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  1. Sam Favate

    UHD Blu-ray Disc Association Completes Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Specification and Releases New Logo

    I doubt the US will see substantially faster Internet speeds until there is more competition, whether from Google Fiber or municipal broadband or something else. There's no incentive for the existing providers to boost speeds, other than charging a lot more for it, which people are not going to...
  2. Sam Favate

    UHD Blu-ray Disc Association Completes Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Specification and Releases New Logo

    I'm among the many who believe the format will fail to catch on at all if this is a requirement. If a lack of online verification means the format isn't viable, then it's not viable. If you can't get home theater enthusiasts on board with your product - and let's face it, they are not only the...
  3. Sam Favate

    UHD Blu-ray Disc Association Completes Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Specification and Releases New Logo

    Is it confirmed that an online authorization will be required with Ultra BD? If so, that's a complete non-starter. No one in their right mind is going to go for this.
  4. Sam Favate

    UHD Blu-ray Disc Association Completes Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Specification and Releases New Logo

    I was thinking about this. It must be that the studios simply don't expect to sell very many copies in 4k, and they believe that streaming is the future. Sure, they'll sell a bunch of copies to people like us - probably at a hefty price ("Pristine copies of your favorite movies!") - in physical...
  5. Sam Favate

    UHD Blu-ray Disc Association Completes Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Specification and Releases New Logo

    The Digital Bits has a nice update today on the technical specifications of Ultra, which includes the first mention I've seen that compatibility with DVD, CD, SACD, DVD Audio, and so on, will be left to the individual manufacturers...
  6. Sam Favate

    UHD Blu-ray Disc Association Completes Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Specification and Releases New Logo

    I'm concerned there is no mention of DVD playback. There needs to be, or the whole thing will never take off. People - myself included -want a player that will handle all of our vast libraries.
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