Tim Glover
Senior HTF Member
thanks for the big laugh Frank! loved that image! I needed that...
I can't remember the last time a movie I wanted to buy was only available in P&S only.Then you didn't want to buy Muppet Treasure Island, Follow That Bird, or Willy Wonka before the petition drove Warner to re-release the DVD in 16x9 WS.
-dave
It's always been obvious to me and Ron confirmed it, that the studios are big fans of dvd and OAR etc. They want DVDs to be as good as we do.I don't think many of the studios as a whole are big fans of OAR. If they were, P&S only releases would not exist. I have a hard time believing that OAR releases of Muppets Treasure Island, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, etc. would not have been profitable. Even if Wal-Mart only ordered P&S of these, there are plenty of other customers who would seek out the OAR versions, and plenty of retailers who would cater to them. The only reason I can think of that they didn't have OAR releases of these is that they just didn't care.
Unfortunately, I get the impression that many of the execs and others responsible for the bottom line really don't care about OAR.
I think it is more the people who are more on the technical side of things at the studios who are fans of OAR (ie, people creating the movies and the DVDs).
I ask you to believe that we are still trying to put out the absolute best product we canApparently they try but if they fail (like the DTS track on Moulin Rouge) they simply ignore the problem.
Apparently they try but if they fail (like the DTS track on Moulin Rouge) they simply ignore the problem.It seems to be a hardware problem since many people didn't have a problem with the DTS.
The good news is that the studios are indeed
gearing up toward HD-DVD. While we do hope that
all the studios pick one format, Sony has promised
us that their players will be backward compatible.
It is estimated that by year's end 2003, we will
be seeing the first High-definition DVD titles
hit the shelves.I assume that's a typo, but if not, you might want to double-check your source for that info. Mr. Ando over at Sony has said repeatedly that they expect to support a HD-DVD standard based on next-generation laser technology (Blue-ray) by year's end 2004.
Of course, several other consumer electronics vendors, Toshiba included, have suggested that we could have a red-laser based HD-DVD standard by the end of this year, if that is what the studios want. But nobody is suggesting that we will have a blue-laser or blue-ray HD-DVD standard by the end of this year. And I think that's what most of us want for quality reasons (1080p, quality audio, etc).
I sure am looking forward to all the Star Wars films in HDTV, upcoming on HBO HDTV later this year....I'm hoping Lucas insisted on OAR in his new HBO contract...