'Better than Blu' HD format coming from Sim2

This is lame. Yes, Blu-Ray will eventually be replaced by something newer and better. This is not that something. And yes, now that HD-DVD is gone, no major studio in their right mind would begin to support some new format, even if it is marginally better than Blu-ray 1080p.

I mean sweet flying f*ck ! People who have already started transitioning to Blu-Ray will hopefully be laughing their asses off, as there is, in my opinion, absolutely no reason to upgrade, unless you are a complete tool and have nothing better to waste your money on.

Plus, I think this format will be squashed out of existance pretty quickly, due to the fact that no one will support it. There is no point in releasing anything new now to comete with Blu-Ray, since most peoples' setups are either at 1080p or lower. Until there is hardware to support greater resolutions, there is no need for another format.

That being said, the current situation does kinda suck, because Blu-Ray discs have no competition, thus if they really wanted to, they could charge a hell of a lot more than they do (which is already too expensive in most cases). Kudos to SONY and all involved that conspired to cause the extinction of the only decent alternative to Blu-Ray that we had.... Not!

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The new system will be bundled with Sim2 projection TVs but there has been no word on price yet.

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Keyword:high-end home theater

Originally posted by NexGen76:

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but look at it from a movie studio stand point.

Wouldn't you like to have a better then dvd experiance in a movie theater i have seen lots of movies givin to theaters for viewings and the quality sucks on there projectors so if they can improve on this i welcome it.

I'll pass on this and so will a lot of consumers, I think. Even the hard-core movie fans will probably stick with blu-ray. I've just started to upgrade my collection from DVD to blu-ray, so I won't be even contemplating to move to a new standard in the next 10 years.

Originally posted by kyo28:

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I'll pass on this and so will a lot of consumers, I think. Even the hard-core movie fans will probably stick with blu-ray. I've just started to upgrade my collection from DVD to blu-ray, so I won't be even contemplating to move to a new standard in the next 10 years.

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There was however, no confirmation from any of the Hollywood studios and industry insiders say the format is a sham.

“This high-def alternative is bull; it’s all about Blu-ray,” one insider said. “They’re grasping at straws. The entire industry is all behind Blu-ray.”

Another insider agreed that there was little chance any major studio would agree to the new format especially as it would completely cannibalize all the promotion and money that has been thrown into Blu-ray.

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Originally posted by kyo28:

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people will avoid blu-ray, price, why spend £20+ on a blu-ray when the dvd only costs £2-8, that can be up-scaled onto your HD screen?
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you can find a brand new dvd release for £ 2 - WOW - tell me where you shop :)
look at hmv.com online shop , the difference in price between a brand new dvd and brand new blu-ray disc is roughly between £ 2-5 difference depending on the studio - most dvds start at £ 12.99 - 14.99 with the blu ray version between £ 15.99 - 17.99
where I do agree is that this is too much in either format but an upscaled DVD is nowhere near the quality of a blu ray disc ( only my opinion of course )

Why do they say it's better than BluRay when the projector is still 1080P?

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Originally posted by kyo28:

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people will avoid blu-ray, price, why spend £20+ on a blu-ray when the dvd only costs £2-8, that can be up-scaled onto your HD screen?
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you can find a brand new dvd release for £ 2 - WOW - tell me where you shop :)
look at hmv.com online shop , the difference in price between a brand new dvd and brand new blu-ray disc is roughly between £ 2-5 difference depending on the studio - most dvds start at £ 12.99 - 14.99 with the blu ray version between £ 15.99 - 17.99
where I do agree is that this is too much in either format but an upscaled DVD is nowhere near the quality of a blu ray disc ( only my opinion of course )

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i have never seen new dvd with that low prize (£2) and it is most likely a lie.. i would be happy to be proven wrong.

At amazon.com you get some bd movies at $17.9 (most movies $20) which is imo pretty good price and atleast im happy to pay for the quality difference. Only thing to look out for is region coding (http://bluray.liesinc.net/) warner seems to be one of the best studios here since they seem to have only region frees where fox has (exluding few movies) only region locked.

To be honest when i fist saw dvd movie i thought "damn thats not that big improvment over vhs unless you want to watch movies with computer". Where i live we have to pay "licence" to watch aired tv shows so dvd was quite handy here. Without tv-tuner i could watch bought/rented movies without paying a dime for tv "licence".

Originally posted by Toshibot:

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Why do they say it's better than BluRay when the projector is still 1080P?

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Originally posted by juankerr:

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Trying to convince the content providers and movie studios to invest in a new format will be a major task - and would likely entail a lot of $$$$$.

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Originally posted by oappi:

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At amazon.com you get some bd movies at $17.9 (most movies $20) which is imo pretty good price and atleast im happy to pay for the quality difference.

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Okay, so the movies are supposed to be on "double-sided dual layer" DVDs? And how will you crank out more than 480p on a DVD player? Or is this only intended to work with Media Center PCs with their software, and a computer display capable of better than 1080p? This all sounds like vaporware and would have a tougher barrier of entry than Blu-Ray did.

I saw like a year ago a new portable game console called Gizmondo trying to compete with the Nintendo DS, it lasted a month.

It will be the same for these people..........

Originally posted by salsa36:

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I saw like a year ago a new portable game console called Gizmondo trying to compete with the Nintendo DS, it lasted a month.

It will be the same for these people..........

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