Martin Campbell director of Casino Royale backs Blu-ray.

[BadAss]

HiHD: Would you be disappointed if the industry decides on one or the other and it ends up being HD DVD?

CAMPBELL: Absolutely, it’s gotta be Blu-ray because I’ve already bought the machine. (laughs).

HiHD: How important do you, as a filmmaker, think it is for the mass market to embrace high-def in general?

CAMPBELL: I think it’s incredibly important. I think we’ll all be high-def, won’t we? Obviously there’s a war between Blu-ray and high-def. I think Blu-ray will win it. But the truth is, I think everything will be high-def.

HiHD: Why do you think Blu-ray will win?

CAMPBELL: Well, it’s back to the Beta/VHS thing, isn’t it? I thought Beta was a much better quality than VHS. But, of course with the marketing and everything else, VHS won through. Quality difference here is minimal between Blu-ray and high-def (HD), although I did look at them both and, whether psychologically or not, I thought Blu-ray looked better. I’ll be buying high-def DVDs, no doubt about it.

HiHD: "Casino Royale" is available in Blu-ray but not HD DVD since it is from Sony. How important is it for the industry to unify behind a single high-def disc format?

CAMPBELL: I tell you, I think they should. Look at all the mess that went on with Beta/VHS. It’s infuriating sometimes. It’s like you get these different regions for DVDs and so forth. It would be so great to have one system that is unified right across the spectrum.

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[GasCat]

Uhh, don't tell him we have the format where there is region coding....

Interesting to see. I think many in H-wood feel the same way but are afraid to stir up the waters.

[lch]

so he like bd or hd ?

[Blu-Style]

He´s on Blu-ray side...

and btw.

Casino royale is region free...

[Canada]

Why the hell is there region encoding anyway?

[The Guardian]

I think it's to protect a movie from being imported into regions where it hasn't had a theatrical debut yet...

of course internet piracy has made the months/years from premiere to distant country debuts shrink drastically...

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Canada

Why the hell is there region encoding anyway?

Mostly to protect theatrical windows. e.g. Mr Bean can't come out on HD DVD in Europe because they need to protect the current theatrical presentation in North America and there is no region coding.

So, that is a positive for the HD DVD consumer in Europe?

Gary

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Blu-Style

He´s on Blu-ray side...

and btw.

Casino royale is region free...

The disc sold in the States is actually region A, but the European ones are, if I recall correctly

[Blu-Style]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

The disc sold in the States is actually region A, but the European ones are, if I recall correctly

Oh, i didn´t knew that... Europe Disc say´s A/B/C