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RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles

Posted by racerguy on July 3, 2007 at 07:12:10

In Reply to: RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles posted by Jazz Inmate on July 2, 2007 at 21:41:03:

>>No, I don't think adopting or being happy with blu-ray makes me a fanboy or a cheerleader. <<

Oh, I agree 100%. Just being an adopter doesn't push someone into fanboyism or cheerleader status. It's the "extolling its virtues" thing you mentioned in your previous post that makes someone a cheerleader :-)

>>While it may seem like a nuisance to you that you can get The Producers on blu-ray in Japan, but only on HD-DVD in the US, that is the studios' legal rights to distribute the film. Studios, like record labels, ought to be encouraged to find ways to protect their intellectual property as long as it doesn't compromise performance or quality.<<

If all you care about are the latest Hollywood blockbusters, fad films, and endless reissues of Hollywood "classics," I suppose your simplistic view of the situation would fit.

The facts are, however, that we live in a global economy, with the beginnings of global culture. Region Coding smacks of a provincial marketing model, not from the standpoint of controlling lawful distribution as you posit, but from the standpoint of limiting access to cultural material. Should a Polish-speaking person living in the US be required to fly to Poland just to watch a Polish-language movie? Yes, he can order a fully-legitimate, licensed and studio-blessed copy from overseas, because we live in a global economy, but due to provincial Region Coding, he may not be able to watch it. Instead, he would have to hope that some media distribution company has an interest in releasing the Polish film outside of its primary market. The market for Polish films is not very big outside of Poland, so the likelihood of this happening is nil.

Again, I understand that people who are only interested in Hollywood's Greatest Hits may not care about this, but let me try to put it in terms that you may be able to identify with:

What if Sony had implemented Region Coding in SACD? It was actually discussed, and there were people pushing for this. Region Coding in SACD would mean that none of the JSACDs and European imports you currently own would be playable on your SCD-1. I suspect that if this were the situation, SACD would have been a non-starter for you. Can you not see how this could make blu-ray a non-starter for some people, despite its technological potential?

>>But beyond that, quality should be what HDTV is all about and quality equals data rates and data rates equal storage capacity. Blu-ray is simply is superior.<<

Superior on paper, yes. So far, the bulk of the superiority claims are coming from blu-ray fanboys and cheerleaders. Opinions that appear more objective seem unanimous that little to no difference can be seen between HD DVD and blu-ray at this point. I mentioned to you before that it is too early to declare blu-ray the winner. You denied doing this, but here you are doing it again. I still say it's too early to make such a call.

>>Even DUI sold his toshiba.<<

I can't BELIEVE you're using DUI as an example! LOL!

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