Microsoft has been forced to acknowledge that a substantial number of PCs running the new version of its Windows operating system will not be able to play high-quality DVDs. The Vista system will be available to consumers at the end of the month. However, in an interview with The Times, one of its chief architects said that because of anti-piracy protection granted to the Hollywood studios, Vista would not play HD-DVD and Blu-ray Discs on certain PCs.
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Member since:2005-07-02
Screw Blu-ray for now.
It's not just Blu-ray, it's HD-DVD too.
That said, I've been building a collection of DVDs for a while now...I still think it's too early for people to switch to a new format. I know *I'm* not ready to switch, and most people I know aren't either...
Member since:2006-12-14
That said, I've been building a collection of DVDs for a while now...I still think it's too early for people to switch to a new format. I know *I'm* not ready to switch, and most people I know aren't either...
I mean, honestly, I have some records (yes, these old black things), I haves some cassettes, I have a lot of CDs, and a lot of DVDs. Why should I want to have something new?
Of course, these new formats like SACD, BlueRay and so on have a better quality (higher encoding rates and better encoding algorithms, better recording machines, old stuff is digitally remastered [maybe]...), but I simply cannot afford it (not to mention the new players, TVs etc. needed to really enjoy these new things) to buy a new media collection every 5 years.
And even worse, these things get more and more expensive (at least new stuff and classical non-Britney-Spears-like old stuff) and more and more "devective-by-design" 
If they want me to buy their stuff, why don't they offer me to send in my old CDs/DVDs and get new SACDs/BlueRay-discs for a few dollars?
Edited 2007-01-09 16:11
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2005-08-19
Screw Blu-ray for now. It's too expensive - I think that I'll wait for the prices become comparable with DVD recorders and discs. Almost everyone on the planet can live without blu-ray crap (except greedy people).
As for buying films - there are tons of cheap older movies in the malls (for example ~3.5$ to 10$ in Poland per DVD or VideoCD box).