You are all trying to take what I said on ONE SPECIFIC TOPIC and blanket it over every other worldwide industry. Irresponsible.
The fact of the matter is that yes, even though Bollywood is in full effect and other countries make films, the U.S.A. still arguably makes the significant majority of worldwide blockbuster movies. My point was that I doubt an American film company will spend their time and money to distribute to the rest of the world a disk format that Americans aren't buying. They're going to put their "eggs" into one basket because its more cost-effective.
Nah, it's because of Qualcomm. Think of the worst super-villain you can and turn that into a company. That will give you Qualcomm. Their royalties amount to gouging as much as they possibly can off everyone. I am a 3G radio engineer with some experience of their
methods. They try to patent everything, not worrying too much about whether it's been patented already, make ridiculous threats of other companies who use their tech etc.
>I doubt an American film company will spend their time and money to distribute to the rest of the world a disk format that Americans aren't buying.
And I, personally, don't think "American film companies" would mind there being several formats worldwide. Actually they might even prefer it (the whole "localization" idea).
The world is divided into three different format zones - with lots of variants.
Thus "American film companies" already produce their DVD´s in (at least) three formats, not counting format variants, sub texting and dubbing.
The film industry will probably distribute their material on any postDVD-ish format (as long as it sells enough), regardless of what format that will prevail in the US.
And I, personally, don't think "American film companies" would mind there being several formats worldwide. Actually they might even prefer it (the whole "localization" idea).
The world is divided into three different format zones - with lots of variants.
Thus "American film companies" already produce their DVD´s in (at least) three formats, not counting format variants, sub texting and dubbing.
The film industry will probably distribute their material on any postDVD-ish format (as long as it sells enough), regardless of what format that will prevail in the US.
I might be wrong though.
Yes and No, this war is looking like another Beta vs VHS war than PAL vc NTSC war. I dont think you will reach the point where Europe and its all HD-DVD in the US, globalisation has stamped that sort of thing out. It's all or nothing for these guys.
Eproduct was says Blu-Ray is winning in all departments. Although one takes that with a grain of salt.
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The fact of the matter is that yes, even though Bollywood is in full effect and other countries make films, the U.S.A. still arguably makes the significant majority of worldwide blockbuster movies. My point was that I doubt an American film company will spend their time and money to distribute to the rest of the world a disk format that Americans aren't buying. They're going to put their "eggs" into one basket because its more cost-effective.
Come on, people.
That's why CDMA won and GSM lost.
Nah, it's because of Qualcomm. Think of the worst super-villain you can and turn that into a company. That will give you Qualcomm. Their royalties amount to gouging as much as they possibly can off everyone. I am a 3G radio engineer with some experience of their
methods. They try to patent everything, not worrying too much about whether it's been patented already, make ridiculous threats of other companies who use their tech etc.
And they wonder why CDMA is dying...
And I, personally, don't think "American film companies" would mind there being several formats worldwide. Actually they might even prefer it (the whole "localization" idea).
Take your TV-format (NTSC) for example.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntsc
The world is divided into three different format zones - with lots of variants.
Thus "American film companies" already produce their DVD´s in (at least) three formats, not counting format variants, sub texting and dubbing.
The film industry will probably distribute their material on any postDVD-ish format (as long as it sells enough), regardless of what format that will prevail in the US.
I might be wrong though.
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And I, personally, don't think "American film companies" would mind there being several formats worldwide. Actually they might even prefer it (the whole "localization" idea).
Take your TV-format (NTSC) for example.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntsc
The world is divided into three different format zones - with lots of variants.
Thus "American film companies" already produce their DVD´s in (at least) three formats, not counting format variants, sub texting and dubbing.
The film industry will probably distribute their material on any postDVD-ish format (as long as it sells enough), regardless of what format that will prevail in the US.
I might be wrong though.
Yes and No, this war is looking like another Beta vs VHS war than PAL vc NTSC war. I dont think you will reach the point where Europe and its all HD-DVD in the US, globalisation has stamped that sort of thing out. It's all or nothing for these guys.
Eproduct was says Blu-Ray is winning in all departments. Although one takes that with a grain of salt.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03...ay_price_cuts/
and the average price of Blu-Ray DVD's on amazon is now less than HD-DVD...
Check this out:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03...ay_price_cuts/
and the average price of Blu-Ray DVD's on amazon is now less than HD-DVD...
That's because 50 titles are on sale until March 27. Most are 8 dollars cheaper per title.