[ort888]

Yeah, but that link doesn't tell you what movies they are. Now we know.

[jokell82]

Originally Posted by ort888 

Yeah, but that link doesn't tell you what movies they are. Now we know.

Ah, I didn't read the original article (read it on AVS) and assumed the movies were in that one. My bad.

And I hear the Corpse Bride isn't too bad. Too bad it's on the same tier as Blazing Saddles. And that fourth tier? Woah man. It'll be hard to pick a movie out of those. They're all oscar-worthy films!

[hmurchison2001]

Actually I have Blazing Saddles on HD DVD and it looks damn good for a movie that's over 25yrs old. It's not everyones cup o' tea for a movie but I was actually shocked at how good it looked.

[icruise]

I think he meant it's too bad that you can't choose both Blazing Saddles and Corpse Bride.

[analogue SPRINKLES]

Warners: Warners delay launch of Total HD Until 2008 - Gizmodo

[macintologist]

Would it be possible that customers just simply say "No" to both?

[Dakarʒ]

Like they did to SACD and DVD-Audio?



(No, but I think it's going to take a bit longer to catch on than DVD)

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by macintologist 

Would it be possible that customers just simply say "No" to both?

No.

[macintologist]

Yea why isn't this like Dakar's example of SACD and DVD-A? I really can't imagine any time in the next 5-10 years of me buying into these new standards.

[Dakarʒ]

The main difference I can think of is SACD and Audio-DVD aren't marketed or pushed, at all.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by hmurchison2001 

Actually I have Blazing Saddles on HD DVD and it looks damn good for a movie that's over 25yrs old. It's not everyones cup o' tea for a movie but I was actually shocked at how good it looked.

Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, but it expressed a courage that is little seen in this day and age.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by macintologist 

Yea why isn't this like Dakar's example of SACD and DVD-A? I really can't imagine any time in the next 5-10 years of me buying into these new standards.

I didn't buy one either. It was given to me with the purchase of a $999 TV. It's quite nice too.

When they are giving them with the purchase of a TV then you know they standard has been adopted.

[Eug]

I have a DVD-Audio player. A friend had a SACD player. Those are the two most useless formats ever. I have an HD DVD player. A friend has Blu-ray. Those formats are a humungous leap forward. ie. The comparison between DVD-A/SACD vs. HD DVD/Blu-ray is meaningless. Both DVD-A and SACD were dead before they even started. (I knew that when I got my DVD-A player. It didn't bother me though, since I wasn't really interested in the DVD-A part in the first place. I bought the player because it was a very good DVD player.)

BTW, Toshiba has announced that its $299 HD DVD promotion is no longer a promotion.

As of July 1, $299 is the official MSRP for Toshiba's entry level HD DVD player.

"In other HD DVD news, the company said that promotional pricing levels on its HD DVD players in May and June will become standard suggested retails July 1. The HD-A2 is now $299, while the HD-A20 is $399. The top-of-the-line HD-XA2 continues at $799."

P.S. Corpse Bride is one of my favourite movies on HD DVD. The movie itself is excellent IMO, and the video transfer is outstanding.

[Veltliner]

Have you seen this about a comparison of upconverting SD DVD players on HD TVs vs. HD DVD and BLU-RAY players?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...062300060.html

This article says, that except in very demanding scenes like mass scenes or scenes with a lot of movement, the differences weren't that great.

[Eug]

Toshiba and Microsoft Remind Us What HD DVD Can Do (and What Blu-Ray Can't)



"To demo Web content, Collins pulled up the anime flick Freedom, from Bandai. He pulled down French subtitles where none existed before. He downloaded trailers (compressed for the Web.) Check out the gallery for all that, plus some translucent PIP effects—hell, just because that movie just looks so amazingly good."

Originally Posted by Veltliner 

Have you seen this about a comparison of upconverting SD DVD players on HD TVs vs. HD DVD and BLU-RAY players?

washingtonpost.com

This article says, that except in very demanding scenes like mass scenes or scenes with a lot of movement, the differences weren't that great.

However, in those types of scenes, it's often a huge difference when it comes to digital noise IMO. This is esp. true on LCD TVs.

[jokell82]

Originally Posted by Eug 

The comparison between DVD-A/SACD vs. HD DVD/Blu-ray is meaningless.

However, all the A/V nerds are going crazy about uncompressed audio on the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray discs, which is what DVD-A and SACD offered. So the technology comparison is dead on. Don't know why the nerds care about the audio now when they didn't before, though...

[analogue SPRINKLES]

Originally Posted by Eug 

"To demo Web content, Collins pulled up the anime flick Freedom, from Bandai. He pulled down French subtitles where none existed before. He downloaded trailers (compressed for the Web.) Check out the gallery for all that, plus some translucent PIP effects—hell, just because that movie just looks so amazingly good."

Wow, that's all the neat stuff everyone demands! Why fill a 30 gig disk with 20 megs of Subtitles from the start when you can download it later?

[jokell82]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Wow, that's all the neat stuff everyone demands! Why fill a 30 gig disk with 20 megs of Subtitles from the start when you can download it later?

Or how about you can buy a disc in the US and get subtitles in your preferred language no matter what they put on the disc.

Or are you just a fan of limiting consumer choice?