Home Video Asylum

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The region blocking is useful to allow staggered releases of movies in theaters worldwide.

E.g. It wouldn't do the studios any good in terms of European sales if they released region-free movies on Blu-ray in USA if the first run movies haven't been in the theaters in Europe yet; that would kill theatrical sales (I believe that's the reason Warner's isn't releasing a certain movie on HD DVD yet, though the BLu-ray release is forthcoming). I can't blame the studios for doing that though it makes my life a bit more inconvenient.

Also, don't you prefer "lossless" DVD-A or CD vs "lossy" DD/DTS ? Whether it's music or movie tracks, "lossy" DD/DTS still sounds "muddy" next to their uncompressed/"lossless" counterparts. E.g. when choosing between Eagles' "Hotel California" on DVD-A or DVD-V, I have to choose between a video presentation with "lossy" DTS or a more pristine presentation with 5.1 "lossless" 24/96 DVD-A but no video. Blu-ray will allow me to have both high def video and "lossless" 5.1 24/96 sound (too bad they can't slap on DSD @ 5.6Mbs at the same time...

That vinyl argument doesn't really apply for movie tracks, the master "tapes" are typically digital 24/48 so yes, HD Media can be "lossless" bit-for-bit identical to the masters.


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