Posted by Bill Vermillion on 08/28/05 22:25

In article <dfbtg19armr0qflq2eg3cjvhr4gm1k8bfa@4ax.com>,
Galley <Galley@Spam-Jammer.galleytech.com> wrote:
>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?
>;-)

I think there are six - or perhaps 7 - in my DVDs of that.

Bill

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