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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Would anything less be a legitimate alternative to Blu-Ray? I am not quite sure as you are aware that not all blu-ray contents are HD worthy. However, I can tell you one thing from my own experience on R…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac That was in reference to some claim you can't see the difference between 1080i and p on as screen smaller than 50". However I just read an article in the Times today about Disney developing a system to track …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer It will? I've yet to see an HD streaming service that doesn't have desirable movies disappearing from they're library as fast as they're adding new ones. If you're looking exclusively for HD streaming, t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Yes I have. About 2 years now. Has downloading replaced physical media yet? And the picture quality is like 1080p equal to BD? Downloading proponents also use 1080p only matters if you have a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac I'd love that! However I think " The Future " is going to be quite awhile. You have been saying that for awhile and you've also made the prediction that the future is 5 to 7 years away? "Your" prediction may…
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Quote: Originally Posted by womblingfree We have iMovie HD, Final Cut Pro HD, HD displays and yet we are stuck with SD optical media. Don't you see anything wrong with that gaping hole in the set-up? Most standalone BD players are equipped wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Spinoza Just call me nobody. I would buy a PS3 mainly as a blu-ray player. But I've been hoping Apple would make it available. Or an integrated SD reader to promote movie distribution on SD card. I think the new …
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I doubt apple will add bluray drives, unless bluray becomes a main stream optical storage media. It seems the SD card/usb flash is the next gen storage. Either way, It would be nice if we are allowed to rip dvd/bluray movies and store them in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 [*]Apple goes AMD in the Mini. This isn't as crazy as it sounds and would provide a reasonable performance boost and the potential for very low prices. Apple has said they don't know how to make a $500 comp…
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The "managed copy" does not come free. It requires new hardware, a new BD player to implement. It also allows only one copy or multiple copies will be charged. The proposed managed copy implementations just suck. Why tax the paying consumers…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler We're basically in agreement. Although I'd like to point out that streaming video quality is already "good enough" for a significant percentage of the public. This is tempered by the fact that people who don'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 This definitely is something where everyone's mileage varies. For me the increase in sound and picture quality is definitely worth the extra minute or so of loading time. To each his own. I agree, Y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by edwin2213 These pirated movies already exist. You can get a 720p at around 1.5-2 GB down from 4-5GB and a 1080p movie at around 4-5GB down from 8GB+ I'm not sure what the format is, but it think it is something like …
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why is the stats so inconsistent? It was not too long ago when BD has supposedly passed over 15% in optical disc sales. Anyway, 8% seems to be about right, but one thing most people do not realize is that the gain of BD in percentage is more imp…
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I've seen some 720p encodes ranging from 4GB to 8.5GB depends on the bitrate/showing time/audio encodes. Also, 1080p encodes can also range from 8GB to 20GB depends on the same variables of listed parameters. Regardless, it takes less time to do…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Finally for Star Trek fans! http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwoc...artrekannounce This makes it the best set ever ( even over the HD DVD version ) to be released. Plus there's more about the movies.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage In this forum we may disagree with each other. It's OK to be provocative, spicy, witty and even stubborn. It's even reasonable to be wrong from time to time. But there is no actual need to be incredib…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 People have been saying it would take 10 years for five years now. In the meantime, while you and your senior friends trade plastic discs, people keep telling me they've got the latest film in theatres down…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac A good idea and solution. It might take awhile to be implimented for every device though. But yes this kind of flexibility is basic. By your terms, the flexibility can not be there because the download ser…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 Who knows? Look how long it took the Roosevelt administration to lead the country out of the Great Depression and Hoover only had one term to ruin the economy, not two. Bite, have you watched any good BD…