New development may put the nail in the coffin of blu ray

[jbat31]

Read this and see what you think

Taken from IMDB

HDTV Disks May Foil Illegal Downloaders


One of the consequences of the introduction of high-definition DVDs will be that it will take a day or more to download them from the Internet, making copyright infringement "super, super, super inconvenient," Time Warner chairman Dick Parsons told a media conference in New York Monday. Parsons indicated that he does not expect the movie industry to face the kind of downloading threat that the music industry has had to deal with, given the fact that it is so much more difficult to copy a movie online than it is to copy a CD. Meanwhile, the Japanese electronics companies Toshiba and Memory-Tech announced today (Tuesday) that they have developed a disk in which a standard-play DVD recording can be combined with a high-definition one, each on different "layers." The format, the companies noted, would ease the transition from the current format to HDTV since buyers of the disks would not have to be concerned about them becoming obsolete once they purchase high definition TV sets.


Hmm., well that would sove a lot of the problems of getting the format started. However, it did not say if the disks would be priced the same. Also, we still don't have an answer to the hookup question. The ability to put standeard dvd and HD-DVD on one disk is a great idea provided they are the same price and they don't offer a cheaper standeard def only disk.

[Sycho]

we gots a nice thread in the soap box for the high definition disc's, ah

[Sycho]

well since no one posted in software for an hour we needed another post, so, i think that bluray and hddvd will have a good ten years before being cracked, although i think many people will copy the analog way

Originally Posted by Sycho

so, i think that bluray and hddvd will have a good ten years before being cracked, although i think many people will copy the analog way

Care to place a wager on that? I bet it'll take less than a year to "crack" it.

[jbat31]

Actually, my main point isn't about being cracked and honestly downloading an HD movie isn't that big of a deal if you have super fast interenet. My point is that if they release new movies and catalog titles that store both standard dvd def and HD def on one disk, that solves the problem of breaking into the market. However, that being said, these disks will have to be priced the same as now.

[SilentBob]

Well this is a Soapbox thread but like mentioned above we do have a thread already dedicated to the discussion of HD/Blue Ray dvd format So i shall close this thread and ask for the discussion of this news to continue in the thread linked above please.


Thanks