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Topic: Anyone consuming HD or Blu-ray?
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Frank Angel
Film God
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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-03-2008 06:29 AM
quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
Legally you are allowed a backup copy of what ever you purchase....
You are absolutely correct, Mark. But nevertheless, the MPAA still keeps screaming that it is illegal, illegal, EEE EFFIN LEGAL, and anyone doing it should have their fingernails pulled out. They also argued in court that no one needs a "protection" copy (which the copyright law STILL says it legal) because DVDs unlike tape, they said, are "indistructable."
The only reason THAT exception in the law still stands is because when the MPAA was bribing congressmen to make it a crime punishable by life in prison to make the single protection copy, they kept plying the pertinent polititians with booz and hookers....who knew they got the booz right, but that they should have been sending them hustlers?! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
[ 01-03-2008, 01:22 PM: Message edited by: Frank Angel ]
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Blaine Young
Master Film Handler
Posts: 477
From: Kirkland, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 01-04-2008 01:55 PM
quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
I'm definately not into X-Box and the HD-DVD is just an add on... its not a true HD-DVD player. Just something of an afterthought for the box... Its obvious your game machine is just playing games with you. Neither of my Toshiba HD-DVD players exhibit that problem.
It's not my intent to start an argument here, but you're obviously bias against Blu-ray. Regardless, calling any of these systems "players" is a stretch anyway. The last video disc system that was a 'player' was LaserDisc. With DVD, VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, HD-DVD, BD and so on, all the 'players' have ever been is specialized computers. The discs are nothing more than data storage devices and the 'players' are merely running a computer program to decode the data, and format the output to the external device. By your strict definition, anybody playing an HD-DVD on their computer isn't really using an HD-DVD player either. It's all just software anymore. The fact you have Toshiba stand-alone computers running Linux for your playback doesn't make it any different than me running XBOX-OS on mine.
My point is that HD-DVD is adding menu caching to their discs, and offering utterly useless features (Online stores to buy movie props - hello?). Further they're touting their platform as superior when Paramount/Dreamworks have already had to strip desired features from their titles due to space and bandwidth limitations.
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Mark J. Marshall
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From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-04-2008 02:44 PM
Uh oh...
Linky Linky
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES2008-01-04 20:22:49 GMT (Reuters) (Reuters) — Time Warner's Warner Bros. studio plans to announce it will release next-generation DVDs on Sony Corp's Blu-ray format exclusively, two sources familiar with the plans said Friday, dealing a big blow to Toshiba's HD DVD format.
Warner Bros., Hollywood's biggest seller of DVDs representing about 18 to 20% of sales in the United States, had been one of the few studios that backed both formats.
News Corp's 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, and Lions Gate Entertainment are among studios backing the Blu-ray format. Viacom's Paramount studios and General Electric's NBC Universal, owned by General Electric Co and France's Vivendi, release movies in HD DVD format.
An announcement is expected shortly, the sources said.
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Blaine Young
Master Film Handler
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From: Kirkland, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 01-04-2008 03:14 PM
The official press release:
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WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE ITS HIGH-DEFINITION DVD TITLES EXCLUSIVELY IN THE BLU-RAY DISC FORMAT BEGINNING LATER THIS YEAR
Decision Made in Response to Strong Consumer Preference for Format
(January 4, 2008 - Burbank, CA) - In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group.
"Warner Bros.' move to exclusively release in the Blu-ray disc format is a strategic decision focused on the long term and the most direct way to give consumers what they want," said Meyer. "The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers."
Warner Home Video will continue to release its titles in standard DVD format and Blu-ray. After a short window following their standard DVD and Blu-ray releases, all new titles will continue to be released in HD DVD until the end of May 2008.
"Warner Bros. has produced in both high-definition formats in an effort to provide consumer choice, foster mainstream adoption and drive down hardware prices," said Jeff Bewkes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner Inc., the parent company of Warner Bros. Entertainment. "Today's decision by Warner Bros. to distribute in a single format comes at the right time and is the best decision both for consumers and Time Warner."
"A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry," said Tsujihara. "Consumers have clearly chosen Blu-ray, and we believe that recognizing this preference is the right step in making this great home entertainment experience accessible to the widest possible audience. Warner Bros. has worked very closely with the Toshiba Corporation in promoting high definition media and we have enormous respect for their efforts. We look forward to working with them on other projects in the future."
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