Posted by Galley on 08/26/05 05:52

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:22:23 -0700, <normanstrong@comcast.net> spewed forth
these words of wisdom:

>I've been trying to imagine a good use for a 30GB disc. How about an entire
>season of a 1 hour TV series? That's about 1000 minutes; just right for
>Blu-Ray. Of course, that's not what they're going to do with it. The one
>thing Hollywood doesn't want is a disc with a lot of time on it. They're
>perfectly happy to give you better and better resolution, extras, etc., but
>not more time.
>
>DVD would have been perfect for entire operas at full CD quality; 16 bit,
>48K PCM is a DVD standard, but I'm not aware of any commercial release using
>it.
>
>Norm Strong
>

Could Wagner's "The Ring Cycle" fit on one disc? Isn't that 14-16 hours long?
;-)

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Galley

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