Comments on: Why Blu-Ray will win the format war http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve McGrath http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Steve McGrath Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:59:49 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-160 Yes I know it is a Microsoft codec but they are in both HD format spec. See: <a href="http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_video_codecs" rel="nofollow">Blu-Ray Video Codecs</a> List of <a href="http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/" rel="nofollow">Blu-Ray movies with VC1 Codecs</a> Mr. Woodcock, 3:10 to Yuma, The Invasion I never said the receiver was bad just that it cost to much for me. I bought a PS3 for $370 and got a free game and hdmi cable. I don't need to upconvert my DVD for $1300 ;) Plus, I got a 720P/1080I HDTV. So, 1080P is not for me at this moment. :( Btw, Blu-Ray players are now $300 not $500. And yes, that's for the older models. Yes I know it is a Microsoft codec but they are in both HD format spec. See:
Blu-Ray Video Codecs

List of Blu-Ray movies with VC1 Codecs Mr. Woodcock, 3:10 to Yuma, The Invasion

I never said the receiver was bad just that it cost to much for me. I bought a PS3 for $370 and got a free game and hdmi cable.

I don’t need to upconvert my DVD for $1300 ;) Plus, I got a 720P/1080I HDTV. So, 1080P is not for me at this moment. :(
Btw, Blu-Ray players are now $300 not $500. And yes, that’s for the older models.

]]> By: tootallsc http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-159 tootallsc Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:27:40 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-159 Wrong again. VC-1 is a microsoft codec. That's why there is no bluray move encoded in VC-1. Microsoft tried to do bluray and backed out because it was very unstable. You'll spend 500 bucks on a bluray player that has poor upconversion but not on a denon 988 that will upconver video and upscale to 1080p with the DCDi chip, and by-amp your speakers, with 7.1 and mulit room and HD audio. Go ahead then and buy a 300 dollar pioneer or sony or yamaha that will go into protect mode when you push it and have no video conversion or upscaling. Denon or Harman Kardon all they way. Did I mention the X-a2 won another award from sound and vision? Quality over quantity. Wrong again. VC-1 is a microsoft codec. That’s why there is no bluray move encoded in VC-1. Microsoft tried to do bluray and backed out because it was very unstable. You’ll spend 500 bucks on a bluray player that has poor upconversion but not on a denon 988 that will upconver video and upscale to 1080p with the DCDi chip, and by-amp your speakers, with 7.1 and mulit room and HD audio. Go ahead then and buy a 300 dollar pioneer or sony or yamaha that will go into protect mode when you push it and have no video conversion or upscaling. Denon or Harman Kardon all they way. Did I mention the X-a2 won another award from sound and vision? Quality over quantity.

]]> By: Steve McGrath http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Steve McGrath Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:18:27 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-158 Wrong: VC-1 is part of the basic codecs that Blu-Ray players must play. It's the studio that can choose the codec and so mpg2 was used on the first Blu-Ray disc. Disney: They can decide to drop a replicator if porn are made. They won't back out because of this. Money: Toshiba is doing a firesale of their HD-DVD players and they that will need to shell out money to keep Universal and Paramount Audio: The AVR-988 is $1300 in Canada but too much for me. I don't have an iPod and was never were big on sound anyway. I do have a 5.1 setup and my car has the basic car radio. You lost your bet. PS3: It a great Blu-Ray player for most people and can play games too :D. You are an audiophile thus the HD sound is more important to you but not for most people. Profile 1.1: It's not just "graphic" anymore because I watched Resident Evil 3 with the Picture in Picture feature. And no, people won't pay $500 for a Blu-Ray player to get the extra features. Price will drop by the time they want it. It's not a "must" have feature but great if you have it. Profile 1.0 can still play movies and Profile 1.1 is on new players. Profile 2.0(later) will add Internet(PS3 at $400). People do need to do some research like any other product. Some don't care for those extras. Wrong: VC-1 is part of the basic codecs that Blu-Ray players must play. It’s the studio that can choose the codec and so mpg2 was used on the first Blu-Ray disc.
Disney: They can decide to drop a replicator if porn are made. They won’t back out because of this.
Money: Toshiba is doing a firesale of their HD-DVD players and they that will need to shell out money to keep Universal and Paramount
Audio: The AVR-988 is $1300 in Canada but too much for me. I don’t have an iPod and was never were big on sound anyway. I do have a 5.1 setup and my car has the basic car radio. You lost your bet.
PS3: It a great Blu-Ray player for most people and can play games too :D . You are an audiophile thus the HD sound is more important to you but not for most people.
Profile 1.1: It’s not just “graphic” anymore because I watched Resident Evil 3 with the Picture in Picture feature. And no, people won’t pay $500 for a Blu-Ray player to get the extra features. Price will drop by the time they want it. It’s not a “must” have feature but great if you have it. Profile 1.0 can still play movies and Profile 1.1 is on new players. Profile 2.0(later) will add Internet(PS3 at $400). People do need to do some research like any other product. Some don’t care for those extras.

