In Reply to: The region blocking is useful to allow staggered releases of movies in theaters worldwide. posted by oscar on November 30, 2007 at 15:08:57:
>>> "I can't blame the studios for doing that though it makes my life a bit more inconvenient." <<<
I do blame the Blu-ray consortium for acquiescing to studio paranoia, and when you say inconvenience that's an understatement, especially when it limits or prevents one from acquiring high definition formated television and film titles from overseas.
>>> "Also, don't you prefer "lossless" DVD-A or CD vs "lossy" DD/DTS?" <<<
If it were truly lossless, then yes (esp. for CDs, DVD-A & SACD music), but that's a misnomer because it's still compressed. Nevertheless, it's a moot point because both HD-DVD & Blu-ray have codecs for lossless digital audio. However, to play lossless audio requires a receiver or digital processor capable of handling those formats and I'm not willing to sacrifice any part of my tube based stereo rig to accomodate lossless audio from my video gear. I will add this capability when I can do so affordably and without compromising any other aspect of my A/V system.
Cheers,
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- "The region blocking is useful..." - Not to the customer. - Audiophilander 16:46:09 11/30/07 (10)
- Give it up , Auph - racerguy 18:38:58 11/30/07 (9)
- So Oldboy and Infernal Affairs are Hollywood blockbusters? - Jazz Inmate 18:47:55 11/30/07 (8)
- I see your reading comprehension problem hasn't improved - I'm sorry for you (nt) - racerguy 20:50:24 11/30/07 (7)
- I see you have no respect for copyright laws or intellectual property. Good luck with that NT - Jazz Inmate 22:41:03 11/30/07 (6)
- Wrong again, Jazz. You have my pity (nt) - racerguy 10:45:49 12/01/07 (4)
- Evidently, you've never read your own posts - Jazz Inmate 13:13:49 12/01/07 (3)
- I keep thinking you can't get any dumber, but you always prove me wrong. Oh well (nt) - racerguy 13:23:35 12/01/07 (2)
- you've given no indication that you're capable of thinking NT - Jazz Inmate 13:46:57 12/01/07 (1)
- How can you tell? :-) nt - racerguy 13:51:54 12/01/07 (0)
- Ummm, no offense, but why would you be concerned... - Audiophilander 00:50:30 12/01/07 (0)