangement of the goods.