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In Reply to: Nice info, but you left out the most interesting part of the press release: posted by Audiophilander on August 20, 2007 at 14:59:28:
When you're talking about a/v content, especially 1080p and lossless PCM, capacity is a critical issue.You just can't get around that.
It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats.
Microsoft can dump all the $$$ it wants into prolonging this "format war" but wouldn't it be nicer if it used to money to improve the specs of HD DVD to give consumers a better product? Too bad quality ain't what MS is about.
Maybe this will play out a lot like SACD vs DVD-A. Both formats may make incremental gains (albeit blu-ray's gains are twice HD DVD's) until the industry decides to get behind something else.
Whatever happens is certainly beyond my control. All I can do is stand behind my decision to go with the format I perceive as better for the consumer. Whatever your reasons for adopting HD DVD, auph, you can't say it was to support the higher quality format. I can.
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- BDs provide more capacity. Period. - Jazz Inmate 15:20:38 08/20/07 (44)
- Which B-D movies take advantage of the higher capacity? - 4season 16:30:36 08/20/07 (39)
- RE: Which B-D movies take advantage of the higher capacity? - Larry I 06:33:00 08/21/07 (5)
- "B-D discs are easier to damage physically"--you've done stress tests? - Jazz Inmate 09:52:21 08/21/07 (1)
- RE: "B-D discs are easier to damage physically"--you've done stress tests? - Larry I 13:07:47 08/21/07 (0)
- I disagree 25G or 30G will be sufficient for ALL movies. - oscar 08:19:06 08/21/07 (2)
- Nothing will be sufficient for ALL movies - Jack G 10:12:46 08/22/07 (1)
- We'll need 2-3 Terabyte discs for the Uncompressed video movie releases. :0) - oscar 18:50:10 08/22/07 (0)
- Most of the Sony and Disney titles, some Foxes and many Warners, the Sopranos, quite a few NT - Jazz Inmate 16:41:20 08/20/07 (32)
- I haven't noticed a quality advantage there myself - 4season 17:01:41 08/20/07 (31)
- Well, my point is about capacity - Jazz Inmate 17:27:42 08/20/07 (30)
- But wouldn't that same tasting OJ more affordable if you bought a Dixie cup rather than a blue crystal goblet? (nt) - Audiophilander 23:21:27 08/20/07 (18)
- If you're going to use that argument, you should have just stuck with DVD nt - Jazz Inmate 09:55:24 08/21/07 (11)
- HD-DVD has 'juice' that DVD doesn't, although upscaling improves PQ. The question for BR cheerleaders is this: - Audiophilander 10:36:10 08/21/07 (10)
- heehee, well this teaches me to avoid analogies when Auph is in the house - Jazz Inmate 10:59:00 08/21/07 (9)
- "Why would you purposefully CHOOSE to limit yourself with the format providing LESS capacity?" - Why, ... - Audiophilander 11:26:36 08/21/07 (8)
- You think today's HD DVD players will handle triple or quadruple layer HD DVDs ? - oscar 12:06:02 08/21/07 (6)
- Of course not, but don't you think there will be issues - Jack G 05:39:10 08/22/07 (4)
- I might have issues with the latest Blu-Ray discs because of the spec changes... - oscar 06:39:19 08/22/07 (3)
- Me too - Jack G 07:08:13 08/22/07 (2)
- Firmware changes will be a fact of life for a while. I'm waiting for disc to arrive. - oscar 07:11:28 08/22/07 (1)
- I hear ya - Jack G 08:53:32 08/22/07 (0)
- But oscar, neither of us know what design parameters are achievable. - Audiophilander 12:53:42 08/21/07 (0)
- Why do you think TrueHD was developed? - Jazz Inmate 11:41:04 08/21/07 (0)
- Is HD DVD really more affordable ? - oscar 05:24:59 08/21/07 (5)
- RE: Is HD DVD really more affordable ? - usafwso 11:42:09 08/21/07 (1)
- Hard to avoid when you've gotten used to HD broadcasts. - oscar 11:50:17 08/21/07 (0)
- "Is HD DVD really more affordable?" Across the board, the hardware is generally less expensive, and... - Audiophilander 09:59:55 08/21/07 (2)
- You won't need an "expensive" Multiformat player if a single format prevails in this war. - oscar 07:07:32 08/22/07 (1)
- Multi-format players will come down in price as well, and trust me, this war isn't ending anytime soon. - Audiophilander 11:21:28 08/22/07 (0)
- And sometimes bigger is just...bigger - 4season 20:12:02 08/20/07 (10)
- But you can hear the advantages of lossless vs lossy audio. - oscar 05:12:24 08/21/07 (4)
- TrueHD support is mandatory for HD DVD players - 4season 10:51:08 08/21/07 (3)
- It simply means I won't buy a player without TrueHD decoding cability. - oscar 12:00:51 08/21/07 (2)
- "Quality" - 4season 13:55:09 08/21/07 (1)
- RE: "Quality" - Jack G 04:57:11 08/22/07 (0)
- there's that and there's sometimes more capacity is more flexibility and content - Jazz Inmate 21:02:47 08/20/07 (4)
- To answer your question... - Jack G 08:25:09 08/21/07 (1)
- If true, that would be good reason to avoid that particular movie release - oscar 08:31:04 08/21/07 (0)
- Mostly we keep coming back to the same old argument - 4season 23:03:36 08/20/07 (1)
- Features Are Available To Take Advantage Of - Robertc88 08:14:46 08/21/07 (0)
- "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jack G 16:20:22 08/20/07 (3)
- RE: "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jazz Inmate 16:35:59 08/20/07 (2)
- RE: "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jack G 16:49:15 08/20/07 (1)
- RE: "It's about specs and physical limitation of the respective formats. " - Jazz Inmate 17:07:35 08/20/07 (0)
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