Posts by Aaron_Brez

Well, along the lines of the Shatner/Lucas post from earlier... This had me rolling. I would love to see this as one of the interstitial scenes Lucas is planning on putting back into the original trilogy... Sorry if it's been...

Quote: Originally Posted by YiFeng right, so don't the new BluRay's hover from 30 onwards? HD-DVD is a bit cheaper than BR, but BR ain't even out yet =). I've seen no indication that Blu-ray disks will be priced...

Quote: Originally Posted by JayHM Right. Based on that MTV interview, if everyone decides not to buy these because they're non-anamorphic, it will only validate Lucas' conviction that it's the SEs that people want. If...

This sucks, and I hope Bill's source turns out to be inaccurate, but I'm not holding my breath. I probably won't be buying, if it's non-anamorphic; the only possible chance would be if ANH had the surrounds fixed... but even then-- I...

While it's impossible to speculate on exactly what motivates various members of the DVD Forum, the list is made up of more than hardware manufacturers-- some of whom, despite this, have patent money in DVD (and by extension, HD DVD)...

Short-sightedness, along with the fact that there are no native 2.35:1 devices in mass production-- or even planned in the near future. But to play the Devil's advocate, they'd have to incorporate extra scaling capability in the...

Quote: the point i'm trying to make is that "1080p" is NOT truly 1080p. that most epic-wide films post 50s/60s will be more like 816p. that's my main point. And I guess my response is that, yes, we're all aware...

I'm not sure what you think we're not noticing. That 2.35:1 films will be letterboxed? According to sources, there will be data on the disk which specifies the pixel area used, though not the ratio. In other words, there's...

Not true. They downconvert.

What high price in disks? Last I saw, they were looking to be ~$1 higher than HD DVD, on the average. High price on hardware... no argument there, though IMO in comparison to 1st gen DVD players, the prices are reasonable.