Posted by Derek Janssen on 06/18/06 21:45

Jay G. wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:19:50 -0400, Derek Janssen wrote:
>
>>If they're selling a hi-def format on the down-convertable idea of
>>"Don't worry, you can still play your standard DVD's", I see a
>>particular flaw/difference from history right there.
>
>
> The players for both formats are capable of playing DVDs, and can upconvert
> them to 720 and 1080. However, I'm not sure what the "flaw/difference" is.

The difference is, there's nothing we're "begging" to get that's not
already on DVD.

You could buy the Matrix, or Disney movie, or what have you, in a form
it had never existed before, and even "Bonus Features" seemed like a new
invention--
But Another Kind of DVD, Only Better Than the Old One, has sort of a
tough act to follow.

(Eg., Warner *could* have done their Matrix stunt and only sold
"Superman Returns" in hi-def format....But they didn't.
They weren't *that* stupid, and we're not that desperate nowadays.)

Derek Janssen
ejanss@cocmast.net

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