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Posted by ninphan on 07/01/07 15:36
On Jun 29, 5:17 pm, Derek Janssen <eja...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
> >>Uh-hahhh, yes, but read the small print carefully:
> >>Five free Blu disks *if* you buy a hardware Blu player through Sept. 30,
> >>2007...
> >>And WHAT happens to hardware Blu players on Oct. 1, kiddies? 9_9
>
> > You're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
>
> > On 10/31/2007 a new requirement will be in place. After that the new
> > players will have to be able to do some things, like PIP, that they
> > don't do now.
>
> > BUT, the old players will still be able to play the movies, even the
> > ones with the new added 'features'.
>
> Yeah, just that it'll still be that much more of a diceroll (NPI)
> whether your machine will be able to play Pirates 2 after the Firmware
> patch, just as it's that much of a $699 gamble now--
>
> Sounds like they know WE know we're sitting on our hands waiting for the
> Standards requirement, and that that's why the existing patch-needed
> players haven't been moving off the shelves as of late.
> Fortunately, there *aren't* five Blu disks on the list yet that I'd own
> as keepers, so they'll need a better incentive than that to bribe me
> away from doing my tech-spec homework beforehand.
>
> > So unless you just dig those PIPed
> > running commentaries from the director about what he had for lunch and
> > such, it just doesn't matter... ;-)
>
> Need I remind you, as Digital Bits points out, that Warner has stated
> there is currently ONE reason why the now dual-format studio hasn't
> remastered many of its early PiP and extras-loaded HD's such as "Batman
> Begins" for Blu-Ray yet.
>
> And if the specific technical excuses for *not* being able to PiP what
> Christopher Nolan had for lunch is what is singlehandedly keeping
> "Begins" off of a respectable Blu player and keeping the HD war going, I
> SAY WE -FIX- 'EM, F***IN' PRONTO!!!!! @_@
>
> Derek Janssen (sometimes, it all comes down to simple reasons)
> eja...@comcast.net
Batman Begins is being released this year with or without PIP.
You can bank on that.
Matrix will not be released until the PiP is ready to go, it's far
more important to them than Batman Begins' IME is.
Troy Director's Cut will be released in September with TrueHD and PCM.
Warner know where the money is, they're holding off as long as they
can, but they know Blu-ray is the better format.
This war won't last much longer, the Blu-ray Disc sales throughout Q3
and Q4 this year will absolutely embarrass the HD DVD format.
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