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"Link? Source?" - See link...

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on December 31, 2007 at 12:58:26

In Reply to: RE: Lots of bluster and innuendo, but your assinine remarks about blatant lying is truly out of the blue. posted by Jazz Inmate on December 31, 2007 at 09:33:37:

>>> "But isn't that exactly what your de facto position is? Doesn't your monetary support exclusively go to the HD DVD format?" <<<

Is de facto anything like your de Nile, because anyone can play that kind of subjective opinion game!? If by monetary support you mean buying movies I like, I plead no contest; if you mean donations made to a one format cause, nope.

>>> "...you haven't learned anything from the DVD-A and SACD situation. Here we had a superior format and an inferior one, creating confusion in the marketplace." <<<

Comparing the audio format war to the video format war is a serious error because there are other factors to be taken into account with high definition such as the government mandated analog/digital changeover. The DVD-A/SACD war was over competing audio technologies that required 5.1 speakers to be fully appreciated as being superior to CD. Arguably the new technologies didn't better CDs enough to make the investment in surround speakers and associated gear worthwhile for Joe Consumer, and analog audio (LPs) still sounded better to most audiophiles.

>>> "The general public didn't know which to adopt, even if they were interested. Different labels and manufacturers aligned with different formats. Yeah, universal machines were out there, but it couldn't bridge the gap. Downloadable music came along and pretty much put an end to both." <<<

Downloadable music provides a convenience factor that most on-the-go younger listeners can relate to better than middle-aged audiophiles. Dual format SACD/DVD-A players did bridge the gap, but the prices took too long to come down and they had little impact because the interest in those formats never reached the threshold of mass acceptance.

>>> "If you can't see the very real possibility that could happen to HD video, you're not terribly astute. By advocating your 'two format solution', you are essentially advocating intransigence among studios, manufacturers, consumers and, ultimately, death to optical formats. The only way to ensure that doesn't happen is to align firmly behind one format and support it exclusively and make sure studios and manufacturers follow suit so that the mass consumer has a clear upgrade path to HD. You support muddying and bifurcating that path." <<<

Balderdash!

Of course anything can happen, but taking a "Chicken Little" approach to the format war isn't my cuppa tea. I'm convinced that competition will bring the price of both of these formats down, that includes the hardware and video, and push the technological advances. The lowering of prices is what will get Joe Public to accept one or both of the formats, as early adopters have done.

>>> "Are they only on the BD release? Isn't the same content used to produce both the HD DVD and Blu-ray?" <<<

You obviously haven't read the threads from those who have bought both. Yes, the content is the same and the lossless audio is fine on the HD-DVD, but there's apparently a glitch on the Blu-ray that produces drop-outs. One has to wonder if this could be a problem with Blu-ray mastering or the ability to utilize lossless audio; maybe with so much capacity John Bonham's drum whacks on Moby Dick just got lost in all that unused gigabyte space! ;0)

Have a Happy Blue Year (but don't drink the blue Kool Aid),
AuPh

• Page seems fully on board with new format releases (Oct. 2nd, A/V News link).   (Open in New Window)

Edits: 01/01/08

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