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Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 07/01/07 15:48
In article <1183304173.569457.125720@k29g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
ninphan <sjburke73@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
I wish I felt as confident as you do, but I don't. Here's some of the
reasons:
1. Audio - what a mess BD is in here. Fox does DTS-MA, yet not a
single player will handle it now, and none (except maybe PS3) has the
horsepower to make it just a firmware upgrade away.
TrueHD, yep Sony is going in this direction, as are others. Yet most BD
players don't do this one either. And the models/brands that don't have
it do not have announced firmware upgrades coming to address this issue.
7.1 LPCM - would seem to be the smart move as all players do this. But
the software guys cry about the wasting of the space. Yet others brag
about all that extra space BD has over HDDVD
2. The new spec - While I firmly believe the BD camp won't screw this
up by making movies that just won't play on the older stuff, it sure
isn't a sure bet. Hell, Sony even has a disclaimer in the OM for the
S300 about it.
For those and other reasons, this format war just isn't anywhere over
yet, Blockbuster announcement notwithstanding.
I'm still tossing about sending my Sony BDP-S300 back to Sony and
waiting for this mess to get worked out. I still have a few days to
make that decision.
That is irritating as I like BD, but the facts are HDDVD is more stable
at this point in time.
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