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anyone who buys a new player just to see PIP extras needs their head checked

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: But will we need to buy new B-D players to watch "The Matrix"? posted by 4season on July 24, 2007 at 16:51:05

I always thought HD was about the actual content, not the extras.
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Those grapes must be pretty sour ;-) - 4season 06:17:25 07/25/07 (1)
Just wait until someone like The Criterion Collection does a disk in high-def, and you will probably discover how good those bonus features really can be.
- PIPs good for simultaneously watching two (2) Sporting event. - oscar 10:56:28 07/25/07 (0)
  I don't know about listening/watching Director commentary while simultaneously trying to watch a movie !?
RE: anyone who buys a new player just to see PIP extras needs their head checked - usafwso 20:12:16 07/24/07 (2)
Agreed! I am buying the maximum possible HD visual experience possible on a home based consumer machine not some video game or video game experience.
- the BD+ refers to picture in picture (PIP) or other "extra" content - Jazz Inmate 21:16:45 07/24/07 (1)
  It's nice, depending on the bonus features, but honestly I rarely watch that stuff. Even if blu-ray provided no BD+ content, I'd still choose it over HD-DVD. The fact that HD-DVD provides these bonus capabilities but nowhere near the 50 GB capacity of blu-ray just proves that camp put the cart before the horse.
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  "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
  - No. BD+ refers to extra security - Jack G 04:52:56 07/25/07 (0)
    BD+ is an extra layer of security, an anti-copy protection. Word has it, that it was put in the specs in order to lure Fox over to the Blu side.
    You are thinking of BD video profile 1.1, which will give PiP as well as other features. While many may not care about them, Disney certainly does, as does Warner and Universal. The BDA promised these features because both Disney and Warner were insistent on having them. Remember, it was Disney folks along with M$ folks who developed HDi for HD DVD.
    The other issue, is that even if older players won't do PiP, they may have problems reading the discs that have it embedded, just to play the movie. Expect some messiness this winter when BD-V1.1 discs start coming out in numbers.
    BTW, since the Denon doesn't have an ethernet port, it won't qualify for profile 2.0, aka. BD-live, which will be interactive features via the internet.
    Jack
    
    Edits: 07/25/07

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