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bad_karma24

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#59437
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Stop the PG-13 madness
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Oh, please. Violence can often times be more nasty when it's off-screen. It's called letting the audience think for themselves. I don't care what franchise it is, if you're going to see it based on the gore, then it's not worth seeing. Whatever happened to having a good story and god acting?

And AFAIK the f-word in PG-13 is limited to one, non-sexual use (IE Catch Me If You Can).

Who cares what the rating is? Just see the movie. If it's bad, it will be bad on its own account, not by how much gore is in it.
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#59426
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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
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Sounds like a nice set-up. I assume you've gone and calibrated the gray-scale, tightened the guns, etc. It reminds me of Bjoern's.

The one thing I don't like about HD on HBO and Showtime is that more often or not they're broadcast in 1.85:1 regardless of their OAR. Very annoying.

Depending on how the new formats due, I'll probably just double-dip on the essentials.

Jimbo, what set-up are you using?
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#59388
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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
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Mmm... 92". I can see what you mean by your priorities are different.

I have a 54" screen (16:9) yet I still don't see much of a reason to upgrade. HD is nice and all, but I'd like to wait a few years before dumping everything for a format that could be obsolete in a few years.

Just curious, how far do you sit from your screen, Jay?
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#59344
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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
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Who cares about the age of the article? The fact is that Blu-Ray has a lot more big company support than HD-DVD.

And the codecs don't matter so much because:
A) Codecs can be quite easily changed
B) Testers have found Blu-Ray has better PQ than HD-DVD

And even though MPEG-4 is fine, VC-9 has a lot of problems with its algorithms, downconversion, etc, that needs to be fixed before it's released.

And as for recent articles, here you go. Oh, and apparantly there are 13 big companies behind Blu-Ray. "No U.S. studio has committed to the HD DVD format yet" (From your article)

If HD-DVD they don't even have a player out at all I don't see how they can expect to serve both Japan and America by 2005. Maybe Japan, but America is stretching it. Blu-Ray already has players released in Japan.

Personally I'll have to sit out the buying of either system before one takes hold. And even then, as I've said, I doubt I'll purchase more than a dozen or so title. Really no use in it.


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#59300
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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
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Originally posted by: jimbo
D-VHS as good as DVD what are you smoking. I have compared D-VHS and DVD of Independence Day. There is no comparison. The D-VHS is so so so much better. I was absolutly blown away by D-VHS. Unfortunitly I don't own a D-VCR myself because lets face it. Higher quality or not its still a tape. I have invested alot in replacing tapes with discs and will not go backwards no matter how good it looks. And it looks fucking amazing. Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray promise resolution higher then D-VHS and with all the convience a the disc format offers. Read this article HD-DVD will be out in America before the ball drops for 2006. Blu-Ray will not. Each format has one format that has commited to it. Blu-Ray has Columbia Tristar. HD-DVD has Poly Cannon (Japanese studio). Though Warner has not yet commited Warner owns stocks in current DVD technolgy which HD-DVD is an extension of. If HD-DVD wins Warner makes alot of money. So if you don't think Warner will release titles on HD-DVD soon I don't know what your smoking. New Line is also a Time Warner studio. Both Sony and Warner are trying to buy MGM and as of now Warner has the better offer. Disney, Universal, Fox, and Artisan all appear to be showing more intrest in HD-DVD then Blu-Ray at the momment as well. Disney voted for HD-DVD in the forum and basically whichever format Disney supports will be the format that most familys will support.


Did I saw D-VHS was as good as DVD? No, I didn't. Please take the time to read before you condemn.

That site you link to requires a membership but I'll take your word on it. Blu-Ray players are announced for US release by August of 2005, and early 2006 at the latest. It's still before HD-DVD.

So far they're coming out with a whopping 8 (!) titles for HD-DVD.

HD-DVD is not an "extension" of DVD. It's something that's different. Are you not getting that?

And where are you getting all this information that all these studios are backing it (what is this forum)? They have no reason to all jump on the bandwagon. Can you tell me what is so appealing about HD-DVD that will make everyone want to rush out and buy them? I know people who are just now getting DVD players. It's going to take a lot to get these people to buy HD-DVDs.

Just to let you know, BD-ROMs are being created by the 10 powerful consumer electronics companies, including Sony, Philips, Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung. (Here.)

Also, HD-DVD is currently non-recordable. Blu-Ray is. That for many people is a big plus.