Reading is fundamental. Note that I said "being tested" those with both halves of their brains engaged would realize that this means that compatability is being ascertained. If the test works and perhaps a firmware update can enable support for the 3rd layer then the discs will be ratified and added to the HD DVD specification. There's nothing about the extra layer that suddenly means it won't work as Ice mentioned.
You make 3 layer discs for the %5 of movies out there that go beyond the 4 hour mark. Think EE versions of Lord of the Rings or Gods and Generals. Think TV series like the Star Trek or Star Trek NG series.
Capping bitrates. Don't go trying to sound like you know what you're talking about. Compressionists add up all the extras whether they be interactivity, soundtracks, extra footage and then from the remaining storage they compress at the rate that maximizes this space left. You got it ass backwards in where you think they just go in with a target bitrate. Clearly the reviews show that The Departed looks great.
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/departed.html Peter Bracke says "The Departed' easily ranks among best transfers I've seen on either format, hands down. " There goes your strawman argument up in flames. Lastly uncompressed PCM takes up more space than Dolby TrueHD. TrueHD is a lossless codec which means it's transparent to the source yet it takes up less space. There of course is a cost involved in licensing and not all Blu-ray players support TrueHD.
My advice to you is to go pick on someone who doesn't know what they're talking about and cannot blow up your silly little rebuttals. That's not me, you won't win a technical debate here the best you can hope for is a tie.
Oh boy. Speaking of "talking about things you know about".....
So you can use Google.. good for you. Have you actually SEEN the disc? Because I have, like personally, with my own eyes... The Departed looks "good", but not great. I've seen dozens of other Blu-ray discs that look better. Even ones using MPEG-2 (with much higher bit-rates of course). The bit-rate on Departed is capped at roughly 12-15 megabits, whereas many other BD titles are well over 20, with peaks into the 40s (impossible for the HD-DVD spec, but I guess you know that since you know so much about "techinical" stuff right? What a douchebag!)
Should I show you the dozens of Blu-ray users on AVS saying they are quite disappointed with the picture quality? Why bother right, you'll just stick your fingers in your ears and go "NANANANA I CAN'T HEARR YOUU" like all the other HD-DVD fanbois hanging on to the last thread of a dying format.
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Reading is fundamental. Note that I said "being tested" those with both halves of their brains engaged would realize that this means that compatability is being ascertained. If the test works and perhaps a firmware update can enable support for the 3rd layer then the discs will be ratified and added to the HD DVD specification. There's nothing about the extra layer that suddenly means it won't work as Ice mentioned.
You make 3 layer discs for the %5 of movies out there that go beyond the 4 hour mark. Think EE versions of Lord of the Rings or Gods and Generals. Think TV series like the Star Trek or Star Trek NG series.
Capping bitrates. Don't go trying to sound like you know what you're talking about. Compressionists add up all the extras whether they be interactivity, soundtracks, extra footage and then from the remaining storage they compress at the rate that maximizes this space left. You got it ass backwards in where you think they just go in with a target bitrate. Clearly the reviews show that The Departed looks great.
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/departed.html Peter Bracke says "The Departed' easily ranks among best transfers I've seen on either format, hands down. " There goes your strawman argument up in flames. Lastly uncompressed PCM takes up more space than Dolby TrueHD. TrueHD is a lossless codec which means it's transparent to the source yet it takes up less space. There of course is a cost involved in licensing and not all Blu-ray players support TrueHD.
My advice to you is to go pick on someone who doesn't know what they're talking about and cannot blow up your silly little rebuttals. That's not me, you won't win a technical debate here the best you can hope for is a tie.
Oh boy. Speaking of "talking about things you know about".....
So you can use Google.. good for you. Have you actually SEEN the disc? Because I have, like personally, with my own eyes... The Departed looks "good", but not great. I've seen dozens of other Blu-ray discs that look better. Even ones using MPEG-2 (with much higher bit-rates of course). The bit-rate on Departed is capped at roughly 12-15 megabits, whereas many other BD titles are well over 20, with peaks into the 40s (impossible for the HD-DVD spec, but I guess you know that since you know so much about "techinical" stuff right? What a douchebag!)
Should I show you the dozens of Blu-ray users on AVS saying they are quite disappointed with the picture quality? Why bother right, you'll just stick your fingers in your ears and go "NANANANA I CAN'T HEARR YOUU" like all the other HD-DVD fanbois hanging on to the last thread of a dying format.
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