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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 18:11:19

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 3, 2007 at 15:32:01:

>>That isn't all I'm interested in but you need to face the fact that the major studios and their blockbusters are going to drive the direction of HDTV formats.<<

I wonder where you got the idea that I ever disputed this. It certainly wasn't in anything I've written.

>>studios should be encouraged to use any tools at their disposal to protect their intellectual property in the regions where they own it.<<

I totally disagree with your stance on this issue. 'Nuff said.

>>I could, except that the type of regional encoding you are against has not been implemented<<

You're wrong. It has indeed been implemented, exactly in the fashion I deplore. Here's a list someone put together showing some of the discs on the market, and whether they are playback-restricted by region. By and large, the older, less desirable releases are not locked out, the newer ones are.

>>Blu-rays, like SACDs, are not subject to regional encoding in Japan. You can order The Producers blu-ray from Japan and enjoy it on your PS3.<<

You're wrong. Region Coding has indeed been implemented in Japan. The thing is that the blu-ray Region Code for Japan is the same as for the US (Region A). So yes, you can take a disc coded for Japan and play it in a US player, but you can't take a disc coded and locked-out for Japan/US and play it in a European player.

>>you can bet your arse there will be HD-DVD II that provides the means for regional encoding to the exact same extent as blu-ray.<<

I wouldn't bet that. There was a REASON why Region Coding was not implemented in HD DVD, and it was not a technical reason. The current HD DVD players enforce legacy DVD-V region coding, forgoshsakes! Even if a mythical HD DVD II with Region Coding should emerge, one can always choose not to buy into it. The cork is already out of the bottle on HD DVD though.

Nevertheless, you specifically said that we shouldn't engage in what-ifs, and here you are doing it.

>>See, this is where I'm not understanding you. Are you saying that 24-bit 48 kHz lossless PCM sounds as good as DolbyTruHD? <<

I'm afraid I'm not understanding you, because this sentence makes absolutely no sense. Are you comparing identical lossless PCM to lossless PCM and saying there is a difference???? Or are you comparing an apple to an orange, and saying they are different? Of course they are! Please clarify the point you are trying to get across.

>>Are you saying that data storage capacity and data rates don't matter? That it's just a lie propagated by blu-ray adopters?<<

No, that's not what I'm saying. Try reading what I wrote again.

>>I can't believe he figured out the advantages of blu-ray over hd-dvd before you did!<<

Well, let's see - you've called him a troll in the past, and pretty much accused him of making stuff up. But now you prepared to believe what he posts just because it fits your biases? That's quite a shift in viewpoint! :-)

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