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Posted by Goro on 10/06/87 11:42
Bernie Woodham wrote:
> "Alpha" <x@x.net> wrote in message
> news:121f86h3f289a98@corp.supernews.com...
> > PS
> >
> > It is telling that they are only releasing 10,000 units up front....why
> > would a studio release and master and spend money on movies with that kind
> > of confidence? Ludicrous.
> >
> >
>
> I never gave much hope to either format. Society only bears so much
> technological change and it seems to me that people are pretty happy with
> dvd.
>
> So the low numbers for the HD-DVD players doesn't surprise me at all.
>
> But according to this article the real tell tale in all of this is going to
> be the PS3.
>
> http://www.cnet.com/4520-11405_1-6415593-1.html
FTFA:
"Probably the most interesting demo I saw at this year's show was
Pioneer's display of two 42-inch plasmas side by side: one showing a
DVD, the other a Blu-ray disc. I'm not sure what point the company was
trying to make, but it was clear that if you stood about 8 to 10 feet
back from the displays--normal viewing distance--it was pretty hard to
tell the difference between the two movies. When you got within 3 feet
of the screens, you could see that the Blu-ray movie was sharper, but
it wasn't a huge leap."
How can this be true? From my normal viewing distance, there's a
substantial difference in picture quality b/w DVD and OTA HD. With
Disc-based HD ostensibly LESS compressed the PQ should be even better.
I suppose that's the problem with subjective analysis.
My problem has never been with the idea of a consumer HD playback unit;
in fact, I'm really DYING for one. But it's the (potentially) poor
implementations that has me bailing. I'd easily pay $1200+ (as much as
i paid for my DVP-s7000 when it released) for a BluRay player IF it
wasn't ridden with DRM, RegionCoding, PUOPs, etc.
Then there's this statement:
"The only good news is that the new HD movies, whether they're in
HD-DVD or Blu-ray format, won't cost much more than current DVD titles;
they'll allegedly run from $20 to $25."
which flies in the face of a previous press release that gave wholesale
prices of BR Discs at more than $25. I severely doubt that this
statement is true and that the prices of HiDef disc will be
substantially more than $25.
-goro-
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