04-21-2004, 07:12 AM
The other thing to keep in mind is that BluRay is currently a proprietary format that only Sony has rights to. This is similar to what they did with BetaMax.
It's interesting that Betamax died given that it had much better picture quality. The thing that held it back was that VHS didn't need to be licensed to be produced so it ended up being much cheaper.
Looking at history, it's not always the best format that ends up going the distance. Given the number of peripherals that currently use DVD/CD technology, I think it's going to be very hard to get consumers in general to switch to a new format in the near future.
One thing that did happen with the latest Terminator DVD release is that they included the first ever HDTV movie transfer in the package. The movie is encoded using Windows Media 9 and can only be played on fairly high end computer systems for the time being. The best part of this is that the whole movie fit on a standard DVD so I would expect this to be the route taken in the future instead of making an entirely new disc format.
Watch all of us be wrong... I can also see a future where discs are made obsolete by something that doesn't have to move similar to the memory cards that are being used for digital cameras. As memory prices continue to nosedive I don't think it's a far stretch to see movies pressed on little ROM cards or something similar.
At this point, I'm looking at what we have available to us today.
DVDs are in stock.
DVDs are being released.
DVDs are being devoloped.
Any time spent whining about new developments is a waste of breath until they actually have some impact.
I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in the next decade.
It's interesting that Betamax died given that it had much better picture quality. The thing that held it back was that VHS didn't need to be licensed to be produced so it ended up being much cheaper.
Looking at history, it's not always the best format that ends up going the distance. Given the number of peripherals that currently use DVD/CD technology, I think it's going to be very hard to get consumers in general to switch to a new format in the near future.
One thing that did happen with the latest Terminator DVD release is that they included the first ever HDTV movie transfer in the package. The movie is encoded using Windows Media 9 and can only be played on fairly high end computer systems for the time being. The best part of this is that the whole movie fit on a standard DVD so I would expect this to be the route taken in the future instead of making an entirely new disc format.
Watch all of us be wrong... I can also see a future where discs are made obsolete by something that doesn't have to move similar to the memory cards that are being used for digital cameras. As memory prices continue to nosedive I don't think it's a far stretch to see movies pressed on little ROM cards or something similar.
At this point, I'm looking at what we have available to us today.
DVDs are in stock.
DVDs are being released.
DVDs are being devoloped.
Any time spent whining about new developments is a waste of breath until they actually have some impact.
I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in the next decade.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.