Road to perdition Many profess

Road to perdition

Many profess to have a tin ear and DVD-A and SACD made fatal flaws. No digital hookup meant the use of 6 analog cable and the media pricing was higher than CD. People had been complaining for years about CD pricing so creating a more expensive format was not a way to engender the product into the hearts of people. Not to mention its difficult to have a 1 playback system tweaked right. People Want Technology thats 15 Minutes Ahead of Its Time Its a good thing to have SD mixed in road to perdition HD. After becoming acclimated to HD you realize how sucky SD is. Theres your motive for HD movies right there. Enthusiasts Are Getting Tired and Smarter Yes but being an enthusiast is also knowing the new tech comes out to replace old tech. When one enthusiast retires he/she passes the torch on to the next one. A Skeptical News Media Doesnt Help Ill admit it, were part of the problem though Id like to think were saving consumers from making the next big mistake. An increasingly skeptical news media isnt buying into the hype of HD DVD and Blu-ray, especially not after wasting millions of editorial words on DVD-Audio and SACD, only to watch the software and technology dwindle into obscurity. Even after almost 6 years, most consumers continue to proffer puzzled looks when these audio formats are mentioned. The new DVD formats are getting plenty of press, mind you, but with the Toshiba flop and lack of software, the fact that the Emperor has no clothes at least not yet is hard to avoid. Well the rule is that negative attention provokes more response. Thats why the news is riddled with dramatic stories. I wouldnt call millions of editorial words wasted. You could be sitting in an unemployment line as another option so I think. I trust the news media when I want to read creative writing passed off as accurate reporting. I think the reality is a lot closer to news media being rather clueless and of no help for consumers. Broadband and IPTV to Compete? Certainly is an option worth looking into. Having more sources of movies and entertainment only seek to broaden and enrich my choices. Id prefer both avenues. Theres far too many people trying to tell me why I shouldnt like HD DVD or Blu-Ray. Their myopic view simply is shutting off the overall picture. If you have an HDTV and road to perdition want to see the best picture possible you get HD on your cable or you purchase one of these players. Whether you consider the player to be a good value or not rest soley on your own preferences. HVD discs were said to be enterprise ready this year and capable of holding 9TB per disc. Thats the kind of thing I want to see from a next-gen disc format. Neither HD-DVD nor Blu-Ray offer enough storage to warrant such expensive upgrades. Hardly anyone will have HDTVs or fast enough computers to play HD media so getting HD movies is pointless. In terms of computer storage, most people will probably just get single layer discs like they still do with DVD, even though its been around for years. For HD-DVD, that gives you the equivalent of 3 DVDs of space and Blu-Ray gives you I dont see me ever getting anything related to HD-DVD. 3 DVDs worth just isnt enough. 5 DVDs worth I would consider if the burner came below ¸200 and discs below ¸ When people can demonstrate technology that gives you 1TB on a disc, both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD look road to perdition pathetic. I think it would be great if they could make HVD discs 1TB each at the size of miniature CDs. Ive never liked the size of standard CDs/DVDs.