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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #30 on: January 08, 2008, 03:02:55 PM » |
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The inability to play a BluRay DVD in a cheesy car-portable DVD player is a big negative to anyone with kids and who buys those kiddie movies in BluRay for home viewing.
However ... call me a cynic, call me a bad parent, but what little kid really needs to see Nemo in super-duper-high-definition as opposed to what the standard-DVD-format picture currently looks like on a home plasma or LCD TV?
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #31 on: January 08, 2008, 03:05:17 PM » |
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The inability to play a BluRay DVD in a cheesy car-portable DVD player is a big negative to anyone with kids and who buys those kiddie movies in BluRay for home viewing.
However ... call me a cynic, call me a bad parent, but what little kid really needs to see Nemo in super-duper-high-definition as opposed to what the standard-DVD-format picture currently looks like on a home plasma or LCD TV?
well, call me a cynic, but assuming I had kid(s), and had to buy that crapola, I'd want to suffer through it the least by watching it in hidef video/audio... especially for new releases ... i can see maybe not rebuying- animation does upscale decently in VQ at least. |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2008, 03:11:40 PM » |
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The inability to play a BluRay DVD in a cheesy car-portable DVD player is a big negative to anyone with kids and who buys those kiddie movies in BluRay for home viewing.
However ... call me a cynic, call me a bad parent, but what little kid really needs to see Nemo in super-duper-high-definition as opposed to what the standard-DVD-format picture currently looks like on a home plasma or LCD TV?
I'd call you a cynic but wanker just seems to fit so much better. Assuming your point is valid, and I'm willing to concede it, why then wouldn't I support HD-DVD which gives me most of the non-kiddie titles in wonderful HD and up-converts DVD? I don't necessarily need the HD audio on those kiddie titles and the up-conversion is pretty damn good. Looking at your statement in a vacuum I'd advise you to just go buy a straight up-converting DVD player and sit out the entire war. I sure as hell wouldn't watch a non-up-converted (serial dash thread imminent) DVD on a 50"+ 1080x display though and I do watch some of those movies. I love feature length animations. Most of them are kick ass. |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2008, 03:30:49 PM » |
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Perhaps the question is what the meat of the market's bell curve would really buy. We have DVDs and we watch them, playing them on our old-school close-and-play DVD player and 42" plasma. I have no idea what the resolution of the DVD-originating images are, but we don't start vomiting and suffering seizures when the movie starts. In that respect, I have to think I'm fairly representative of the mainstream -- certainly more so than the videophile who demands to be able to see Denzel's pseudofolliculitis barbae in breathtaking clarity.
To be clear, though, I have agreed that HD-DVD was the better option for those with HD-DVDs, kids' movies, a snappy home TV, and a car DVD player. I take you at your word that the immediate next-gen BluRay stuff won't be backward-compatible, but I have to think that subsequent generations will be, once the format settles itself and the electronics market can really start fooling around with player designs for it.
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2008, 03:34:10 PM » |
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42" might be floating around the cutoff #. We have 37" in the bedroom and I can tolerate SD on it. I watch my Setanta/FSC up there. I refuse to watch SD on the 56" downstairs. I just walk away if someone has something on and I rarely if ever watch soccer on it.
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #36 on: January 08, 2008, 04:27:46 PM » |
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42" might be floating around the cutoff #. We have 37" in the bedroom and I can tolerate SD on it. I watch my Setanta/FSC up there. I refuse to watch SD on the 56" downstairs. I just walk away if someone has something on and I rarely if ever watch soccer on it.
Wow. That's a statement. |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2008, 04:44:32 PM » |
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42" might be floating around the cutoff #. We have 37" in the bedroom and I can tolerate SD on it. I watch my Setanta/FSC up there. I refuse to watch SD on the 56" downstairs. I just walk away if someone has something on and I rarely if ever watch soccer on it.
Wow. That's a statement. Truth. 100%. |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #38 on: January 08, 2008, 04:52:38 PM » |
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42" might be floating around the cutoff #. We have 37" in the bedroom and I can tolerate SD on it. I watch my Setanta/FSC up there. I refuse to watch SD on the 56" downstairs. I just walk away if someone has something on and I rarely if ever watch soccer on it.
Wow. That's a statement. Truth. 100%. I guess (for now) I'm better for not looking into it. I gathered from all the gab, that it was good. I didn't realize it was that changing. Well. Soon as we move.  I also can't believe I missed an easy softball soccer in any definition cheapshot. slippin' |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #39 on: January 08, 2008, 06:41:29 PM » |
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42" might be floating around the cutoff #. We have 37" in the bedroom and I can tolerate SD on it. I watch my Setanta/FSC up there. I refuse to watch SD on the 56" downstairs. I just walk away if someone has something on and I rarely if ever watch soccer on it. First: "Setanta FSC"? IS that new code? Second: is the standard DVD resolution standard-definition It looks higher than that on my TV. |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #40 on: January 08, 2008, 06:54:03 PM » |
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First: "Setanta FSC"? IS that new code?
Setanta is the boyhood name of Cúchulain. Obviously, once you know that FSC just falls into place. Hopefully that clears things up for you. Second: is the standard DVD resolution standard-definition It looks higher than that on my TV. 720x480 (I think). |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #41 on: January 08, 2008, 06:56:23 PM » |
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I also can't believe I missed an easy softball soccer in any definition cheapshot.
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #42 on: January 08, 2008, 07:09:45 PM » |
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I also can't believe I missed an easy softball soccer in any definition cheapshot.
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #43 on: January 08, 2008, 07:16:42 PM » |
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I also can't believe I missed an easy softball soccer in any definition cheapshot.
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You throw like a girl. You better not be insinuating that girls can't throw well. Errrrrmmmmm....  "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" |
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Re: Rest In Peace HD-DVD
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2008, 08:28:32 PM » |
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