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In Reply to: RE: HD-DVD has 'juice' that DVD doesn't, although upscaling improves PQ. The question for BR cheerleaders is this: posted by Audiophilander on August 21, 2007 at 10:36:10
Blu-ray has more capacity. What does that mean? Consider these comments from Disney's home video president, Chapek:
"The strides that we've made with this format are just the tip of the iceberg and we are confident that consumers will be astounded by the level of entertainment that can only be achieved by using the maximum capacity of the Blu-ray Disc format."
Think about that. If a format is to survive, it must have the flexibility to accomodate content and plans that may not be currently implemented, but could become a key part of the home video experience. Why would you purposefully CHOOSE to limit yourself with the format providing LESS capacity? It just doesn't make sense.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
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...would anyone assume that future technological advances with HD storage capacity would make HD-DVD any less efficient in handling expanded content?
Food for thought (with an Orange Julius on the side -grin).
AuPh
I doubt it. They'd probably have to do a spec rewrite and hardware redesign. I don't think it's in the cards. They didn't plan for anything more than 30G for the movie application.
Blu-Ray can play the same game (e.g. 200G Blu-Rays anyone ?)
HD DVD also has a tighter restriction on audio/video bitrate which I strongly suspect has already compromised PQ/SQ on certain HD DVD movies.
when the video 1.1 encoded discs get played on 1.0 machines? Hell, there have already been some issues, and the new spec discs aren't even out yet. I expect alot of hiccups with BD playback down the road. Hopefully, FW updates will do the trick. We'll see.
Personally, I don't think triple layer HD DVDs will happen, nor do I care.
Jack
but that's the price I knew I might pay for being an early adopter. Still, I'll be surprised if my current player will not be able to play any "next-generation" Blu-Ray or HD DVD discs.
I fully expect to eventually replace/relegate to another room my current player with a more full-featured player(s) down the road. Hopefully, AFTER the format war is resolved, but that possibility just took a big hit.
It'll be interesting to see how well LOTR extended versions w/ lossless audio fits on a 30G disc....
I expect a few glitches with my player too. Hell, I already have a few glitches. :-( Hopefully it won't be alot of discs, and hopefully, Samsung will upgrade the FW.
I expect LOTR to be the studio versions.
Jack
so I can hopefully resolve an audio dropout problem I've occasionally had. Hopefully the transition from 1.0 to 1.1 will ONLY require a firmware upgrade (if that).
I'm hoping for a FW upgrade so my player will be more reliable. I'm *hoping* I don't have issues with 1.1 discs.
Jack
> > > "I doubt it. They'd probably have to do a spec rewrite and hardware redesign. I don't think it's in the cards. They didn't plan for anything more than 30G for the movie application." < < <HD-DVD applications are constantly evolving; system upgrades are pretty much downloadable as well.
> > > "HD DVD also has a tighter restriction on audio/video bitrate which I strongly suspect has already compromised PQ/SQ on certain HD DVD movies." < < <
'Suspect', okay, suspicion is a reasonable response, but so far I've seen no evidence of compromised source material on my 1080P Sammy, much less heard it from any reliable non-biased industry source. Have you made any A/B comparisons of Blu-ray/HD-DVD performance, oscar?
As you know, I have no dog in this hunt save for my desire to own high resolution copies of my favorite films. The HD format which delivers my favorite films will remain my 'drug' of choice until a reasonably priced multi-format player enters the market and expands my options further.
Respectfully,
AuPh
The challenges to fit high-resolution audio and video technology on a disc aren't future, they're current.
And as for the future, those were Disney's comments, and I'd think they're referring to BD-J developments that should prove interesting.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
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