Posted by Skipai Otter on 01/22/07 16:48

"Danny" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Skipai Otter" <skipaiotter@fishbones.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> That and I don't like what they said about this new generation not
>> lasting as long as dvd. You know, I just want a nice long media format
>> that will be here just as long as VHS was. As in 20-30 years. Not some
>> stupid 5-10 years mark.. But if Sony wins out, we get a new format
>> everytime a Playstation comes out so... x.x
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> Personally I don't have a problem with new formats having a shorter life
> span providing what comes along offers a significant improvement over what
> it's replacing. And when I say 'improvement', I mean in terms of storage
> capacity, picture or audio quality - not fancy bells and whistles that no
> one really needs. The last thing we need is a format that lasts as long as
> VHS did - that, to me, is a dead format that would hold back technological
> advancement. I'd like to think in 30 years, we'll be looking at solid
> state holographic movies! lol

Well, to be honest I don't think we be seeing UHDTV for at least another
20-40 years anyways. So improving on the picture won't work as we be stuck
with 720-1080 for a while. :) No doubt something like Playstation 6 or 7
will have UHDTV as standard but that's about two-three generations away.
Only so much you can up the bitrates really. :)

Then again, could be longer, considering HDTV has been developed since
1960's. Then again, maybe not.

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Skipai

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