i always thought the hybrid was a good idea; it is too bad that didnt catch on...
hopefully in the fall, or next year, whenever the stones kick off the tour, the rolling stones records catalog will get the hybrid sacd treatment, just like the abkco catalog rec'd three years ago...
i love the sacd thing - and some of the titles i have come across (most recently nuddy waters' "folk singer") are absolutely phenomenal...
i do think that some smaller labels will keep producing sacds, even if sony doesnt. like msfl and the folks that bankrolled the yo! miles releases. those small companies have spent entirely too much money to get the sacd licensing and production squared away just to abandon it now. and that is fine with me - a few reissues and ...
not to mention that for the calssical music set - the format seems to be dominant. those releases will continue for quite some time...
i also think that it is currently THE way to transfer analog > digital, and i thinnk there is an untapped reissue market there...
but i think the chances of seeing new, mainstream releases on sacd are getting smaller by the day...