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john_1958 · 01-23-2006, 08:56 PM

Will blu-ray have pc capability and how will it hook up ? if microsoft says no to BD
and will blu-ray stay with Original aspect videos and i hope they do because modified dvds like fullscreen is trash

AV_Integrated · 01-25-2006, 04:38 AM

Yes - look at the CES report! Pioneer may have a Blu-Ray PC drive out prior to the first HD-DVD drives. It will just require the PC to have drivers installed which will likely happen automatically or with a CD that comes with the drive. Easy.

As for original aspect ratio... Almost definitely. This is, of course, up to the studio releasing the disc though, not to the Blu-Ray Disc Association. Studios could decide to only release all HD movies in 4:3 format.

Of course - that's silly because all discs will be 1080p/i, etc. capable and it is much more likely that they will all be original aspect ratio. You MAY see some cropped specifically to 16:9 ratio though.

shiltz · 01-25-2006, 01:17 PM

Actualy i'm pretty sure all HD has to be 16:9 ratio, there are only three resolutions that qualify as HD, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p, all of which are 16:9 formats, no others are technicaly HD.

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01-25-2006, 04:38 AM	#2
AV_Integrated Senior Member Member since:Jan 2005	Yes - look at the CES report! Pioneer may have a Blu-Ray PC drive out prior to the first HD-DVD drives. It will just require the PC to have drivers installed which will likely happen automatically or with a CD that comes with the drive. Easy. As for original aspect ratio... Almost definitely. This is, of course, up to the studio releasing the disc though, not to the Blu-Ray Disc Association. Studios could decide to only release all HD movies in 4:3 format. Of course - that's silly because all discs will be 1080p/i, etc. capable and it is much more likely that they will all be original aspect ratio. You MAY see some cropped specifically to 16:9 ratio though.

01-25-2006, 01:17 PM	#3
shiltz Member Member since:Jan 2006	Actualy i'm pretty sure all HD has to be 16:9 ratio, there are only three resolutions that qualify as HD, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p, all of which are 16:9 formats, no others are technicaly HD.

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