I think you haven't had the bad taste the Beta years left in ones mouth Doom. To be simple about it, HD DVD and Blue Ray are the revisit of the VHS versus Beta. Unfortunately this round it looks like there both different versions of Beta.
I'm trying to keep things in perspective for people. A lot of times if you only go by specs companies publish etc. you won't see the big picture. Just like Sony's Beta, was better, the problem was it was very costly in the end especially in terms of production. Note porn people used mostly VHS because of the cost of using beta for production. HD DVD may be the winner in that sense only. I don't see either format, really useful. I can see the difference, but what about it? Will seeing someone being cut apart in hi resolution be better? Oh yeah look at those bits fly! High End HD is (1080p or 1920x1080) is not theater resolution (35mm 4:3 is 4kx3K 35mm 16x9 is 4kx2.3k 70mm 16:9 is 8kx4.6k) k not 1000 as in 1024. However you really don't NEED it, I also noticed they they have purposefully not enhanced the existing DVD encodings to MP4 (264). The newer video compression gives 2 to 3 times the amount of data at the same resolution of MP2 (used on DVD's) which means you can cram an HD version of a movie easily on existing DVD (single layer might be pushing it if you add all the extra 'content' but 2 layer easily).
Down to the basic elements here, the HD video format is fine (hey hook your computer to your TV again), however in perspective the HD media being pushed is not needed nor does it appear to be wanted. Who wants 10 hours of HD commentary on a movie you are going to watch? I hope no one is that bored!
Why say this? I believe they are making an expensive mistake trying to force people to buy new equipement, they are pulling a Microsoft. These days TV has a smaller audience (and it's shrinking), the tech improvement won't make for more people watching it to begin with my thinking. My mothers generation (heh she's a lot older than you think), was addicted to TV but these days.. what are you spending most of your time and money on? TV stuff? not me!
Cyb
I'm trying to keep things in perspective for people. A lot of times if you only go by specs companies publish etc. you won't see the big picture. Just like Sony's Beta, was better, the problem was it was very costly in the end especially in terms of production. Note porn people used mostly VHS because of the cost of using beta for production. HD DVD may be the winner in that sense only. I don't see either format, really useful. I can see the difference, but what about it? Will seeing someone being cut apart in hi resolution be better? Oh yeah look at those bits fly! High End HD is (1080p or 1920x1080) is not theater resolution (35mm 4:3 is 4kx3K 35mm 16x9 is 4kx2.3k 70mm 16:9 is 8kx4.6k) k not 1000 as in 1024. However you really don't NEED it, I also noticed they they have purposefully not enhanced the existing DVD encodings to MP4 (264). The newer video compression gives 2 to 3 times the amount of data at the same resolution of MP2 (used on DVD's) which means you can cram an HD version of a movie easily on existing DVD (single layer might be pushing it if you add all the extra 'content' but 2 layer easily).
Down to the basic elements here, the HD video format is fine (hey hook your computer to your TV again), however in perspective the HD media being pushed is not needed nor does it appear to be wanted. Who wants 10 hours of HD commentary on a movie you are going to watch? I hope no one is that bored!
Why say this? I believe they are making an expensive mistake trying to force people to buy new equipement, they are pulling a Microsoft. These days TV has a smaller audience (and it's shrinking), the tech improvement won't make for more people watching it to begin with my thinking. My mothers generation (heh she's a lot older than you think), was addicted to TV but these days.. what are you spending most of your time and money on? TV stuff? not me!
Cyb
