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Forums - General Discussion - Hybrid Blu-Ray: Plays in DvD Player (The 2004 Idea)

Personally I think the digital copy idea is 100x better than this. Putting it on the same disc is just a bad idea. If they gave you a DVD and a Blu-Ray, yeah, that would be nice (if it was cheap), but the problem is that it wouldn't be cheap.

Having it on the same disc makes the disc look a lot uglier, makes it more likely to get smudged and scratched, and worst of all limits the movie to just being a BD-25 movie rather than a BD-50.

Digital copy FTW.

Combo disc FTL.



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Discs are easy and fast. I will never switch to digital movies, music, or anything ownable unless I fully expect not to have lifetime use (like WiiWare or PSN). I just won't I don't trust these companies not to block my legally purchased data.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

steven787 said:
Discs are easy and fast. I will never switch to digital movies, music, or anything ownable unless I fully expect not to have lifetime use (like WiiWare or PSN). I just won't I don't trust these companies not to block my legally purchased data.

License. Your legally purchased license. They own the data and can call it back at any time.

What up, Steven? And I think it would be good to have hybrids, because you could amass a huge BR collection and still play them in your DVD player. But, correct me if I am wrong, but weren't HD DVD/DVD combos problematic? I have a few in my HD DVD collection and the only one that gave me probs was Bourne Ultimatium - it was something about the improper software to play it.