Nick Farrell the Inquirer, Wednesday 2 July 2008. 09:42:00 Physical media a waste of wonga MAKER OF EXPLODING BATTERIES, Sony may have woken up to the fact it has wasted billions getting stand-alone Blu-ray players into the shops. According to thestandard.com, Sony might have wasted a fortune investing in hardware which uses physical media when it should have been splashing out on streaming techno ...
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Forget Blu-ray... Hi Def streaming is where it's at
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Streaming is a HUGE step backward for HD
This is a HUGE step backward. Neither internet conections nor video compression are at the level where this can be done without sacrificing video and audio quality. I, for one, will never trade in my 48Mbit/s Blu-ray for a 3Mbit/s (at best) stream.
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Someday... maybe...
One day high definition may be deliverable digitally, cheaply, everywhere... but not anytime soon. You can get reasonable quality in a fair number of places today, but nothing approaching what Blu-ray can do right now. I get so tired of the Sony bashers declaring the doom of physical HD media because they know just enough about content delivery to think they understand what the market will do.
It's true that many people may not know the difference today, or be able to see the difference today on screens less than 50 inches, but after folks see what is possible on the correct setup... I think the differences are obvious. Many may not feel it is worth the additional cost today, but as cost approach current DVD levels, Blu-ray will gain widespread popularity. Downloads will still be there for those who are content with SD today. Many people still don't even know what a digital picture looks like. Let the end of analog transmission pass and as people see what it's like to no longer have ghosts, shadows, snow and other video/audio noise, their eyes will give them a hint as to what the whole HD thing is all about.
I hope that in the not too distant future though the CE industry can somehow find a way to simplify the whole HD world. I'm a very experienced technical person working in the computer industry for nearly 35 years from a hardware, software and networking perspective, and it's still difficult for me to advise my friends on the best way to set up their equipment. Unless you study every single product they buy, you can't be certain of the best way to interconnect their equipment to get the best results. Sometimes it's even necessary to try different connections to see what is best in that particular instance. It's still all too common to see an HDTV connected to some sort of set top box with composite video! Then the whole world of advanced audio codecs, the endless ways that discs are encoded... it goes on and on... way too much for the average consumer to understand, and they shouldn't have to either...
It's true that many people may not know the difference today, or be able to see the difference today on screens less than 50 inches, but after folks see what is possible on the correct setup... I think the differences are obvious. Many may not feel it is worth the additional cost today, but as cost approach current DVD levels, Blu-ray will gain widespread popularity. Downloads will still be there for those who are content with SD today. Many people still don't even know what a digital picture looks like. Let the end of analog transmission pass and as people see what it's like to no longer have ghosts, shadows, snow and other video/audio noise, their eyes will give them a hint as to what the whole HD thing is all about.
I hope that in the not too distant future though the CE industry can somehow find a way to simplify the whole HD world. I'm a very experienced technical person working in the computer industry for nearly 35 years from a hardware, software and networking perspective, and it's still difficult for me to advise my friends on the best way to set up their equipment. Unless you study every single product they buy, you can't be certain of the best way to interconnect their equipment to get the best results. Sometimes it's even necessary to try different connections to see what is best in that particular instance. It's still all too common to see an HDTV connected to some sort of set top box with composite video! Then the whole world of advanced audio codecs, the endless ways that discs are encoded... it goes on and on... way too much for the average consumer to understand, and they shouldn't have to either...
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How true! Especially the latter part about the endless complexity. They have all of us, from end user to professional installer, tied up in knots. I was rather shocked when I read the following...
HDTV Makers Must Add Features to Grow Sales
viewtopic.php?t=10377
... and they think the mess we deal with needs even more stuff to think about.
How true! Especially the latter part about the endless complexity. They have all of us, from end user to professional installer, tied up in knots. I was rather shocked when I read the following...
HDTV Makers Must Add Features to Grow Sales
viewtopic.php?t=10377
... and they think the mess we deal with needs even more stuff to think about.
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Interesting link Richard,
I looked through the responses and it's interesting that the great majority thought it was a joke.
Personally what I would like to see is an HDTV line that was built on a modular basis with add in options, like a PVR/DVR, additional OTA tuner, satellite receiver (fat chance, other than European standard), etc. In the one case of putting Ethernet on them, I think that would be a good thing, but I'm sure whatever they chose to do with it would not be a user friendly thing. It would be great if all CE equipment had the ability to update itself over your home network without having to involve other parties.
Unfortunately, all too often updates don't go as planned, and if you made it automatic, peoples equipment would suddenly stop working for no apparent reason to them! :lol:
On second thought, maybe they shouldn't put one in... :wink:
I looked through the responses and it's interesting that the great majority thought it was a joke.
Personally what I would like to see is an HDTV line that was built on a modular basis with add in options, like a PVR/DVR, additional OTA tuner, satellite receiver (fat chance, other than European standard), etc. In the one case of putting Ethernet on them, I think that would be a good thing, but I'm sure whatever they chose to do with it would not be a user friendly thing. It would be great if all CE equipment had the ability to update itself over your home network without having to involve other parties.
Unfortunately, all too often updates don't go as planned, and if you made it automatic, peoples equipment would suddenly stop working for no apparent reason to them! :lol:
On second thought, maybe they shouldn't put one in... :wink: