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Richard Dewsbery wrote:
Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. Andy |
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:44:47 +0100, "Andy F Batter"
wrote: Richard Dewsbery wrote: Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. By which time, as another poster pointed out, we may all have 20MB/sec broadband and have forgotten all about those quaint old BlockBuster and music stores. How much longer before we all wear WiFi 'HUDSpecs', and pick up the latest news and films by satellite downlink direct to our ViewPods? -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering |
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:44:47 +0100, "Andy F Batter"
wrote: Richard Dewsbery wrote: Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. By which time, as another poster pointed out, we may all have 20MB/sec broadband and have forgotten all about those quaint old BlockBuster and music stores. How much longer before we all wear WiFi 'HUDSpecs', and pick up the latest news and films by satellite downlink direct to our ViewPods? -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering |
"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:44:47 +0100, "Andy F Batter" wrote: Richard Dewsbery wrote: Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. By which time, as another poster pointed out, we may all have 20MB/sec broadband and have forgotten all about those quaint old BlockBuster and music stores. How much longer before we all wear WiFi 'HUDSpecs', and pick up the latest news and films by satellite downlink direct to our ViewPods? -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering I thought this was an interesting and quite funny article from the BBC today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3673262.stm Might sum up a few things that have been said even though its not directly related... Andy |
"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:44:47 +0100, "Andy F Batter" wrote: Richard Dewsbery wrote: Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. By which time, as another poster pointed out, we may all have 20MB/sec broadband and have forgotten all about those quaint old BlockBuster and music stores. How much longer before we all wear WiFi 'HUDSpecs', and pick up the latest news and films by satellite downlink direct to our ViewPods? -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering I thought this was an interesting and quite funny article from the BBC today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3673262.stm Might sum up a few things that have been said even though its not directly related... Andy |
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:57:55 +0100, Andy Pandy wrote:
"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:44:47 +0100, "Andy F Batter" wrote: Richard Dewsbery wrote: Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. By which time, as another poster pointed out, we may all have 20MB/sec broadband and have forgotten all about those quaint old BlockBuster and music stores. How much longer before we all wear WiFi 'HUDSpecs', and pick up the latest news and films by satellite downlink direct to our ViewPods? -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering I thought this was an interesting and quite funny article from the BBC today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3673262.stm Might sum up a few things that have been said even though its not directly related... The only thing missing was the credit card slot so you could pay all those DRM fees everytime you view something you thought you owned :( -- Dave |
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:57:55 +0100, Andy Pandy wrote:
"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:44:47 +0100, "Andy F Batter" wrote: Richard Dewsbery wrote: Then there's the problem of persuading people to swap from one format to anpther And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. I'm inclined to suspect that 9gb is enough for most folk though, and Blu-Ray is going to be a niche format for years, selling in similar volumes to DVD Audio and SACD discs probably. By which time, as another poster pointed out, we may all have 20MB/sec broadband and have forgotten all about those quaint old BlockBuster and music stores. How much longer before we all wear WiFi 'HUDSpecs', and pick up the latest news and films by satellite downlink direct to our ViewPods? -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering I thought this was an interesting and quite funny article from the BBC today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3673262.stm Might sum up a few things that have been said even though its not directly related... The only thing missing was the credit card slot so you could pay all those DRM fees everytime you view something you thought you owned :( -- Dave |
Hello all
There's a good article in the September 2004 edition of Wide Screen Review on the current state of play of the HD optical disc battle. Money is going to dictate which format is launched - Blue-ray DVD and HD DVD being the protagonist and as yet the movie industry is quite happy to eek out more profits from DVD knowing whichever HD format wins will make it even more money in a few years. Best regards Joe PS Andy F Batter - you cant have seen HD as yet :) |
Hello all
There's a good article in the September 2004 edition of Wide Screen Review on the current state of play of the HD optical disc battle. Money is going to dictate which format is launched - Blue-ray DVD and HD DVD being the protagonist and as yet the movie industry is quite happy to eek out more profits from DVD knowing whichever HD format wins will make it even more money in a few years. Best regards Joe PS Andy F Batter - you cant have seen HD as yet :) |
"Andy F Batter" wrote in message ...
And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is good enough for me. Weird. I've hardly bought any DVDs of movies since I upgraded my PC to be able to play HD video... DVDs in a tiny little window in one corner of the screen (or scaled up by about a factor of three to full-screen) look awful in comparison. I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large is going to be very slow. Possibly, but if HD DVD players also play current DVDs and have an option for an SD output from HD disks, that's not such a problem... you can buy HD DVDs and watch them on a crappy SD TV. As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a huge improvement over VHS. And HD is a huge improvement over current DVDs. Mark |
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