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interesting

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on January 22, 2007 at 00:57:27

In Reply to: Re: native resolution posted by David Aiken on January 21, 2007 at 21:47:51:

It's interesting to hear about what's going on in other countries. One can very easily get caught up in their part of the world and mistake it for the "whole" world.

If I were you, I'd check out what "regions" Australia is included in for the Blu-ray format. The restrictions aren't as strict as they were for DVD (yes, I know there are ways around this) and most consumers may find the new areas more to their liking. Then again, I'm sure there's quite a few that would rather there just be one region.

In the US, Universal is the only studio not supporting Blu-ray. However, that's not going to last much longer. There are some things happening in Japan right now that may give clues as to their intentions in the US (96% of the Japanese HD optical market is Blu-ray based). I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they'll remain HD DVD exclusive in the US through 2007. After that, they'll either support separate Blu-ray releases or use Warner Bros' combo HD DVD/Blu-ray disc (they call it TotalHD) if Warner Bros can actually get it off the ground. Of course, depending on the March launch in Europe of the PS3, they may decide to cave even sooner. That's what I'd prefer, because Universal is my 2nd favorite studio (FOX is 1st). No use dragging out the inevitable...

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