04-19-2004, 09:29 PM
This has only briefly been touched on but I think that the extra storage room on the disc would most likely be used to finally make discs with HDTV resolution.
Currently, even the best DVD on the market is nowhere near HDTV quality. DVDs still use Mpeg2 compression.
It will be interesting to see if we get something that uses Mpeg4 encoding or some other more secure format.
The funny thing is that studios are enjoying better sales than ever and they still complain about losing money to piracy. I could see if sales were declining that they would say piracy is evil and all of that. Instead they say "we aren't making enough money".
whiners
Currently, even the best DVD on the market is nowhere near HDTV quality. DVDs still use Mpeg2 compression.
It will be interesting to see if we get something that uses Mpeg4 encoding or some other more secure format.
The funny thing is that studios are enjoying better sales than ever and they still complain about losing money to piracy. I could see if sales were declining that they would say piracy is evil and all of that. Instead they say "we aren't making enough money".
whiners
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.