Blu-ray owns.
one of my friends neighbors had about a thousand dvds and decided to go buy a bu-ray copy of every movie he had. Epic dedication.
[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;20027098]Blu-ray owns.
one of my friends neighbors had about a thousand dvds and decided to go buy a bu-ray copy of every movie he had. Epic dedication.[/QUOTE]
I'm not a massive fan of double dipping..
if I already have it on DVD and I like it enough, I have no problem getting it on Blu-Ray. but if it's something stupid that was gifted to me for some peculiar reason, like Troy, i won't want it on Blu-Ray.
[QUOTE=M_B;20025938]disk based hard drives have been around for far longer, are those magically obsolete?[/QUOTE]
Solid-state.
Big diffrence, and the disks are more resistent to scratches. But downloadble movies direct from the internet? First the internet speed have to be revultionized, most people have around 350 kb/s download speed which means a HD movie would take atleast 3 hours.
"Hey, wanna watch a movie tonight?"
"Yeah, ah too bad, the download isnt done until midnight, screw it.
[QUOTE=M_B;20025938]USB thumb drives, SD cards, micro SD cards, memory stick duo, etc. all of these have done nothing other than go down in price since they debuted.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=M_B;20025938]USB thumb drives, SD cards, micro SD cards, memory stick duo, etc. all of these have done nothing other than go down in price since they debuted.[/QUOTE]
Well you can either buy a 64 GB flash drive for between $150 and $200
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170522%201309439130&name=64GB[/url]
Or buy a 15 pack of BD-R discs for $35
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817501029[/url]
Or a 10 pack of BD-RE for $28
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817607029[/url]
In any case, you get 375 or 250 GB from BD-R or BD-RE and only 64 GB from the flash drive. Flash memory is also commoditized like oil, so its cost of production is unlinked from the retail price, like all other memory is. You can get plastic and aluminum from anywhere.
[QUOTE=Mr. Ambleu;20027218]Solid-state.[/QUOTE]
solid-state is a huge joke in terms of write performance and price
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and my point is that we're still using hard disk drives today. and it's older than the optical disc.
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and to add, a format can only be obsolete when a newer, better format is already available.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;20027710]Well you can either buy a 64 GB flash drive for between $150 and $200
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170522%201309439130&name=64GB[/URL]
Or buy a 15 pack of BD-R discs for $35
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817501029[/URL]
Or a 10 pack of BD-RE for $28
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817607029[/URL]
In any case, you get 375 or 250 GB from BD-R or BD-RE and only 64 GB from the flash drive. Flash memory is also commoditized like oil, so its cost of production is unlinked from the retail price, like all other memory is. You can get plastic and aluminum from anywhere.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the links man. Will be purchasing some of these for sure. :v:
[QUOTE=M_B;20028355]and to add, a format can only be obsolete when a newer, better format is already available.[/QUOTE]
Well, in that case.. I still think we need something new.
[QUOTE=M_B;20028355]solid-state is a huge joke in terms of write performance and price
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and my point is that we're still using hard disk drives today. and it's older than the optical disc.
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and to add, a format can only be obsolete when a newer, better format is already available.[/QUOTE]
Or when it's just cheaper.
[QUOTE=ZuluFurryMaster;20027290]Big diffrence, and the disks are more resistent to scratches. But downloadble movies direct from the internet? First the internet speed have to be revultionized, most people have around 350 kb/s download speed which means a HD movie would take atleast 3 hours.
"Hey, wanna watch a movie tonight?"
"Yeah, ah too bad, the download isnt done until midnight, screw it.[/QUOTE]
Just because most people don't pay for high speed fiber optical lines doesn't mean we don't already have them. The net is "revolutionized" already.
I can get speeds up to 3 MB/s if the host site has a good enough upload connection for it.
More people would upgrade their internet if they could download the movies they bought from the net. As of now 350kb/s is a pretty good speed to have for your average consumer, they don't need more at all.