]]> By: tootallsc http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-157 tootallsc Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:55:13 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-157 Dolby Ture HD and DTS master audio is very important. I sell the denon avr-988 like crazy. If you've ever heard the difference you would go out and upgrade your reciever. But let me guess you hate sound quality that's why you listen to mp3's and own an ipod rather than listening to dvd audio. I bet you probably own a car stereo with a after market deck, amp and some subs, but kept the stock mids and ran them of the after market deck. Again ruining your sound quality. I would never buy a ps3 for that fact there's no HD audio. And as well never a bluray player for the fact if you own a profile 1.0 player and you want profile 1.1. and profile 2.0 you have to shell out another 500 bucks to get those interactive features that on bluray are just graphics. Dolby Ture HD and DTS master audio is very important. I sell the denon avr-988 like crazy. If you’ve ever heard the difference you would go out and upgrade your reciever. But let me guess you hate sound quality that’s why you listen to mp3′s and own an ipod rather than listening to dvd audio. I bet you probably own a car stereo with a after market deck, amp and some subs, but kept the stock mids and ran them of the after market deck. Again ruining your sound quality. I would never buy a ps3 for that fact there’s no HD audio. And as well never a bluray player for the fact if you own a profile 1.0 player and you want profile 1.1. and profile 2.0 you have to shell out another 500 bucks to get those interactive features that on bluray are just graphics.

]]> By: tootallsc http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-156 tootallsc Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:49:41 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-156 Just for your info there are bluray are mpeg4(avc) and mpeg2, no vc-1. And if there's porn on both format then that means disneys contract with bluray is broken and therefor can leave bluray. Bluray is going to lose alot of exclusive studio support this spring. Unless they shell out 150-500 million to each studio to keep their exclusive support. Just for your info there are bluray are mpeg4(avc) and mpeg2, no vc-1. And if there’s porn on both format then that means disneys contract with bluray is broken and therefor can leave bluray. Bluray is going to lose alot of exclusive studio support this spring. Unless they shell out 150-500 million to each studio to keep their exclusive support.

]]> By: Steve McGrath http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Steve McGrath Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:28:40 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-155 1. When I first got my DVD 9-10 years ago, that was the same arguments people said about bugs. Hell, Matrix was a DVD that made people cry because it was buggy on the hardware and on brand names too. Plus, you can at least update Blu-Ray player like on the PS3. 2. Dolby True HD or DTS Master audio on PS3 is not important if you have an older receiver like most people. If I ever change my receiver, I will look at the number of HDMI and yes if it support Dolby True HD. 3. Yes, HD-DVD has standard but can they upgrade and features too? I'm asking because I don't know. Extra features are only needed if you do want them. Otherwise, the movie will still play in a Blu-Ray player. 4. Sony is not alone like Toshiba in not alone. Both have big "players" behind them. The fact that Microsoft did not do a HD-DVD version of the X-Box 360 is a signal that even them want to play safe. 5. Granted, HD-DVD players are lower priced and it was always their argument. Yet, you still pay the same price for movies as Blu-Ray movies. 6. Codec are the same on both many first edition of Blu-Ray movies were in MPG2. Now, they are VC1. 7. Warner just choose a camp thus more content for Blu-Ray is 70%. 1. When I first got my DVD 9-10 years ago, that was the same arguments people said about bugs. Hell, Matrix was a DVD that made people cry because it was buggy on the hardware and on brand names too. Plus, you can at least update Blu-Ray player like on the PS3.
2. Dolby True HD or DTS Master audio on PS3 is not important if you have an older receiver like most people. If I ever change my receiver, I will look at the number of HDMI and yes if it support Dolby True HD.
3. Yes, HD-DVD has standard but can they upgrade and features too? I’m asking because I don’t know. Extra features are only needed if you do want them. Otherwise, the movie will still play in a Blu-Ray player.
4. Sony is not alone like Toshiba in not alone. Both have big “players” behind them. The fact that Microsoft did not do a HD-DVD version of the X-Box 360 is a signal that even them want to play safe.
5. Granted, HD-DVD players are lower priced and it was always their argument. Yet, you still pay the same price for movies as Blu-Ray movies.
6. Codec are the same on both many first edition of Blu-Ray movies were in MPG2. Now, they are VC1.
7. Warner just choose a camp thus more content for Blu-Ray is 70%.

