In article <qhdu85xiu.ln2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips krw <krw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Depends on what you mean by "HD". Full 1080i isn't common under 42"
> > (just went through that - ended up with a 42" plasma). ...not that
> > there is much 1080i content.
>
> I think you mean 1080p (which is pretty much limited to computers, video
> game systems, and HD-DVD/BluRay disks.)
Yes, for some reason I'm always doing that. Maybe I should put
"1080p" in my dictionary. ;-)
> About half of the broadcast HD out there is 1080i.
>
> > > People will want to watch HD, not "upsampled DVD", on their HD
displays.
> > > It's inevitable.
> >
> > The "good enough" comments were right on. VHS was "good enough". I'm
not
> > convinced people will pay big bux for BluRay. I don't think I will,
at
> > least a large premium.
>
> Videophiles certainly will pay big bux for BluRay, and *some* more will
if
> in fact HD-DVD is dead and the format war is over. Many other people
will
> probably end up only getting BluRay players when/if they're enough
cheaper
> that it's a "why not get the better one?" decision: unlike Beta or
> Laserdisk, BR players will still play regular DVDs.
Sure, but the marginal cost of the BR player has to be close to zero
for that to happen.
> The other factor is the cost/availability of content: right now, BR
disks
> are often more expensive than regular release DVDs, and pretty much
anything
> available on BR is available on regular DVD at the same time.
That's the other issue. If BR content is more expensive than
standard DVD, people aren't going to flock to it. I see a huge
catch-22 hurdle for BR to get over.
> If they really wanted to push BR, they could release the BR disks a few
> weeks/months ahead of the regular DVD - remember how for a while, many
VHS
> tapes came out first in much-more-expensive "rental" editions before
they
> came out out as "retail" editions?
They content producers wanted to make more money. They have no
horse in the media race.
--
Keith
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