Karl Schuster
Grip
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2001
- Messages
- 18
Let me establish these facts first:
1: I have been collecting DVD's and LD's for over 10 Years.
2: I have always purchased W/S where available.
3: I agree that OAR is better.
4: I have a Serious Home Theatre with a Projector.
Now I have seen hundreds of posts on this forum about people complaining about J6P. I assume that these complaints are only being made for these following reasons:
1: Movie Studios are considering to withdraw support for letterbox, Anamorphic, OAR DVD's.
2: Movie Studios wish to provide more/improved support for P&S Versions.
3: Retailers and Video Retailers are giving more support to P&S over W/S. (could be the result of ignorance)
4: J6P and other ignorant/uninformed people are damagaing the whole OAR debate. Or they just dont get it.
BEFORE WE ALL START COMPLAINING AT J6P, BLOCKBUSTER, WALMART ETC, REMEMBER THIS:
"J6P helped DVD achieve the mainstream success it has today".
I DO NOT support the theories of J6P, however I believe that without the MAINSTREAM Success of DVD there would not be such an abundance of Titles coming out (and that includes Special Editions etc). In fact compare the success of DVD to that of Laserdisc!. They dont even compare, the sheer volume of DVD already makes it a clear winner, not to forget that DVD makes owning movies so much more cheaper than LD Did. We should be grateful for DVD has given us, and of course we should not be complaicent.
Movie studios are going to support the demand of the mass market. But what is the actual percentage of OAR + P&S demand in the market?
Could Movie Studios support both formats with every release?
Or more importantly which market segment (OAR or P&S) makes up the bigger percentage of DVD owners who purchase DVD's (Not Rent)? If it is our market share (OAR) that is bigger, then surely movie studios will continue to support it. However if the bigger share is that of J6P and their P&S DVD's, then what does the future hold for us?
We need to me constructive and NOT DESTRUCTIVE when tackling this issue. Perhaps we need to be Educators, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO BE SEEN AS COMPLAINERS, WHO NEVER SEEM SATISFIED.
I think that DVD has some other issues that also need more attention brought them. For instance, why cant we have one release for the whole world, instead of different versions for different regions. Why does region 4 get ER, BUFFY, Futurama, Friends before Region1. I think that with DVD being a medium that embraces such a wide and diverse market, we should be concentrating our efforts on making the format fair, equal and available to everyone, and by no means be discriminating. As we have every right to buy a DVD in OAR, so does J6P to have one in P&S.
Oh, and one last thing:
I live in Australia and I order all my DVD's from amazon.com I cant recall the last time I saw a P&S title on there. It seems that 99% of DVD movies are w/s or OAR.
Also in Australia all the dvd's are w/s or OAR too. In fact in Australia I do not believe there is even a choice between w/s and P&S, you just get w/s. So I guess J6P should be the one complaining, not us.
And finally if J6P is reading this, if you dont like w/s or OAR then use your "Zoom" button on your remote. If you dont care if you see less, then it does not matter
[Edited last by Karl Schuster on October 22, 2001 at 10:33 PM]
1: I have been collecting DVD's and LD's for over 10 Years.
2: I have always purchased W/S where available.
3: I agree that OAR is better.
4: I have a Serious Home Theatre with a Projector.
Now I have seen hundreds of posts on this forum about people complaining about J6P. I assume that these complaints are only being made for these following reasons:
1: Movie Studios are considering to withdraw support for letterbox, Anamorphic, OAR DVD's.
2: Movie Studios wish to provide more/improved support for P&S Versions.
3: Retailers and Video Retailers are giving more support to P&S over W/S. (could be the result of ignorance)
4: J6P and other ignorant/uninformed people are damagaing the whole OAR debate. Or they just dont get it.
BEFORE WE ALL START COMPLAINING AT J6P, BLOCKBUSTER, WALMART ETC, REMEMBER THIS:
"J6P helped DVD achieve the mainstream success it has today".
I DO NOT support the theories of J6P, however I believe that without the MAINSTREAM Success of DVD there would not be such an abundance of Titles coming out (and that includes Special Editions etc). In fact compare the success of DVD to that of Laserdisc!. They dont even compare, the sheer volume of DVD already makes it a clear winner, not to forget that DVD makes owning movies so much more cheaper than LD Did. We should be grateful for DVD has given us, and of course we should not be complaicent.
Movie studios are going to support the demand of the mass market. But what is the actual percentage of OAR + P&S demand in the market?
Could Movie Studios support both formats with every release?
Or more importantly which market segment (OAR or P&S) makes up the bigger percentage of DVD owners who purchase DVD's (Not Rent)? If it is our market share (OAR) that is bigger, then surely movie studios will continue to support it. However if the bigger share is that of J6P and their P&S DVD's, then what does the future hold for us?
We need to me constructive and NOT DESTRUCTIVE when tackling this issue. Perhaps we need to be Educators, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO BE SEEN AS COMPLAINERS, WHO NEVER SEEM SATISFIED.
I think that DVD has some other issues that also need more attention brought them. For instance, why cant we have one release for the whole world, instead of different versions for different regions. Why does region 4 get ER, BUFFY, Futurama, Friends before Region1. I think that with DVD being a medium that embraces such a wide and diverse market, we should be concentrating our efforts on making the format fair, equal and available to everyone, and by no means be discriminating. As we have every right to buy a DVD in OAR, so does J6P to have one in P&S.
Oh, and one last thing:
I live in Australia and I order all my DVD's from amazon.com I cant recall the last time I saw a P&S title on there. It seems that 99% of DVD movies are w/s or OAR.
Also in Australia all the dvd's are w/s or OAR too. In fact in Australia I do not believe there is even a choice between w/s and P&S, you just get w/s. So I guess J6P should be the one complaining, not us.
And finally if J6P is reading this, if you dont like w/s or OAR then use your "Zoom" button on your remote. If you dont care if you see less, then it does not matter
[Edited last by Karl Schuster on October 22, 2001 at 10:33 PM]