In Reply to: Sony, Fox, and Disney have no issues putting lossless audio on their disks. posted by oscar on October 20, 2007 at 20:48:50:
...that, when they had the opportunity to put better-quality audio and video on DVDs, frequently chose not to, or charged extra for what they should have done in the first place (i.e. Superbit). Instead, they went with the least-common denominator.
They didn't maximize their utilization of DVD capabilities, because they didn't have to. What makes you think they'll consistently utilize the capabilities of Blu-ray (or even HD DVD)? Again, history shows a clear precedent.
Contrary to the desperate nonsense spouted about me by the resident forum buffoon, I've never denied that Blu-ray has more impressive technical specs, and I agree that the BDA's slideware is way more spectacular than the HD DVD consortium's. Unfortunately, the reality (i.e. the actual products) don't quite match up to the hype yet.
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Follow Ups
- These are the same studios... - racerguy 09:17:28 10/21/07 (2)
- "Unfortunately, the reality (i.e. the actual products) don't quite match up to the hype yet." - oscar 14:43:37 10/21/07 (1)
- Well, I think we've reached a bit of an impasse... - racerguy 15:08:45 10/21/07 (0)