Universal had awful luck (or rather, the consumers buying the discs did) with the DVD-18 format, so I can't imagine why they would want to try it again. No likey.
This is a similar technology, but it's used for an entirely different purpose. DVD-18 was something that didn't really offer any advantages to the consumer. BD-59 makes your movie purchase playable in many places where it wouldn't have been before, so there's actually a tangible benefit for the people who are buying it.
@Chefgon. There's no benefit if either side stops playing (or never plays at all). This was the problem with DVD-18 (which is why all studios aside from Universal stopped producing them), and even affected some hybrid HD-DVDs.
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Universal had awful luck (or rather, the consumers buying the discs did) with the DVD-18 format, so I can't imagine why they would want to try it again. No likey.
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This is a similar technology, but it's used for an entirely different purpose. DVD-18 was something that didn't really offer any advantages to the consumer. BD-59 makes your movie purchase playable in many places where it wouldn't have been before, so there's actually a tangible benefit for the people who are buying it.
@knight3d: I never had a problem with them....
@Chefgon. There's no benefit if either side stops playing (or never plays at all). This was the problem with DVD-18 (which is why all studios aside from Universal stopped producing them), and even affected some hybrid HD-DVDs.