adywan:
1) i need to be a little clearer about what i'm doing.................a couple of things................HD DVD versions of the
wookiegroomer encodes.........................................AND future HD DVD encodes of YOUR versions....so both basically..
hopefully by then, i will have a much better handle on conversion / burning etc...........................
2) the image was a capture from your source, scaled down, and jpg'ed.....not to be indicative of quality (of course)
3) granted microsoft is evil..............................but sony is more evil......so it's a choice of a lesser evil...........anyways,
i waited a long long time before i got the xbox 360, so i got the 'newer' chip, and have NEVER had 1 problem, glitch,
lockup or anything ever...................................then again, i'm not a 'hardcore' gamer anymore, so i rarely play games anymore...
(which i hear a lot of ps3 people say also, since they really don't have any games for it either...................pretty sad right?)....
the hd dvd i picked up (just like laserdiscs).....because its cheaper, the discs are cheaper....(and even
though i could actually buy the bluray drive etc............why bother), i have at least 50+ hd/bluray rips downloaded already (40 % - 720p,
40 % - 1080p , and 20 % are FULL bluray rips)....so its not like i want to pay the RIP OFF prices for crappy bluray movies that dont even
deserve to be highdef in the first place.....most of these are action/sci-fi/adventure movies................and then i have a small library of 30+
hd dvd movies, that are all new that cost half that price or less.........................and of course there's some movies that are hd dvd exclusive,
that WILL NEVER come out on bluray either........................................................all the other high def content i have has been HDTV rips...
so they aren't on either format.....................
that's why a neutral .mkv, .avi or whatever container is the best for that purpose, no file size limits, no framerate limits, etc ...etc....
yes from a distribution, user perspective, not everybody's up to speed, has players, software, or the right hardware to watch..
but you yourself said hardware is getting cheaper......................and the US is switching to digital tv next year, so eventually everyone
will be able to view these..
it's better to be future proofed now..
again, you need a huge gateway movie to get everybody to step up to high definition....................i'm still wondering why there
is so little interest on this board??????.................................i'm sorry but vhs, and now even laserdisc/dvd have been superseced...
it's time to move on people..................................................make the leap..................come over to the 'high-def' side........................
later
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