Warner, New Line, Paramount, Universal ... The Studios/Networks Thread - Part 2
01-07-08, 09:30 PM
#226
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Originally Posted by chanster
First, that Sony DVD upconverter is a POS compared to a good upconverter. I had that model, bought it at Costco (well the silver one) and instead replaced with a Toshiba A-2. I'm sure any good upconverter would run circles around that Sony. I saw a world of difference.
Secondly, I would like to know how many screens are actually 50 or larger. I'm sure there a lot, but I'm guessing the 37 -46 inches are the majority size for most HDTV buyers.
But I do agree that focus is the issue I can spot with an upconverted DVD vs. HD media...whether most people can see that, I don't know.
Secondly, I would like to know how many screens are actually 50 or larger. I'm sure there a lot, but I'm guessing the 37 -46 inches are the majority size for most HDTV buyers.
But I do agree that focus is the issue I can spot with an upconverted DVD vs. HD media...whether most people can see that, I don't know.
01-07-08, 09:30 PM
#227
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Originally Posted by chanster
But I do agree that focus is the issue I can spot with an upconverted DVD vs. HD media...whether most people can see that, I don't know.
At the proper viewing distance for your TV the differences will be very obvious on almost any size HDTV.
01-07-08, 09:32 PM
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-b...0779fd2ac.html
Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers’ recent backing of Sony’s Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home entertainment format war to a definitive end.
However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers’ recent backing of Sony’s Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home entertainment format war to a definitive end.
However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
01-07-08, 09:36 PM
#229
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Originally Posted by rdclark
As I said, I think BD will become the format for collectors. But most people who watch movies aren't collectors. They watch broadcasts, or on-demand, or rent. If these people are offered an easy and cost-effective way, via a cheap STB or existing broadband connection, to stream thousands of 1080i titles to their HDTVs for a buck or two a pop, they'll take it.
It is kind of sad because current HD content is super compressed and full of digital artifacts. We will end up with a generation of people that think seeing compression noise is perfectly normal just like we got used to snow back in the analog TV antenna days.
01-07-08, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by darkside
I have yet to show anyone HD on even a 32in HDTV where they couldn't immediately notice the difference between HD and upconverted DVD. If they can't the HD transfer is either garbage or they simply have vision problems.
At the proper viewing distance for your TV the differences will be very obvious on almost any size HDTV.
At the proper viewing distance for your TV the differences will be very obvious on almost any size HDTV.
01-07-08, 10:00 PM
#231
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Originally Posted by Fandango
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-b...0779fd2ac.html
However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
However, Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
! I really hope that's true and they make the switch as soon as possible. I still worry that Universal will be to BD like Sony was to VHS (in terms of how long they took to release things on the other format).
01-07-08, 10:38 PM
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For things I can't find in HD-DVD, I will do without or go with SD-DVD. Sony can bite my ass, and they can keep their pathetic game console which they can only prop up with non-game content. But I'm not bitter 
01-07-08, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by porieux
For things I can't find in HD-DVD, I will do without or go with SD-DVD. Sony can bite my ass, and they can keep their pathetic game console which they can only prop up with non-game content. But I'm not bitter
01-07-08, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
What exactly would have to happen to make 2008 the "year of the PS3"?
01-07-08, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
What exactly would have to happen to make 2008 the "year of the PS3"?
01-07-08, 10:55 PM
#241
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Originally Posted by dsa_shea
What really needs to happen is for game developers to remove the fingers from their asses and build games for the PS3. Learn how to work with the CELL and not bitch about it. You're game a game developer for heaven's sake. It is not like the other two systems have really any technological advances over the PS3 but that is for another discussion.
Sony threw away the video game market to win the HDM market. I don't think that's going to change at this point.
01-07-08, 10:57 PM
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Sony were never a game company anyway, so I guess it makes sense.
Of course neither are Microsoft, but at least they kept the focus in the right place.
Of course neither are Microsoft, but at least they kept the focus in the right place.
01-07-08, 10:57 PM
#243
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Yeah, because that sort of attitude has won console generations before. Especially in gaming, tech doesn't get you anywhere if you don't have games people want to play.
Sony threw away the video game market to win the HDM market. I don't think that's going to change at this point.
Sony threw away the video game market to win the HDM market. I don't think that's going to change at this point.
01-07-08, 11:03 PM
#245
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Originally Posted by dsa_shea
Again, the game developers themselves have settled on making games for the X-Box first and then porting. If you have played games like Ratchet and Clank or Uncharted you would know that great games can be made strictly for the PS3.
01-07-08, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dsa_shea
Again, the game developers themselves have settled on making games for the X-Box first and then porting. If you have played games like Ratchet and Clank or Uncharted you would know that great games can be made strictly for the PS3.
01-07-08, 11:22 PM
#247
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If you don't like the PS3 then don't get one. I'm fine with mine. I don't particularly care to have an X-Box but I'm not trying to sell you on getting rid of yours. The Wii might be in our future but not yet. Again, I feel like people are downplaying anything related to Sony out of what has happened. Of course the X-Box sells more games because it has a larger install base. Doesn't this seem reasonable? Isn't this basically what has happened with Blu-Ray? But none of this makes the PS3 an incompetent system.
01-07-08, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dsa_shea
If you don't like the PS3 then don't get one. I'm fine with mine. I don't particularly care to have an X-Box but I'm not trying to sell you on getting rid of yours. The Wii might be in our future but not yet. Again, I feel like people are downplaying anything related to Sony out of what has happened. Of course the X-Box sells more games because it has a larger install base. Doesn't this seem reasonable? Isn't this basically what has happened with Blu-Ray? But none of this makes the PS3 an incompetent system.
