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RE: "...you bought several HD DVD players..." - I got mine for next to nothing with free disc offers & discounts; also,

Posted by Jazz Inmate (A) on December 30, 2009 at 10:00:51

In Reply to: "...you bought several HD DVD players..." - I got mine for next to nothing with free disc offers & discounts; also, ... posted by Audiophilander on December 30, 2009 at 02:26:31:

>> .. they're still great players. <<

So what? they're obsolete and no new content is available to play on them. More relevantly, you advocated up and down this forum for the adoption of HD DVD even after the format was lying dead on a slab. You ignored repeated attempts to explain to you why Blu-ray was superior. So it's difficult to take any of your A/V "advice" seriously.

>> BTW, it would be interesting to learn how many BD players you own, <<

I don't see what's so interesting about that, but I currently own one Blu-ray player--the PS3, the same one I've owned for almost three years now. I did just decide to get an Oppo SE and mod it to optimize two-channel performance for CD/SACD and use it as my primary disc machine. The PS3 would be mostly retired at that point.

>> being that you like to convey the impression that I only have HD-DVD players hooked-up in my AV systems. <<

you did until you were forced by the death of HD DVD to adopt Blu-ray or be left out of the HD experience moving forward.

>> Note: You should have quite a collection by now and a lot of folks around here might be at least a little curious given your strong advocacy of the format. <<

Just because you wrongly suspected me of being a Sony employee or something like that doesn't mean anyone else is as stupid. Most A/V enthusiasms quickly recognized the advantages of Blu-ray and I was one of them.

>> Sorry Jazz, but your own words seem to refute that claim. The prevarication comes from your continued refusal to admit that the politics of Avatar weighed very heavily in your dismissal of the film. <<

No, I pointed out how bad the writing and acting were. On Outside, I focused on politics because that's what we focus on there. But there are more serious problems with the film.

>> Furthermore, in your own words you declared a predisposition towards disliking Cameron's movie months ago. <<

Yes, because he can't write yet insists on heavily rewriting most screenplays that come his way. He also sucks as a director for all but the action sequences, but so does another of your favorite directors, Peter jackson.

>> Here is one more clue: The debate over BD was never one of right or wrong, but rather of initial hardware and disc cost and whether BD regulations would be flexible enough so that film collectors would be able to acquire DVD & BD titles from other regions and zones. <<

No, it had to do much with audio capabilities and whether there was enough room on the lower-capacity HD DVD discs for high resolution audio Codecs. There wasn't. Being that this is primarily an audio board, I was floored that you and some others declared that you simply didn't care about better audio or high bitrate capacity. My main motivation for backing Blu-ray was its increased capacity--the only specification that mattered if you're interested in quality.

>> Fortunately, the latter issue has been resolved, even if it isn't to your liking. <<

of course it's to my liking--your inferior format died and my superior format won.

>> Let's not get into the area of overzealous BD advocacy again, that ground has been covered ad infinitum. <<

You should be embarrassed for being wrong and for being such a prick about it, not just for the duration of the format war but up until this very day.

>> While 3D probably won't be suitable for every new release, I predict with some confidence that it will take off for nature documentaries, horror, SF & fantasy, animation & major action films and will be the next big attraction for the HT market (provided the economy recovers enough to generate next generation HT sales). <<

That depends what your definition of "take off" is. A couple studios will dabble in it, but nothing more.

>> FYI, I like Avatar because of it's ground-breaking effects, immersive otherworldly detail and cautionary theme grounded in our own history. <<

Far out.

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