Universal unveils HD DVD functionality - Blu-ray Forum

jediknight182 · 10-04-2007, 12:16 PM

I just saw this on IGN and wanted to get some opinions.
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/824/824654p1.html

Does anyone else think this feature is useless?

docjan_uk · 10-04-2007, 12:19 PM

It's not useless.

Blu-Light · 10-04-2007, 12:22 PM

worthless.

Xerious · 10-04-2007, 12:30 PM

waste of space on a already suffocating disc...

dgator783 · 10-04-2007, 12:30 PM

why would I want to pause my movie so I can buy a prop? I guess Universal needs to make some coin back since Evan ALimighty sank this summer at the box office.

Moefiz · 10-04-2007, 12:41 PM

This is a useless feature...first off who would spend 40 bucks on Evan Almighty and secondly who would actually buy a prop form this movie...useless

Xerious · 10-04-2007, 12:43 PM

i think this feature would be useful in Good Luck Chuck... i'd totally buy a pair of Jessica Alba's penguin undies

Coltboy · 10-04-2007, 12:45 PM

This dude is a nuckle head what is he smoke'in?

to protect the guilty poster is not listed but this is what he said.

quote:
I hope hddvd keeps doing good stuff so they can take blue ray out of the market

What ever you say dude.

w_tanoto · 10-04-2007, 12:50 PM

waste of money

docjan_uk · 10-04-2007, 12:50 PM

It's useless till it comes to blu-ray, then it'll be fantastic!

I don't get it, eventually interactivity will be matched such that the only difference between the formats will be the size and data rate. Just because a feature isn't used by someone, doesn't mean another person doesn't find value in it.
I doubt I'd waste my time on it, tell you what, I wouldn't mind a feature that allowed me to find out what a piece of music playing during a scene was etc. hmm... I could see a few uses for such technology.

allanmejia · 10-04-2007, 12:53 PM

not my thing when i'm only interested on watching the movie on the best picture and sound quality as possible.

Do people really care about all this stuff???

Blu-Light · 10-04-2007, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allanmejia

not my thing when i'm only interested on watching the movie on the best picture and sound quality as possible.

Do people really care about all this stuff???

I agree 100%. If you have to waste your time playing with silly movie interactive features then you need to get a life!!! All of these extra features are worthless. Give me the best PQ/AQ and I will be happy. That is the whole point of home theater, not the other gibberish.

docjan_uk · 10-04-2007, 01:04 PM

You guys realise that unless we end up getting that optimised "natures journey" encode (or whatever it was that literally maxed out the capabilities of both formats) that we'll end up with a couple or more spare gigs to play around with right?
I don't think claiming people who would use such a feature have no life is a valid argument.. afterall, lots of people consider spending large sums of money on an optical disc format and then spending time worrying about format wars and posting online about it to be a rather spurious use of time!

Anyway, enough contrary talk for me.

mdm1699 · 10-04-2007, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by docjan_uk

It's not useless.

This is so dumb. Why would anyone buy merchandise long after the movie is out of the theaters?

Here you are walking around in a spanking new Evan Almighty T-shirt............Did someone just wake up from a coma?

docjan_uk · 10-04-2007, 02:37 PM

afaik, movie releases on disc are within 2-4 months of general release these days, and product placement can be for current or even future products (e.g. lots of upcoming products in Casino Royale or alllll kinds of other products).
Infact, I can think of several ways of selling things based on brand/internet connectivity alone forgetting about individual products that were placed.

Some people want interactivity. 50 gigs of AVC vs 48 gigs AVC + interactivity, well, not everyone is that much of a stickler.

Chris Beveridge · 10-04-2007, 02:59 PM

This is definitely a great feature, espcially when you do get past the realm of movies themselves. Instead of printing up massive paper catalogs, the JC Penny catalog could be done on a disc in this fashion. TV series, soundtracks, related things, etc. Lots of possibilities.

Blu-Light · 10-04-2007, 03:35 PM

This functionality will fail miserably regardless if it's on DUD or blu-ray.