]]> By: tootallsc http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-154 tootallsc Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:20:47 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-154 Why the F@*k would i buy a bluray player. I sell both all day and bluray freezes all the time on my normal dvd's and cd's. There's no standard so you reall have to know which one to get. Don't get me wrong there are good bluray players out there but ones like the sharp bluray that's a piece of junk and still charge $500 can. for it. And as well JAVA in a player. We all know java is free and it's freaking horrible. Bluray is very unstable. Pirate of the Carribean took 3 minutes to load the disc. And i'm sick of people saying the PS3 is the best bluray. I'm sorry but for home theatre the PS3 is a piece. There's no Dolby True HD and DTS Master Audio processors on board. Bluray is all hardware no software. That's why hddvd has out sold bluray in standalone players. The only reason bluray is out sell hddvd in disc sales is because when they bring their new bluray player home and put in their old dvd it either upconverts really bad or rejects it. HDDVD doesn't have that problem. There's a standard. And all the bluray companies know it. If toshiba had just as much money as sony, hddvd would have more studio support that bluray. You guys just better not hope microsoft and intel and nec become part owner of hddvd and start throwing their money around because all three of those companies have way more money than sony. Bluray is all show and no go, sorry boys. Plus what's with the mpeg 2 and mpeg4, damn mosquito noise! VC1 is so much better in my eyes, not nearly as much mosquito noise. Why the F@*k would i buy a bluray player. I sell both all day and bluray freezes all the time on my normal dvd’s and cd’s. There’s no standard so you reall have to know which one to get. Don’t get me wrong there are good bluray players out there but ones like the sharp bluray that’s a piece of junk and still charge $500 can. for it. And as well JAVA in a player. We all know java is free and it’s freaking horrible. Bluray is very unstable. Pirate of the Carribean took 3 minutes to load the disc. And i’m sick of people saying the PS3 is the best bluray. I’m sorry but for home theatre the PS3 is a piece. There’s no Dolby True HD and DTS Master Audio processors on board. Bluray is all hardware no software. That’s why hddvd has out sold bluray in standalone players. The only reason bluray is out sell hddvd in disc sales is because when they bring their new bluray player home and put in their old dvd it either upconverts really bad or rejects it. HDDVD doesn’t have that problem. There’s a standard. And all the bluray companies know it. If toshiba had just as much money as sony, hddvd would have more studio support that bluray. You guys just better not hope microsoft and intel and nec become part owner of hddvd and start throwing their money around because all three of those companies have way more money than sony. Bluray is all show and no go, sorry boys. Plus what’s with the mpeg 2 and mpeg4, damn mosquito noise! VC1 is so much better in my eyes, not nearly as much mosquito noise.

]]> By: Why I won’t go see movies in theater made by Universal, Paramount and Dreamworks | McGrath Dot Ca http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Why I won’t go see movies in theater made by Universal, Paramount and Dreamworks | McGrath Dot Ca Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:28:58 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-153 [...] By The Numbers II. Blu-Ray has still more overall content. I also made my position clear on my blog. I also commented that the next holiday season will be critical for both sides.  I don’t [...] [...] By The Numbers II. Blu-Ray has still more overall content. I also made my position clear on my blog. I also commented that the next holiday season will be critical for both sides.  I don’t [...]

]]> By: Steve McGrath http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Steve McGrath Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:13:05 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-152 I agree it will be harder for BD to win and the next holiday seasons would be a benchmark how things are going for both sides. Like I mentioned in the recent post, it's consumer, again both sides, who will be losing of a longer war. The content is still on the BD side. Look here for updated <a href= "http://blog.pixelperfectproductions.com/?p=71" rel="nofollow"> Numbers</a> I agree it will be harder for BD to win and the next holiday seasons would be a benchmark how things are going for both sides.

Like I mentioned in the recent post, it’s consumer, again both sides, who will be losing of a longer war.

The content is still on the BD side. Look here for updated
Numbers

]]> By: Bryan http://mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Bryan Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:01:35 +0000 http://www.mcgrath.ca/2007/07/03/why-blu-ray-will-win-the-format-war/#comment-151 HD-DVD is going to win. Paramount and Dreamworks is now on HD-DVDs side because that format is going to win. HD-DVD is going to win. Paramount and Dreamworks is now on HD-DVDs side because that format is going to win.

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