Posted by Telstar on 08/21/07 01:10

"Telstar" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> "Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> Telstar wrote:
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>>>>>All it would take to kill off HD-DVD is for Disney to release their
>>>>>back catalog of Classic Animated movies and that would be all she wrote
>>>>>for HD-DVD.
>>>>
>>>>Done, and...essentially done, in spirit:
>>>>http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=407
>>>>
>>>>(They had to rush "Sleeping Beauty" ahead of the IMAX reissues, partly
>>>>for the Platinum cycle, and partly because of all those darn ads...)
>>>
>>> These arguements are way, way too simplistic. What child cares about
>>> Disney animations release in high def?
>>
>> The child with the parent who wants to buy them?
>>
>> Derek Janssen (and if you're the offspring of a home-theater nut, you
>> have no CONCEPT of how much you luck out)
>> ejanss@comcast.net
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> This idea will not keep any HD format alive...you must realize that or you
> are brain dead.
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>

I fear very few understand that very, very many movies are being converted
to low res. silicon-based media players by various means. Portablility and
cost greatly exceeds general consumer interest in quality.

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