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Windows Media 9 in Digital Theaters
SpamJunkie writes "Feel like watching new releases in 7.1 surround sound with full digital video? It's coming, not with MPEG 4 but with Windows Media 9. Microsoft announced it is bringing Windows Media 9 to 177 screens in Landmark Theaters."
WTF!!!??!??!?!?
This is screwed up, I don't see how the video would actually look good, but whatever, MS just pushing their strongarm on everyone.
then what the hell is? Although, 177 screens isn't alot now, but if it catches on quickly, more theaters will be using it. I don't have to worry about my town's only walk-in theater because the owner refuses to go digital.
So I wonder whats going to happen in the event that the computer decides to freeze.....Reboot....Get back to last part....rinse...repeat.....I would want my money back...
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hmmmm...
millions of windows users, maybe ?
seriously now, ppl. is M$ software reliable enough to such operation ?
heck, the software they supplied to ISS caused serious problems to astronauts and cosmonauts before, and a movie theatre isn't as close as sensitive as a space station. I'd hate go to a movie and leave frustrated because the projector BSoDed, even if I receive my money back.
before I wiped WinCE in my ipaq to install linuux I noticed several anoying bugs, one of them the shor lived battery. owners of top-of-the-line BMWs also are being annoyed by bugs in the M$ software that runs on the car. M$ code simply cannot be trusted to drive some things.
What ? Me, worry ?
True, especially with support for resolutions up to 1080i. Could this be the start for widespread digital movies in north america? I sure as hell hope so! More info about NAB 2003 here.
DRM, you idiot.
I agree completely with your post. Just because Microsoft is doing something doesn't mean that everyone needs to set up their soap box. If the parent of this parent had read the article he would see that Microsoft is actually giving a leg up to the little guy in this case. Digital theatres have previously been reserved for only the largest theatres in the largest cities and only the biggest blockbusters were shown on them. Microsoft's foray will change that and give a chance to indie films to get on screen at a much cheaper rate.
As it currently stands, digital filming is cheaper than the old way BUT you have to be big time in order to get into a theatre that shows digital films. Thus, the cost savings of digital film are only available to the guys with the money. Clearly Microsoft is aiming to make a buck with this but they're also helping to create competition for Hollywood.
So, since the MPAA represents Hollywood we have a situation here where Microsoft is going against the MPAA. Who will the Slashbots support? The MPAA of course! Microsoft is the most evil company in the universe, right? The MPAA is just a lackey of evil.
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You've probably unwittingly sat in one and couldn't tell the difference.
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;P
I saw AOTC on a DLP projector. It was beautiful. Maybe you (you being people in general) can't see the difference, but I could see the difference.
It's similar to watching an old VHS tape that you've watched a thousand times then sticking in the DVD version of the same movie. Mmmmm.. DLP.
Neither Linux or OSX tries to port a built-in media player full of bugs and artifacts to the movie theater screen .
WMP is much less buggy than most linux players such as XMMS or Xine.
Your post began with "dunno about you, but..." and I knew immediately it would gleam no insight whatsoever.
Obviously, you would demand your money back if the movie you watched "crashed," whether it was a computer system or an actual projector breaking down. Congratulations for being obvious.
Your DVD idea is laughable since the resolutions of DVDs are not high enough for a massive screen. Though the originator of the thread deems it big enough for blue screens of death, which is sure to garner the positive reactions of many a crackhead moderator.
The simple fact is that you just don't like that it is Windows Media 9. From Microsoft. If it were MPEG4, Quicktime, DivX, or any other non-Microsoft format, this entire thread wouldn't exist.
"Sufferin' succotash."
You're a lying sack of horseshit. Unless the computer running the movie was a 386 attempting to run W2K, it wouldn't take that long to do anything. 5 minutes, tops.