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In Reply to: RE: What else does it look like? posted by Jazz Inmate on December 19, 2007 at 09:59:26
That BD has more bad titles? whoopee.
I seem to remember early in the year when the blu-brigade was chanting, "CONTENT IS KING!". Hows that working out for you?Don't blame the lack of mass adaption on the format war, that's just a cop out. Its at least partly due to the lack of quality titles. Unfortunately, people like you who feel they should buy to support the format instead of buying to enjoy the movie only perpetuate the problem since the studios know you'll buy anything.
Both formats deserve niche status.
Jack
Edits: 12/19/07Follow Ups:
Which comes first--the titles you want or mass-adoption of a format?
I think the answer is pretty clear. No content provider is going to the trouble to spiff up their films for HD production until they are guaranteed a certain volume of sales, and that volume will never be achieved as long as a format war stands in the way of mass-market adoption. If you want good titles, you will have to get behind one format and push for it to succeed. I know you think my posts are motivated by me being an asshole and cheerleader and fanboy, etc., but you should at some point entertain the possibility that I recognize certain market factors, if not features of the formats that make one superior to the other.
Or not. You can just continue to pretend market factors and capacity are irrelevant and playing both sides of the fence is the way to go. Up to you.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
The studios are going to have to pony up to get people's attention and interest. Think about it The studios are making big bucks, Paramount made $1.2 Billion last year. Putting out HD titles requires an investment, but it isn't that big, and in many cases, they already made the 4K intermediate for their latest remastered DVD. They don't need to sell that many discs to make their investment back. After that, its all profit. If they have to wait a few months or so, fine-its still money in the bank to them. That's why studios like their catalog titles.
All of the studios have GREAT titles in their vaults. It wouldn't hurt them to put them on HD. If it takes a while for the numbers to roll in, they'll still get their profits in the long run. The idea of putting out drek, or catering to gamers just alienates the very people they are trying to attract.EDIT: The reason I bought a BD player (2 actually) is mostly for the catalog titles. I couldn't care less about most of the current releases these day.
If studios can make big bucks providing downloadable content to reach a mass audience, why would they bother footing the bill for production of HD DVD and/or blu-ray to reach a niche audience?
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Apparently you didn't either. They put out crap on SACD that most people didn't want. I bought into it, but stopped after 6 months, because there was nothing I wanted on the format. I bought maybe a dozen SACDs. That was it.
Jack
Way too many crap titles and not nearly enough quality films for my taste, which admittedly is primarily foreign, classic and independent releases. I'm the classic Criterion buyer. So far the most exciting hi def releases to me are Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, 2001, Master & Commander, Pride and Prejudice, Goodfellas etc. I could hardly care less about most titles released so far.
But I didn't expect anything else from either camp. The movies I would buy won't sell in huge numbers anyhoot. I'm buying In My Father's Den on German BD - that title won't even be released in SD in the US until next month.
So I still need a BD or HD-DVD player that is region free and will do the PAL> NTSC conversion.
I'm not married to either format. I'm just annoyed that we even have this format war in the first place.
HD DVD seems to have a better, albeit small, collection of classics and more adult oriented movies. BD seems to lean more towards kiddie movies.
Jack
Yet people with very similar taste in films have adopted both.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
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