Heard about this stupid idea!

[JJ777]

I saw this on another forum. Anyone heard about this idea

You have got to be kidding me......why won't people just completely adopt Blu-ray and go with it

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6539511.html

Quote:
At the same meeting, according to a summary posted on the Forum Web site, the committee approved the formation of a new working group (dubbed WG-12) “to study and specify network applications and related network specification of DVD Forum formats, make recommendations for better interoperability and functionality of network-connected DVD Forum specified devices and content and communicate on relevant recommendations with other standard creation organizations.”

What that means in non-Forum legalese, I’m told by sources familiar with the plans, is that the new working group will look for ways to incorporate some of the same next-gen functionality developed for HD DVD into a DVD 2.0 format, including the HDi interactive layer and the advanced network connectivity.

One of the co-chairs of WG-12 is Microsoft, which played a major role in developing those capabilities for HD DVD (the other co-chair is Panasonic).



DVD 2.0 Format Specification

1. Video encoded in MPEG2 SD
2. HD available via Super Upconversion to 960p
3. HDi interactivity
4. Networking
5. Managed Copy
6. Fully backward compatible with existing DVD players.

Basically, Toshiba and Microsoft are trying to recreate HD-DVD experience on DVD via extensions.

[Beta Man]

I'm all for anything that pushes people to try to think about, and ultimately deliver, new technology, whether I agree with the new platform or not.

[JTK]

This is ridiculous.

[radagast]

Just when I thought they were done being stupid...

[JTK]

From concurrent thread in General Discussion forum:

Originally Posted by Grubert

The 'DVD 2.0' spec, along with super-upconversion, HDi, managed copy, and everything else except networking, comes from the fertile mind of...


...drum roll...

Deadmeat!!

Ah, that figures. It smelled like him.

That's all I needed to know to immediately dismiss all of this without further thought.

That guy really is a pestilence on the Internet.

[LynxFX]

Just goes to show that getting the best quality image and audio in your home has never been a priority for most of these people.

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Just goes to show that getting the best quality image and audio in your home has never been a priority for most of these people.

As of last January Deadmeat didn't have an HDM of any kind (not even an Xbox add-on). That speaks volumes.