Yeah... And if you want to actually [i]see[/i] all that content, your options are:
640x480 interlaced DVD image
I think virtually every DVD player on the market now does 3:2 pulldown and re-integrates the fields on DVD into proper full progressive frames for film based material. Unless you're using an interlaced display, in which case why are you even looking at blu-ray players?
Let's see you name two blu-rays of movies which anyone has heard of for which that is true.
Virtually all blu-rays of any notable movie, even an "old classic", are made from a minimum of a crappy old 2k scan from the '90s created for purposes of either HD broadcast or DVD mastering, not from SD laserdisc material.
Some suck pretty bad, but BDs which are sub DVD quality are virtually non-existent.
Toshiba was getting more of the royalties off DVD than Sony. Sony and Philips were the primary IP holders on CD, but not on DVD. That was the underpinning of the whole blu-ray - HD-DVD war. Toshiba wanted to extend their existing format and royalty structure into the HD world.
Then you might have posted "if you watch a movie at normal size with suboptimal vision on a small TV, as I tend to do" to be clear about the situation here.
No, again the internet provides. Someone has already done all the work of obtaining the clearest screen cap possible and cataloging pretty much any specific nipple by movie for you.
but the long wait at the start, the forced commecials and the draconian DRM are complete show-stoppers.
? The long wait on my PS3 is about 3-5 seconds on the hundreds of blu rays I have watched. The commercials are all skippable by pressing the menu button, with the exception of the stupid FBI and Interpol warnings.
DRM can certainly be viewed as a show stopper though.
EdZ addresses your laser spot size misconception below, but also, blu rays have a hardcoat that makes them a lot more resistant to scratches and damage than DVDs. Online DVD purchases that arrive loose in the case invariably have to be returned for damage. I have yet to find a BD with damage of the many I receive loose in the case.
My situation is similar yet opposite. My wife does not work to stay home with the kid. We have good credit, but because I put the CCs in her name to keep her rating high should something happen to me, her's is higher than mine in spite of having no recorded income.
The public determines the value of your recording, irrespective of your feelings. The fact that is is nearly infinitely reproducible for free influences that value.
Therefore, even though the music has value in your eyes, you may need to use other means to recoup your investment in producing it, using the low priced or free copy to gain popularity, and then recoup the investment through other means like live performance, or other goods with actual scarcity, like signed copies or something.
Attempting to maintain high value for something where there is no natural scarcity just won't work.
So you can probably supply a good data point for discussion. How many years do you find your work meaningfully contributes to your income on average? Would the original 14 years be reasonable?
Actually, there is the world of haute-couture where designs are not protected by copyright, trademarks, patent, etc... Therefore, they have to invent new things every year.
Apple lost just about their entire claim against Nokia, when half the patents they were seeking to enforce were declared invalid by the FTC, and the rest dismissed as not being infringed.
Cite? The only google result I can find for that is your post.
This being SoCal, I would wager almost all the people who can afford these first gen electric cars have a pretty large roof. Put some damn panels on it. There are even nice tax incentives.
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Yeah... And if you want to actually [i]see[/i] all that content, your options are:
640x480 interlaced DVD image
I think virtually every DVD player on the market now does 3:2 pulldown and re-integrates the fields on DVD into proper full progressive frames for film based material. Unless you're using an interlaced display, in which case why are you even looking at blu-ray players?
How does 720p enter into a discussion about blu-ray vs. DVD?
Oh, and move your couch up.
It's not quite dead yet.
In fact, it thinks it will go for a walk.
Let's see you name two blu-rays of movies which anyone has heard of for which that is true.
Virtually all blu-rays of any notable movie, even an "old classic", are made from a minimum of a crappy old 2k scan from the '90s created for purposes of either HD broadcast or DVD mastering, not from SD laserdisc material.
Some suck pretty bad, but BDs which are sub DVD quality are virtually non-existent.
Toshiba was getting more of the royalties off DVD than Sony. Sony and Philips were the primary IP holders on CD, but not on DVD. That was the underpinning of the whole blu-ray - HD-DVD war. Toshiba wanted to extend their existing format and royalty structure into the HD world.
Then you might have posted "if you watch a movie at normal size with suboptimal vision on a small TV, as I tend to do" to be clear about the situation here.
No, again the internet provides. Someone has already done all the work of obtaining the clearest screen cap possible and cataloging pretty much any specific nipple by movie for you.
but the long wait at the start, the forced commecials and the draconian DRM are complete show-stoppers.
? The long wait on my PS3 is about 3-5 seconds on the hundreds of blu rays I have watched. The commercials are all skippable by pressing the menu button, with the exception of the stupid FBI and Interpol warnings.
DRM can certainly be viewed as a show stopper though.
You are the first projector owner I have ever seen say blu-ray is not worth the upgrade. Do you have any?
EdZ addresses your laser spot size misconception below, but also, blu rays have a hardcoat that makes them a lot more resistant to scratches and damage than DVDs. Online DVD purchases that arrive loose in the case invariably have to be returned for damage. I have yet to find a BD with damage of the many I receive loose in the case.
I saw some degree of that as a teen in Los Angeles. Which are the non-yokel parts of the U.S.?
Your totally rite! That's how I make sure I spell things the rite way!
Indeed. Look at the table on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
You will see every major version has final updates more than a year after the subsequent version debuted.
Indeed.
My situation is similar yet opposite. My wife does not work to stay home with the kid. We have good credit, but because I put the CCs in her name to keep her rating high should something happen to me, her's is higher than mine in spite of having no recorded income.
You can distribute only the exe through the Market which will download (during the first run) rest of application data to SD card*.
*strategy void for Nexus S owners.
You are proceeding in the same rut as the RIAA.
The public determines the value of your recording, irrespective of your feelings. The fact that is is nearly infinitely reproducible for free influences that value.
Therefore, even though the music has value in your eyes, you may need to use other means to recoup your investment in producing it, using the low priced or free copy to gain popularity, and then recoup the investment through other means like live performance, or other goods with actual scarcity, like signed copies or something.
Attempting to maintain high value for something where there is no natural scarcity just won't work.
Not always, but when the number of people ignoring a law makes enforcement unmanageable, it can amount to the same thing.
So you can probably supply a good data point for discussion. How many years do you find your work meaningfully contributes to your income on average? Would the original 14 years be reasonable?
Actually, there is the world of haute-couture where designs are not protected by copyright, trademarks, patent, etc... Therefore, they have to invent new things every year.
Not for long:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101201/13215912083/senate-judiciary-committee-moves-forward-fashion-copyright.shtml
Apple lost just about their entire claim against Nokia, when half the patents they were seeking to enforce were declared invalid by the FTC, and the rest dismissed as not being infringed.
Cite? The only google result I can find for that is your post.
How about blue?
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/horseshoecrab/funfacts.html
This being SoCal, I would wager almost all the people who can afford these first gen electric cars have a pretty large roof. Put some damn panels on it. There are even nice tax incentives.
The worms, mold and bacteria object to your use of the word absolutely.
That's fine. People declaring such beliefs should be barred from receiving donated organs then.
Really? So whose property will the government say it is when they put it out at the curb with the trash?