Chris Beveridge · 10-04-2007, 04:33 PM

It may fail for movie discs, but remember that some of the best selling things out there aren't movies. It's stuff like the interactive games from Hasbro when it comes to DVD and interactivity. Remember that one of Blu-rays biggest strengths is the broad uses it can handle. This is one of those things that will expand it.

docjan_uk · 10-04-2007, 07:53 PM

YUp.. the mass market has a lot of niches to cater for! If that makes sense to people.

10-04-2007, 12:16 PM	#1
jediknight182 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:New York City Trading Score:1	Universal unveils HD DVD functionality I just saw this on IGN and wanted to get some opinions. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/824/824654p1.html Does anyone else think this feature is useless?

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10-04-2007, 12:19 PM	#2
docjan_uk Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray reviews:5	It's not useless.

10-04-2007, 12:22 PM	#3
Blu-Light Expert Member Member since:Oct 2006	worthless.

10-04-2007, 12:30 PM	#4
Xerious Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:238 Blu-ray reviews:4	waste of space on a already suffocating disc...

10-04-2007, 12:30 PM	#5
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	why would I want to pause my movie so I can buy a prop? I guess Universal needs to make some coin back since Evan ALimighty sank this summer at the box office.

10-04-2007, 12:41 PM	#6
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	This is a useless feature...first off who would spend 40 bucks on Evan Almighty and secondly who would actually buy a prop form this movie...useless

10-04-2007, 12:43 PM	#7
Xerious Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:238 Blu-ray reviews:4	i think this feature would be useful in Good Luck Chuck... i'd totally buy a pair of Jessica Alba's penguin undies

10-04-2007, 12:45 PM	#8
Coltboy Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Mar 2007 Location:OHIO Home Theater Gallery:72 Blu-ray collection:14 Blu-ray reviews:13	This dude is a nuckle head what is he smoke'in? to protect the guilty poster is not listed but this is what he said. quote: I hope hddvd keeps doing good stuff so they can take blue ray out of the market What ever you say dude.

10-04-2007, 12:50 PM	#9
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	waste of money

10-04-2007, 12:53 PM	#11
allanmejia Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	not my thing when i'm only interested on watching the movie on the best picture and sound quality as possible. Do people really care about all this stuff???

10-04-2007, 01:04 PM	#13
docjan_uk Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray reviews:5	You guys realise that unless we end up getting that optimised "natures journey" encode (or whatever it was that literally maxed out the capabilities of both formats) that we'll end up with a couple or more spare gigs to play around with right? I don't think claiming people who would use such a feature have no life is a valid argument.. afterall, lots of people consider spending large sums of money on an optical disc format and then spending time worrying about format wars and posting online about it to be a rather spurious use of time! Anyway, enough contrary talk for me.

10-04-2007, 02:37 PM	#15
docjan_uk Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray reviews:5	afaik, movie releases on disc are within 2-4 months of general release these days, and product placement can be for current or even future products (e.g. lots of upcoming products in Casino Royale or alllll kinds of other products). Infact, I can think of several ways of selling things based on brand/internet connectivity alone forgetting about individual products that were placed. Some people want interactivity. 50 gigs of AVC vs 48 gigs AVC + interactivity, well, not everyone is that much of a stickler.

10-04-2007, 02:59 PM	#16
Chris Beveridge Moderator Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Hudson, MA Blu-ray reviews:3	This is definitely a great feature, espcially when you do get past the realm of movies themselves. Instead of printing up massive paper catalogs, the JC Penny catalog could be done on a disc in this fashion. TV series, soundtracks, related things, etc. Lots of possibilities.

10-04-2007, 03:35 PM	#17
Blu-Light Expert Member Member since:Oct 2006	This functionality will fail miserably regardless if it's on DUD or blu-ray.

10-04-2007, 04:33 PM	#18
Chris Beveridge Moderator Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Hudson, MA Blu-ray reviews:3	It may fail for movie discs, but remember that some of the best selling things out there aren't movies. It's stuff like the interactive games from Hasbro when it comes to DVD and interactivity. Remember that one of Blu-rays biggest strengths is the broad uses it can handle. This is one of those things that will expand it.

10-04-2007, 07:53 PM	#19
docjan_uk Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray reviews:5	YUp.. the mass market has a lot of niches to cater for! If that makes sense to people.

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