UFO DVD,s

Lunadude commented:


>The predominate reasons why DVD was so quickly adopted by "Joe Public"
>was in comparison to the video was the convenience and space saving
>factors that DVD brought in conjuction with dramatic picture quality
>improvement were huge - this will not be the case with HD-DVD space
>and convenience stays the same and the picture/sound quality
>improvement is less dramatic.The cost of DVD players fell almost
>exponentially added to boost the market.


Well I suppose from the point of view of optimism,we are diametrically opposed.A fairly
healthy and vibrant state of affairs I,d say.

Perhaps we should re-visit the subject of HD-DVD in 18 months time.

Although in closing I would say the difference in VHS and DVD, quality wise was a factor of x2.
The quality improvement of HD-DVD over DVD is between X3 and X6.Hardly less dramatic.


Mark UK




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> Although in closing I would say the difference in VHS and DVD,
quality wise was a factor of x2.
> The quality improvement of HD-DVD over DVD is between X3 and
X6.Hardly less dramatic.
>
>
> Mark UK

What I have seen of HD-DVD I would say it is closer to X0.5, but it
will depend on source material, newer material will look good, archive
material will look less so - and generally just highlight the
deficiencies of the original production values.

I don't doubt for a minute there will be a market for HD-DVD,but I
predict the same sort of relationship as HDCD has with CD, they will
coexists.

The Lunadude

> Although in closing I would say the difference in VHS and DVD,
quality wise was a factor of x2.
> The quality improvement of HD-DVD over DVD is between X3 and
X6.Hardly less dramatic.
>
>
> Mark UK

What I have seen of HD-DVD I would say it is closer to X0.5, but it
will depend on source material, newer material will look good, archive
material will look less so - and generally just highlight the
deficiencies of the original production values.

I don't doubt for a minute there will be a market for HD-DVD, but I
predict the same sort of relationship as HDCD has with CD, they will
coexists anf have there supporters and detractors

The Lunadude