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Topic: Universal brings back Flipper Discs!
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Claude S. Ayakawa
Film God
Posts: 2738
From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 12-02-2009 01:10 PM
With an exception of a few titles, I never bought prerecorded tapes because they were very expensive at the time. Laserdiscs was entirely different and within a few years, I accumulated a huge collection. When DVDs were introduced in 1997, they were much cheaper than laserdiscs and I had to have them too. After investing in a format that is now extinct and another with a lackluster future, I was not planning to get involved in the HD-DVD - Blu-Ray debacle. After Blu-Ray won the format war, Warners Home Video and Fox twisted my arm with Blu-Ray exclusives. I had always wanted a restored HOW THE WEST WAS WON especially in Smilebox but in order to get both, I had to get Blu-Ray. Fox remastered R.&H.'s SOUTH PACIFIC and released in with a beautiful 4K transfer from 65mm elements only on Blu-Ray. Fox went one step further by releasing THE ROBE once again only on Blu-Ray and I had to have that too. Having been placed in a very desperate position by both Warners & Fox, I went to Costco and bought a Blu-Ray player despite the fact that I did not have a HDTV yet. Even though they were in standard definition, I enjoyed HTWWW , SOUTH PACIFIC and THE ROBE on my regular TV set. It soon became obvious in order to take full advantage of my Blu-Ray player, I had to get a HDTV and I did when I went back to Costco and bought a nice 26 in Samsung 1080p set.
Had Warners and Fox did not give me an incentive to purchase a Blu-Ray player and eventually a HDTV by releasing features and two movie exclusive on the high definition format, I would still be watching movies with my standard DVD player and TV. Universal on the other hand is not doing anybody any favors by catering to the DVD crowd by offering them a combined Blu-Ray and DVD on a single disc. As long as a person who loves movies can get whatever they want on DVD, I doubt they will ever upgrade especially during these economic hard times. Universal should do what Warners, Fox and others are doing by offering features exclusive on BD. If they did that, I am sure mostly everyone will switch like I did.
-Claude
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-02-2009 03:46 PM
I don't have a problem with movie studios and electronics companies trying to make it easier for a consumer to transition from DVD up to Blu-ray. For instance, just about any Blu-ray player can be used as a DVD player and attached to a standard definition TV set (a big reason why DVD-only players will soon disappear). However, the BD-59 flipper is arguably a solution in search of a problem.
It probably costs quite a bit more money to replicate BD-59 discs than to produce separate BD-50 and DVD-9 discs. The 2-disc and multi-disc Blu-ray cases are barely thicker than a single disc case. Disney could have shipped Snow White in single inventory packaging, but chose to create 2 different product SKUs despite the contents inside being indentical.
quote: Jarret Chessell
I don't much care for the digital copy either. If I own it on blu-ray with the fancy picture and audio, why would I watch it on my iPhone?
Because certain executives think that is what people want. They don't realize people use music and movies in different ways. You can work, exercise or do any number of other tasks with music playing as a background element. Movies demand your direct attention in order for them to be experienced properly. Pretty obvious stuff. And that makes it even more funny that so many people at the top don't get it.
quote: Claude S. Ayakawa
I had always wanted a restored HOW THE WEST WAS WON especially in Smilebox but in order to get both, I had to get Blu-Ray. Fox remastered R.&H.'s SOUTH PACIFIC and released in with a beautiful 4K transfer from 65mm elements only on Blu-Ray.
Some reviewed I read about the South Pacific Blu-ray said it was sourced from a 8000 line scan and digital intermediate. 8K seems to be getting a little more use on certain catalog titles, most recently Gone With the Wind had its elements scanned and processed in 8K.
quote: Claude S. Ayakawa
Had Warners and Fox did not give me an incentive to purchase a Blu-Ray player and eventually a HDTV by releasing features and two movie exclusive on the high definition format, I would still be watching movies with my standard DVD player and TV.
How many Americans are receiving HD quality broadcasts in their homes versus merely watching SDTV shows on HDTV sets? How many Americans own a Blu-ray player? How many Americans have both HDTV programming and Blu-ray players?
I wonder about that because I didn't upgrade my digital satellite programming to a high definition subscription until about 5 months after buying my HDTV set and Playstation 3. One of my friends had his PS3 for about year before finally upgrading his digital satellite service. The thing that got him to upgrade: watching football games and other sports in high definition.
Whether I'm just watching TV shows or watching movies I have in my collection, I'm really very spoiled to watching everything in high definition.
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