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Anybody else a total geek? (CES keynote)
So is anybody else as bad as me and watching/watched the Gates CES keynote?
A couple of interesting things have been anounced in there, noteably: DirecTV/MS partnership to allow DTV access on Media Center (must assume that means direct recording) Windows Live, a web portal which seems to feature an Intelligent-Recording-esque features. Also demoed HD-DVD. |
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MS is finally going to open DTV back up to hacks, lol
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Bill should NOT try to "float like a butterfly" on camera
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Here's the streaming link for those that missed it: http://metahost.savvislive.com/micro...060104_300.asx
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Anyway, MCE in Vista looks very promising, plus the variety of MCE integrated clients out there are very attractive, from Xbox360 to mobile devices. Once I start the switch from SDTV to HDTV and when Vista ships, I'll definitely will compare products again and see if SageTV is still the better choice.
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Going from standard broadcast to HDTV is an obvious and compelling improvement. Going from VHS to DVD is also a significant improvement, not just because of better picture quality, but other convenience and extra features. Going from DVD to HD-DVD provides a better picture if you have a display capable of showing that difference, but not much else. To me, it is the equivalent of DVD-A and SACD. Those formats provide higher quality sound, but also much more strict DRM. Have you noticed how well those formats have taken the market by storm? Most people are happy with the current CD sound, especially since most people probably don't have speakers that can truly do the sound justice. So most people could care less about those formats. The same thing will happen with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. They will be formats for videophiles and gadget geeks. For the majority of people, they will look at it, say "that's nice" and continue watching DVDs.
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![]() ![]() My favorite part of the demo was when he did the search for actors on screen, which I might add sounds like a really neat idea, but then he made the comment: "Now, nobody is mad at me because I stopped the movie to figure out who that actress was" (paraphrasing). Immediately I thought to myself, "No, their mad at you because you put that bloody thing up on top of the movie!!!" As somebody on AVS said, just give me a "Play the damn movie (TM)" button. Quote:
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IMO, if they gave us a disk with no menues, only the movie with chapters, that would be ideal, leave the setup (audio, etc) up to the player. Unfortunately, I think I'm in the minority. |
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I also always just rip the movie....most of the bonus stuff is complete garbage with a few exceptions.
The future of copy protection, DRM, HD-DVD scares the crap out of me. The next few years should be interesting. HTPCs are about being versatile, and that's exactly what THEY don't want. I hope we just all get fibre optic going to our houses and download HD movies/music/tv shows legally online for a FAIR monthly fee. And I can do anything I want with the media (fair use) except give it to other people.
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I agree. I do have an HDTV, and was very excited for awhile for HD-DVD/Blu-Ray, but as I was sitting there watching Lord of the Rings: Two Towers this weekend for about the 100th time (yeah I am that guy). I realised....Do I need a better image than this? SDTV is horrible, 250 lines of resolution, awful. HDTV is huge. VHS to DVD was a huge leap. Even just beyond image quality, is also the fact that they don't degrade like VHS's but the difference from DVD to HD-DVD, doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. Maybe I just haven't experienced it yet. I can't believe I just said that.
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Won't the simple capacity be of value, though? I currently have the Lord of the Rings - on 16 DVDs! Blu-Ray capacity can go up to 50 or 75 GB, can't it? So at the same definition you could squeeze it all onto one disk.
And surely there will be a big uptake in the PC world; the ability to back up all your data onto one disk would be great. |
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For movies, I believe that the advantages of HD-DVD are minimal to non-existent. |
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