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Does anyone know whether or not this system is likely to ever be implemented, and if so when? Will it be back compatible with my current DVDs and what benefits will having Blue-Laser DVD bring?
Could we see decent Ambisonic Surround Sound (i.e. proper complete 3D sound, not DD/DTS approximation) on these DVDs since there will be a huge amount of extra space. I suppose with all that space then there will be no need for audio compression and therefore the overall quality will be even better...
Yes it will be implemented and with it's huge storage capacity (per disc) it will be able to store motion pictures at High Definition quality.
The DVDforum agreed that Blu Ray (As it will be known) will be back compatible with current DVD's.
Audio quality will be enhanced.
I think the fastest root to getting Hi-Def for us over here will be to download HDTV caps of US shows over the net and then watch it on your monitor.
Obviously your monitor will have to be HDTV capable and you will need a 1Ghz+ cpu aswell as a top quality gfx card to play it. Then there is the small matter of d/ling a 1 hour show which will be 9Gb in size (40hrs d/l on 512k). :eek:
So i think this will be realistic in a year or two when more people will have 1mb/2mb connections and HDTV caps will be posted in the newsgroups quite frequently by then.
Originally posted by Werdna1979
Does anyone know whether or not this system is likely to ever be implemented, and if so when? Will it be back compatible with my current DVDs and what benefits will having Blue-Laser DVD bring?
Could we see decent Ambisonic Surround Sound (i.e. proper complete 3D sound, not DD/DTS approximation) on these DVDs since there will be a huge amount of extra space. I suppose with all that space then there will be no need for audio compression and therefore the overall quality will be even better...
Blue lasers will not be available to consumers for quite a while (they are currently the size of a small car)
Blue-Violet will be available within a year or two (current drives at prototype stage). The Blu-Ray format uses blue-violet lasers. Blu-Ray is currently being targeted at the rewrittable dvd market (thats why they will be in a caddy, it's not currently a pressed disc format that would be required for a movie dvd). All members of the DVD Forum (except Toshiba) are backing Blu-Ray (it's meant to sort out the mess that is dvd rewritable). The Blu-Ray technology has a lot in common with normal DVD so backwards compatability would be very likely.
Although Blu-Ray will most proberly as a D-VHS competitor as well, it might not get released as a DVD Movie format because of the studios fear of piracy (it took years to presuade the majors to allow access to studio masters for use on dvd, so they might not want to give pirates access to even higher quality source material)
Originally posted by Spinning Plates
I think the fastest root to getting Hi-Def for us over here will be to download HDTV caps of US shows over the net and then watch it on your monitor.
Obviously your monitor will have to be HDTV capable and you will need a 1Ghz+ cpu aswell as a top quality gfx card to play it. Then there is the small matter of d/ling a 1 hour show which will be 9Gb in size (40hrs d/l on 512k). :eek:
So i think this will be realistic in a year or two when more people will have 1mb/2mb connections and HDTV caps will be posted in the newsgroups quite frequently by then.
Is there anywhere on the net that has samples of hi-def telly to download and watch on PC, even just 10 seconds worth, just to have a look:)
Not worth doing really
HD is 1920x1080,
How many monitors can cope with that resolution?
Originally posted by simonr
Is there anywhere on the net that has samples of hi-def telly to download and watch on PC, even just 10 seconds worth, just to have a look:)
A sample of the earth spinning for 8 seconds can be found here (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?11664) but even that isn't the max resolution of 1920 x 1080 and dont forget your desktop is probably at 1024 or 1280. You need either PowerDVD or WinDVD to view them and you have to email Nasa for permission to d/l the huge QT clips.
World Cup 2002 screenshots can be found here (http://www.dba.org.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=747).
Lots more screenshots of various movies, tv shows and sports can over at this great site for HD screengrabs here (http://www.feldoncentral.com/hdtv/).
