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Originally Posted by PFC5
But the VCRs back then were used MUCH more for recording/time shifting so capacity mattered more for that than prerecorded movies. That is the disconnect from then and now.
Sure these HD formats can be used to store data on PCs, but that is a different store from HOW people use DVDs now. They ARE for just watching movies and the only real world place where the capacity matters is on computers.
I have stated that if follywood had a brain they would want HD DVD for movies and BD for computers. That would just make it that much harder to pirate movies with them on different formats. Why didn't they think of this?  |
Disagree. Strongly disagree. Me may be a bit pissed up but capacity does matter - Lookat how many HD DVD's have been released on 15 gig versus 30 gig. 15 gig is dead, maturity has been met. We now be looking at 25 gig SL bd discs vs 30 gig DL discs. Which one is cheaper to replicate? Which one is less problematic? Which format thinks that adding extra's will sell more movies - but has not the forsight to think that "oop's, how can we fit it on a disc???"" A DVD on steroids will not meet consumers demands.