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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 550 |
| | Posted: | | | | Now that HD DVD is on its way out the door, I don't see Blu-ray going away soon. The articles question if blu-ray is needed because of the availability of HD content for download. There are still going to be a large number of people that are going to want a disc in hand. I am one of those people. Also with some download content it may only play for a certain number of days or on one player. Plus, I collect DVDs. I don't want to be a file collector  | | | Schultzy - http://www.michaelschultz.net
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| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yep, harddrives do crash and USBsticks goes dead. But your still collecting files on those DVD's  | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
| | Registered: May 22, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,033 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting schultzy: Quote:
There are still going to be a large number of people that are going to want a disc in hand. I am one of those people. Also with some download content it may only play for a certain number of days or on one player. Plus, I collect DVDs. I don't want to be a file collector I'm also one of those people. I do collect some files, but for my movies I want a disc. VOD is great but the quality is still not up to Blu-Ray since it is compressed. Plus cable providers rotate their selections so your choices are more limited. I don't think download content will have as big an effect because you need to either watch it on your computer, have a computer hooked up to your TV, or burn it to disc and have a dvd player than can play the format it comes in. and then your still most likely talking more compression than the store bought disc. I guess I just dont see download movies replacing the physical discs variant across the board, sure it has applications, but i dont think it will eliminate actual discs. -Agrare |
| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Keep in mind that downloaded HD movies are still compressed far more than the Blu-Ray version. AppleTV's HD is only 720p and stereo. |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 366 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
Keep in mind that downloaded HD movies are still compressed far more than the Blu-Ray version. AppleTV's HD is only 720p and stereo. More specifically, it's low-bandwidth 720p. If a 720p download can fit on a DVD, it's over-compressed. Just because there is HD resolution doesn't mean it's "HD quality" as we understand the term. | | | | Last edited: by nolesrule |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,339 |
| | Posted: | | | | exactly - we are still years away from downloads that are even close to the quality of a blu-ray disc | | | | -JoN |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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