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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Which market? Certainly not the home viewing market. Disc sales dwarf downloads by a huge amount.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 However, a $30. BR disc purchase (which requires an HDTV purchase AND a $300 player purchase) will undoubtedly be hit harder than a $4.99 movie download. There are plenty of BR's available for under 20 doll…
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People go on about blu-ray movies being impractical compared to HD downloads, and what's the point of watching HD movies on a small screen or whatever. But the main reason for putting BR in machines is back-up. A dual layer DVD-R saves just over 7 g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison My future is going to be Netflix- for DVD and Blu-ray rentals Apple TV for on demand stuff, Hulu Theater for can't miss movies. Distribution of movies on blu-ray isn't the main reason top put Bl…
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HD movie playback's a side issue for me on a computer. What's long overdue though are Blu-ray burners. Anyone that's bought into HD video cameras probably has huge files of content stuck on their hard-drives which they're unable to burn or distribut…
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No Firewire in a consumer laptop? That's a joke right? My five year old iBook just became a better video editing option than the latest Macbook.
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Is that new Nano screen smaller than the last one? If not I'll get two, one for me and one for the Mrs.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Elixir And the cries of millions of PS3 fanboys were heard this afternoon when one of Sony's major titles has now been announced for the Xbox 360. Final Fantasy Xlll http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...11340&…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage And you have some facts? Or just tedious fanboyism. Why is it always tedious fanboys that trot out stuff like this? Back on topic. Anyone got an external BR burner they're using for burning edited movi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe anyone bought any BD movies recently? There are some great old Japanese kung-fu double-bills that I picked up; Sister Street Fighter/Sister Street Fighter II, and Shogun Ninja/Killing Machine. All st…
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Can we get this thread back on topic and change it's title to when the hell will Apple put BR-drives in their computers!? I have about 2TB of HD movie footage compressed down to fit onto a DVD, all edited on iMovieHD...Hear that Apple...HD! Why r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RobM Well, it's been often said before in many threads that BD's biggest battle will be to dislodge DVD. As a movie format yes, but as a high capacity, portable storage medium, DVD is now a non-starter and overdue f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cam'ron Ditto. All of mine were around $30, except for the Warner Bros. US or Canadian? Most Blu-rays on Amazon US sell for around $20 with quite a few regular 3 for 2 offers. DVD releases aren't much cheaper in gen…
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It's the same situation as when digital video was introduced back in the mid/late nineties. We had to wait several years for DVD-burners to come along.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shanika As a professional videographer I need Blu Ray burner and player option A.S.A.P. for Mac Pro as well as BD Authoring for FC Studio 2 . Apple owes me that. This! Apple were in such a rush to brand Final Cu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho Is there such a thing as a stand-alone scaler? My Dad has the 37" Westinghouse that doesn't seem to scale anything on its own. HIs satellite looks horrible for instance. The Sony PS3 is getting a TV upscal…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe I'd be very happy for HD broadcast to come soon Me too! Watching SD TV on mine (and many) HDTV's often gives a considerably worse picture than an old CRT set, particularly on the channels with lower…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe FreeSat is interesting, but i would hope it doesnt replace Freeview for 10/20 years after the 2012 switchover... I'm dubious about Freesat NOT being taken over by SKY/Virgin, and to a lesser extent Tel…
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Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker The only thing about next year that is for sure is digital broadcasts. There is no HD law, or whatever it is, going into effect. It's only been, from the beginning, all digital broadcasting by 2009. At the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer DVD is more than fine on a 32" tv, unless you're sitting 2 feet away. Upscaled DVD is okay, but after you've been watching HD films going back to standard definition DVD is pretty jarring. You don't need …