My comp kinda sucks it can hardly run movies on it..
[QUOTE=dgg;20029734]Just because most people don't pay for high speed fiber optical lines doesn't mean we don't already have them. The net is "revolutionized" already.
I can get speeds up to 3 MB/s if the host site has a good enough upload connection for it.
More people would upgrade their internet if they could download the movies they bought from the net. As of now 350kb/s is a pretty good speed to have for your average consumer, they don't need more at all.[/QUOTE]
I'm supposed to be able to get up to 7.
[QUOTE=dgg;20029734]Just because most people don't pay for high speed fiber optical lines doesn't mean we don't already have them. The net is "revolutionized" already.
I can get speeds up to 3 MB/s if the host site has a good enough upload connection for it.
More people would upgrade their internet if they could download the movies they bought from the net. As of now 350kb/s is a pretty good speed to have for your average consumer, they don't need more at all.[/QUOTE]
What are you talking about? We STILL have ISPs that have monthly bandwidth limits. There is no way in hell online streaming takes over from physical media until most people have enough bandwidth to stream blu ray quality video AND audio, while at the same time having no worries about hitting a cap.
We are years from that. For one thing there are lots of people who will buy a movie at Walmart, but don't even have an internet connection, of if they do it's the cheapest DSL or something they could find. Do you think the movie industry is going to ignore that vast pool of customers? Hell no.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;20030979]What are you talking about? We STILL have ISPs that have monthly bandwidth limits. There is no way in hell online streaming takes over from physical media until most people have enough bandwidth to stream blu ray quality video AND audio, while at the same time having no worries about hitting a cap.
We are years from that. For one thing there are lots of people who will buy a movie at Walmart, but don't even have an internet connection, of if they do it's the cheapest DSL or something they could find. Do you think the movie industry is going to ignore that vast pool of customers? Hell no.[/QUOTE]
Physical copies are the best :v:
[QUOTE=OBI THE INCRED;19944669]they suck tbh. i prefer hd.[/QUOTE]
I'm with you...
Look at it.
CD-ROMS. The data tracks are wider, so less information can be stored on the disk, but they are quite hardy, i've had a full-on scratched CD work absolutely fine.
DVD. The tracks are thinner, and more data can be crammed onto the disk, HOWEVER, i've noticed that DVDs with a tiny scratch on them will screw up, though it CAN be fixed.
Now, my assumption on blu-ray is the tracks are so thin, that the 'expensive' HD media can be crammed onto the disk.
SURE, beautiful quality, HD is truly an orgasmic experience, BUT, put a micro-dot-scratch on the disk and it'll come out like you rubbed sandpaper on a DVD.
[QUOTE=lolnubs;20031992]I'm with you...
Look at it.
CD-ROMS. The data tracks are wider, so less information can be stored on the disk, but they are quite hardy, i've had a full-on scratched CD work absolutely fine.
DVD. The tracks are thinner, and more data can be crammed onto the disk, HOWEVER, i've noticed that DVDs with a tiny scratch on them will screw up, though it CAN be fixed.
Now, my assumption on blu-ray is the tracks are so thin, that the 'expensive' HD media can be crammed onto the disk.
SURE, beautiful quality, HD is truly an orgasmic experience, BUT, put a micro-dot-scratch on the disk and it'll come out like you rubbed sandpaper on a DVD.[/QUOTE]
I for one prefer to enjoy movies to the fullest.
I heard the Dark Knight was amazing on it.
Nah, they take too long to downl- I mean, they cost too much.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;20032835]I heard the Dark Knight was amazing on it.[/QUOTE]
It was almost flawless. If you own HD you need to get it.
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[QUOTE=BANNED USER;20032835]I heard the Dark Knight was amazing on it.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Mr. Ambleu;20029276]Well, in that case.. I still think we need something new.[/QUOTE]
I don't. I'm perfectly content with Blu-Rays. I love them. Even in this day and age, which what's available to us in terms of technology, it's still highly unrealistic to think we'll stop using them anytime soon.
