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

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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 05, 2007 at 14:24:37

>>>It's not that you ever disputed it; it's that you have open disdain for the blockbusters as if it's not tied in at all to what you want.<<<
I have an open disdain for most blockbusters, I'll admit it. My wife likes them a bit, but I could do without seeing 90+% of them.

>>>But those newer ones are all available in NA, so it's a nonissue.<<<
So anything that doesn't effect you personally doesn't count? BTW, there are Blu-ray discs coming out in Europe, that aren't here.

>>>Nope. DolbyTruHD involves an algorithm that compresses the code and requires less space on the disc. They may market it as lossless, but lossless PCM is different.<<<
The difference is that uncompressed PCM takes up more space. Both are lossless.

>>>The point I am trying to get across is that greater disc capacity will let you have better quality.<<<
That's an assumption, not a given.

Jack

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RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jazz Inmate 16:23:34 07/06/07 (1)
Yeah, as I said earlier, blockbusters may not be our cup of tea, but they do tend to dictate the direction of the industry. Especially in matters of format.

As for the current implementation of regional encoding, it's a nonissue if it doesn't affect me, you or anyone else.

As for DolbyTruHD, as I said, I was invited to listen to this and to the uncompressed PCM in the mixing room of Dolby Labs in San Francisco, as Sony was preparing to author a demo blu-ray disc. There was a difference and to my ears (and the ears of the Sony audio guy), the unmolested PCM was better. DolbyTruHD does compress the PCM and uncompressing it requires another step in the D-> A.

If greater disc capacity can allow 7.1 PCM where HD-DVD requires greater compression, I'm all for it.

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- RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles - Jack G 06:30:58 07/07/07 (0)
  > > > Yeah, as I said earlier, blockbusters may not be our cup of tea, but they do tend to dictate the direction of the industry. Especially in matters of format. < < <
  That must be why they lost money last quartet, and are shutting down some stores.
  
  > > > As for the current implementation of regional encoding, it's a nonissue if it doesn't affect me, you or anyone else. < < <
  But is DOES effect me, and it certainly effects Europeans, that's the whole point.
  I can inport HD DVDs from Europe that I might not be able to with BD. Europeans (Aussies too) can increase their collections by inporting HD DVDs from the US, that aren't available there.
  
  I'll take your word on the PCM, but I'll leave the high end audio for my stereo. Movie sound is secondary for me. It certainly won't be the biggest selling point for the masses. Do you think they'll tell the difference with their $200 Bose surround sound?
  I couldn't care less about 7.1.
  Jack

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