99 balloons I think Sony has

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I think Sony has majorly screwed up by going with MPEG2 on SL discs. I didnt understand why they would stay with MPEG 2 either. Ive heard that cable operators are looking at moving on to MPEG 4 and VC This is an error that they better rectify quicly. Samsung is taking returns because people are unhappy with the movie quality. I guess this is why Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic have pushed back their BD players. Toshiba and Samusung have likely released their players too quickly. Both likely know they are filled with bugs. I suppose the plan is to get the product out there to early adopters and patch it as they go. Fine by me Im not buying either for awhile. This is easily the best quality Ive ever seen The Terminator looking before. its a little bit soft and gritty looking, but then its an older film and thats the nature of the film stock used. Its not necessarily the film stock itself. The Godfather was shot on even older film stock and its a beautiful film. The softness could be from a number of things. Back then visual effects were basically copied onto the live action image. So by the time you had a final image it may have been produced from several copies. Which added grain and softened the image. But today much of that can be cleaned up with a proper restoration. in what fashion are you connected to movie or video production? Samsung again mulls over a Universal player?CID22245 amsung Electronics will consider later this year if it will launch a high-definition movie player compatible with both the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, it said Tuesday. Samsung is a supporter of the Blu-ray Disc format, and its first player will go on sale in the United States in the next few days. The BD-P1000 is the first consumer Blu-ray Disc player from any manufacturer, and its launch will kick off full competition between the rival formats. Toshiba, which is the main backer of the HD DVD format, started player sales in March. There are only a few technical differences between the formats, but theyre big enough to make them mutually incompatible. Thats a headache for consumers because most Hollywood studios have initially committed to releasing movies on one or the other disc format but not both. Samsung is already working on a drive that 99 balloons both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, said Kim Du-Hyon, an assistant manager in Samsungs home-platform product planning division, in a briefing with reporters at the companys headquarters in Suwon, South Korea. We dont have a plan to make an HD DVD-only player but are considering a universal player, he said. We are preparing HD DVD support now, and if we launch a universal player, it will be the end of this year or early next year. Kim underlined Samsungs belief that Blu-ray Disc will beat HD DVD in the commercial marketplace, but said Samsung will consider a universal player should HD DVD 99 balloons as successful as Blu-ray Disc. Samsung is not alone in working on drives that support both formats, according to industry sources. While LG Electronics has publicly declared its plans to make drives for both formats, many of the leading Blu-ray Disc backers are also members of the DVD Forum and so have access to HD DVD technology and specifications. In addition, some companies on each side of the battle have optical disc production joint ventures. Samsung is partnered with Toshiba in Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology and Sony and NEC, which back Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, respectively, formed Sony NEC Optiarc in April this year. That would be smart Samsung. I think youll find that HD DVD does VERY well. Get this. Sonys BD player delayed until late Oct!! /2006/06/21/sony-bdp-s1-blu-ray-player-really-is-delayed-october-25/comments My oh my what a turn of events. Toshibas going to get quit a lead by the time BD players are shipping in quantity. Get this. Sonys BD player delayed until late Oct!! /2006/06/21/sony-bdp-s1-blu-ray-player-really-is-delayed-october-25/comments My oh my what a turn of events. Toshibas going to get quit a lead by the time BD players are shipping in quantity. Not to much of a lead if they only sell 10, 000-12, 000 units.