A blu-ray player costs $200. A user doesn't need surround sound to get benefits from a hybrid disk, if that's what blu-spec CD is. The CD layer could offer audio and the Blu-ray layer could offer video and audio. The video could anything at all - pop videos, a live performance, featurettes, anything. It doesn't have to match with the CD layer although it could do that too if it wanted. Given the popularity of music videos, a hybrid that also played in a CD player would be a very popular bonus assuming it was priced reasonably.
“While it's not exactly punching it out with the heavyweights in multi-room audio, the Mint Studio does certainly hold its own with many similarly-priced iPod docks out there.”
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A blu-ray player costs $200. A user doesn't need surround sound to get benefits from a hybrid disk, if that's what blu-spec CD is. The CD layer could offer audio and the Blu-ray layer could offer video and audio. The video could anything at all - pop videos, a live performance, featurettes, anything. It doesn't have to match with the CD layer although it could do that too if it wanted. Given the popularity of music videos, a hybrid that also played in a CD player would be a very popular bonus assuming it was priced reasonably.