What was the player that was in Stuff/T3 magazine the other month then? It looked kind of normal size, perhaps a bit bigger than current players.
Could we see decent Ambisonic Surround Sound (i.e. proper complete 3D sound, not DD/DTS approximation) on these DVDs since there will be a huge amount of extra space. I suppose with all that space then there will be no need for audio compression and therefore the overall quality will be even better...
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Yes it will be implemented and with it's huge storage capacity (per disc) it will be able to store motion pictures at High Definition quality.
The DVDforum agreed that Blu Ray (As it will be known) will be back compatible with current DVD's.
Audio quality will be enhanced.
Answers:
I think the fastest root to getting Hi-Def for us over here will be to download HDTV caps of US shows over the net and then watch it on your monitor.
Obviously your monitor will have to be HDTV capable and you will need a 1Ghz+ cpu aswell as a top quality gfx card to play it. Then there is the small matter of d/ling a 1 hour show which will be 9Gb in size (40hrs d/l on 512k). :eek:
So i think this will be realistic in a year or two when more people will have 1mb/2mb connections and HDTV caps will be posted in the newsgroups quite frequently by then.
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Originally posted by Werdna1979
Does anyone know whether or not this system is likely to ever be implemented, and if so when? Will it be back compatible with my current DVDs and what benefits will having Blue-Laser DVD bring?
Could we see decent Ambisonic Surround Sound (i.e. proper complete 3D sound, not DD/DTS approximation) on these DVDs since there will be a huge amount of extra space. I suppose with all that space then there will be no need for audio compression and therefore the overall quality will be even better...
Blue lasers will not be available to consumers for quite a while (they are currently the size of a small car)
Blue-Violet will be available within a year or two (current drives at prototype stage). The Blu-Ray format uses blue-violet lasers. Blu-Ray is currently being targeted at the rewrittable dvd market (thats why they will be in a caddy, it's not currently a pressed disc format that would be required for a movie dvd). All members of the DVD Forum (except Toshiba) are backing Blu-Ray (it's meant to sort out the mess that is dvd rewritable). The Blu-Ray technology has a lot in common with normal DVD so backwards compatability would be very likely.
Although Blu-Ray will most proberly as a D-VHS competitor as well, it might not get released as a DVD Movie format because of the studios fear of piracy (it took years to presuade the majors to allow access to studio masters for use on dvd, so they might not want to give pirates access to even higher quality source material)
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Originally posted by Spinning Plates
I think the fastest root to getting Hi-Def for us over here will be to download HDTV caps of US shows over the net and then watch it on your monitor.
Obviously your monitor will have to be HDTV capable and you will need a 1Ghz+ cpu aswell as a top quality gfx card to play it. Then there is the small matter of d/ling a 1 hour show which will be 9Gb in size (40hrs d/l on 512k). :eek:
So i think this will be realistic in a year or two when more people will have 1mb/2mb connections and HDTV caps will be posted in the newsgroups quite frequently by then.
Is there anywhere on the net that has samples of hi-def telly to download and watch on PC, even just 10 seconds worth, just to have a look:)
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Not worth doing really
HD is 1920x1080,
How many monitors can cope with that resolution?
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Originally posted by simonr
Is there anywhere on the net that has samples of hi-def telly to download and watch on PC, even just 10 seconds worth, just to have a look:)
A sample of the earth spinning for 8 seconds can be found here (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?11664) but even that isn't the max resolution of 1920 x 1080 and dont forget your desktop is probably at 1024 or 1280. You need either PowerDVD or WinDVD to view them and you have to email Nasa for permission to d/l the huge QT clips.
World Cup 2002 screenshots can be found here (http://www.dba.org.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=747).
Lots more screenshots of various movies, tv shows and sports can over at this great site for HD screengrabs here (http://www.feldoncentral.com/hdtv/).
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What was the player that was in Stuff/T3 magazine the other month then? It looked kind of normal size, perhaps a bit bigger than current players.
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