makingmusic476 said: Excellent points, and I agree wholeheartedly. However, I take issue with some of your information concerning HD DVD: HD DVD's HDi isn't really all that programmable. It was designed more for ease of use than flexibility. It's basically a toolset designed by MS to allow studios to use certain feature with some creativity for interactivity on HD DVDs. BD-Java, however, is... well, it's java. It's a programming language, and studios can use to create whatever the hell they want on a Blu-Ray disc. amirm said: enigma said: As of two months ago, no. And I had stated that repeatedly on AVS.amirm said: So there are no plans to use it for movies then ?TL-51 is an advancement for HD DVD to show that the format scales. But the premise of HD DVD does not depend on it. It never has. DL-34 may get productized though and the yields for that won't be different than HD DVD-30. HD DVD has done what it needed to do to prove its case: dual layer with combo produced, the market and readily manufacturable. That's it. |
I did NOT write that it was "all that programmable". I wrote just that it's more programmable than DVD.
And what's more imporant, what can be done, or what is done? If the HDi has limits, it matters more that the limits are pushed, as it will likely lead to more things that DVD can't do, especially if they engage mainstream consumers.
Since the Java can do more, it does mean Java can do the same. The point is THAT they are done, not how far.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs