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In Reply to: RE: Which B-D movies take advantage of the higher capacity? posted by 4season on August 20, 2007 at 16:30:36
Both formats have way more than enough capacity so B-D's advantage is largely hypothetical. One other consideration is that B-D discs are easier to damage physically.
Still, this is just another format war based on licensing dollars. I am probably going to sit on the side for a while, at least until a respectable universal player comes to the market.
I can barely stand the thought of putting more dollars into the Sony coffers (owned an SCD-1, have a Qualia RPTV that took three months for Sony to supply a replacement bulb).
Based on all the tests I'm aware of, that's not true. I certainly have had no problem with any BD in my collection and I treat them the same as any DVD, CD or SACD.BDs come with a protective polymer coating whereas HD DVDs do not.
Clearly you are biased against Sony, which is fine since you admit it. What I can't stand is when people who hate Sony bash certain formats without saying why.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
The relative sensitivity to damage is what magazines, like Widescreen Review, reported among the pluses and minuses of each format. Personally, I don't abuse my discs, so it is not a big deal to me either way. I don't care at all which standard survives, but, it seems important for the market for one to succeed. As I stated above, I would be willing to get a universal machine if both formats are going to be around for a while, provided such machine is high quality and supports all functions (current machines don't meet either criteria).
I am not happy with Sony because of its half-assed support of certain new formats/product lines it has produced in recent times. This is particularly frustrating because the company, until recently, set high standards for product support, quality, etc.
I suspect "Night at the Museum" and "KIng Kong" could have been much better given more space to "breath". I've noticed that with movies containing lower bitrate VC1 encodes don't handle fast motions all that well either.
It'll be interesting to see how some of the longer movies will hold up. I'm anxiously waiting to see how LOTR extended versions or other 3 1/2 hour movies with lossless audio tracks turn out (if they turn up).
I'ld love to get an HD version of the Mahabharata. I'll take Peter Brook's version which is about 5 1/2 hours, and by far the shortest version available. Can I get it on 1 BD disc with Lossless audio in multiple languages (Hindi, English, French, Spanish) plus extras? Will the world end if they put it on 2 discs? Can anyone sit through the whole thing without having to go to the bathroom?
When will someone besides Sony be able to replicate BD-50s?
How long can I continue to write these questions? Who knows? :-)
enjoy,
Jack
Not that I expect the Studios to support movie releases to the public on such a format, even when it becames technically feasible.
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