jabbernaut
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« on: 04-25-2004 11:26 »
« Last Edit on: 07-23-2014 18:22 by jab1981 »
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What am I doing here?
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #7 on: 04-26-2004 06:06 »
« Last Edit on: 04-26-2004 06:06 »
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Plus features are a neccisity for many buyers, and one of the reasons dvds even exist really, so not having them seems pointless. Although to be fair I didn't know what Superbit was until just now.
Anyways, for shows that are still "in the process" of coming out during the switch to HD-DVD or whatever the next big format is, I'd imagine they'd simply release all the later ones on that format (and gradually switch over the previous releases as well) and let it be that. Meaning, if DVD is already dead/dying by the time season 15 of The Simpsons came out, you'd simply buy it on that next format instead.
That said though I'm not sure how important any future "upgrades" (aside from the eventual eradication of physical copies as has been said, but I would bet that's still a LONG ways off) will actually be. People bought into dvds because they erased the problems of VHS; the tapes wearing out, having to rewind, etc, plus the fact that you get the movie/show and nothing else (with dvd there are again features, so you get "more bang for you buck" ) Beyond that, what is there left to do really? Your average person has generally only minimal interest in having the top possible quality in picture and sound, and will only notice the difference during huge leaps. Aside from maybe discs that don't scratch, there's not much left to do that DVD hasn't aleady "fixed" for your average consumer.
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Lurrr
Professor
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DVDs are about the best quality you're going to get (or at least, the best quality you'll actually notice) so I'm happy to wait until they bring out some new wacky format, like hologram TV's or something.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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I dunno. I have FOX in HDTV and ive seen a few early Simpsons episodes on it. They looked better but not amazing.
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OC_James
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #13 on: 04-26-2004 16:09 »
« Last Edit on: 04-26-2004 16:09 »
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Originally posted by aslate: And is HDTV just/mainly a US thing? Not really, it just hasn't been getting much hype until recently. HD-TV is a great thing...if you have the money. It's pretty expensive, but the video quality's supposed to be so good you can see individual blades of grass in the distance and the film quality of poorly-shot/old movies will be increased quite a bit. However, most people won't find this necessary (like me for example) and will just stick to what they have now. So yes, HD-TV will probably last and be as popular as the Laserdisc.
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~FazeShift~
Moderator
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Yes. Which is the one used as car sound systems? Ah I dunno, I was eh, joking or something.
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