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[QUOTE=BANNED USER;20032835]I heard the Dark Knight was amazing on it.[/QUOTE]
and it was.
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along with Sin City and Iron Man. Really, if you have a BDP and an HDTV, you absolutely must have Dark Knight, Iron Man, and Sin City. It's practically a crime against nature not to. (unless you don't like the movies which I guess is okay if you have bad taste in movies)
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[QUOTE=lolnubs;20031992]I'm with you...
Look at it.
CD-ROMS. The data tracks are wider, so less information can be stored on the disk, but they are quite hardy, i've had a full-on scratched CD work absolutely fine.
DVD. The tracks are thinner, and more data can be crammed onto the disk, HOWEVER, i've noticed that DVDs with a tiny scratch on them will screw up, though it CAN be fixed.
Now, my assumption on blu-ray is the tracks are so thin, that the 'expensive' HD media can be crammed onto the disk.
SURE, beautiful quality, HD is truly an orgasmic experience, BUT, put a micro-dot-scratch on the disk and it'll come out like you rubbed sandpaper on a DVD.[/QUOTE]
what the fuck are you talking about? Blu-Rays have a mandatory scratch resistant coating.
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i have like 25 movies on blu-ray, and 6 or so ps3 games, none of them have scratches, all of them read perfectly fine. can't say the same for my DVD based media
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and i take excellent care of everything
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;20030979]What are you talking about? We STILL have ISPs that have monthly bandwidth limits. There is no way in hell online streaming takes over from physical media until most people have enough bandwidth to stream blu ray quality video AND audio, while at the same time having no worries about hitting a cap.
We are years from that. For one thing there are lots of people who will buy a movie at Walmart, but don't even have an internet connection, of if they do it's the cheapest DSL or something they could find. Do you think the movie industry is going to ignore that vast pool of customers? Hell no.[/QUOTE]
Yes, there are people out there who have shitty ISPs and whatnot.
But if downloadable movies in Bluray quality starts hitting the market and becomes popular enough among the relatively big amount of users with good connections more people with bad ISPs will change internet provider if possible or start complaining to their current one, possibly causing them to upgrade their offer to please the consumers who are threatening to quit on them.
And I didn't really imply that downloads would completely take over physical copies. I have big doubts they ever will in a long time simply because it looks better and feels better to have a product in a physical copy, it's also harder to loose and is always available as long as you don't throw it around.
To be fair 1080p videos looked epic on my tiny 19". So I can only imagine what HD would look like on my 32" lcd. I ordered one a few days ago still hasn't come yet so I hope it's worth it.
Also I have about 400+ DVDs gonna be expensive as hell to start replacing them with blu ray.
[QUOTE=dgg;20037714]Yes, there are people out there who have shitty ISPs and whatnot.
But if downloadable movies in Bluray quality starts hitting the market and becomes popular enough among the relatively big amount of users with good connections more people with bad ISPs will change internet provider if possible or start complaining to their current one, possibly causing them to upgrade their offer to please the consumers who are threatening to quit on them.
And I didn't really imply that downloads would completely take over physical copies. I have big doubts they ever will in a long time simply because it looks better and feels better to have a product in a physical copy, it's also harder to loose and is always available as long as you don't throw it around.[/QUOTE]
well the thing is for a downloadable movie to be even close to blu-ray quality it'd have to be about 15gigs at the least.
in your typical 8-10GB 1080p BD rip, there's a LOT of compression to get it down to that size, and you can see the compression. at least, i can. compression that makes it really not at all much better than HD on-demand quality (assuming your tv provider has 1080p movies on demand)
let's not forget that most rippers who re-encode blu-rays just do a horrible job
I still think we should stick like 12 4gb SD cards together and call it a day.
SD cards have a very very slow reading speed
that'd be awful
i think we should put a 2tb hard drive in a tube sock and call it a day
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think tank
that's what this is
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that's what it's called a think tank
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