Movie execs worried about Blu-Ray

[goddog]

crumas2 said:

goddog said:

crumas2 said:

Bitmap Frogs said:
Regarding this thread, there's a lot more to picture quality than resolution. Just FYI.

 

Yeah... bit-rate discussions could drag this on for at least another 100 posts.

 

true, though none of these resolutions or bit-rates hold a candle to the original film quality, they can be graduated to each new level of digital output, where 1080p recored movies will always be 1080p

 

You just hit on a VERY interesting point.  Unlike traditional distribution optical media, magnetic/solid-state media isn't a "fixed" asset, i.e. - the content can be moved from storage device to storage device.  This means I can move today's HD video files to new storage assets in the future, store them together with better/higher-quality video files, and the only "media" loss is retirement of the older drive.

Contrast this with upgrading a large DVD collection to Blu-ray... dozens or hundreds of old discs have to be "retired" instead of simply replacing older-format video files with newer, higher-quality video files.

Yeah, I like my optical movie storage, but a massive multi-terabyte movie jukebox would be very compelling.  Making the tech drop-dead simple like inserting an optical disc will be important if that tech is every to compete with Blu-ray head-on.

 

 

 part of my point though is the original footage is what determines what output resolutions you can get. movies such as lord of the rings will never be higher in resolution then 1080p, where say any film on 32mm will be upscaled for years to future formats/codecs.

I will say dvd is fairly easy to rip if you want to add it to your magnetic library. there are actually 400 disc holder that can automate it for you, though it takes alot of time.

blue ray is also an attempt to keep people from moving formats, there is nothing more profitable for these people then keeping you from moving a copy of something you own, making you buy a new one