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View Poll Results: Choose how you would want portable movies to be done on Blu-ray
Free, and only usable on PSP 0 0%
Free, only for iPod 0 0%
Free, usable on iPod/PSP 18 78.26%
Paid for, but able to use on any PMP 0 0%
Paid for, and able to use on iPod/PSP 2 8.70%
I have no interest in portable movies being put onto Blu-rays 3 13.04%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-17-2007, 11:54 PM   #1
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Choose how you would want portable movies to be done on Blu-ray

1. Free, and only usable on PSP

2. Free, only for iPod

3. Free, usable on iPod/PSP

4. Paid for, but able to use on any PMP

5. Paid for, and able to use on iPod/PSP

6. I have no interest in portable movies being put onto Blu-rays, so use the space for higher bitrate/better audio/more extras

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I will add that if any player comes out that supports AVC and is from a BDA company then it can be added retrospectively to options 3 and 5.

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Old 01-17-2007, 11:57 PM   #2
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i'd go for 4 but free

otherwise 3

maybe a choice of any player that can play protected material
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Old 01-17-2007, 11:59 PM   #3
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i'd go for 4 but free

otherwise 3

maybe a choice of any player that can play protected material
I figured that Sony would only ever do it for free if it was locked into BDA member players, i.e. buy our players and discs and they will be compatible, but buy a Zune and our discs, you got to pay.
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Old 01-18-2007, 12:03 AM   #4
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I figured that Sony would only ever do it for free if it was locked into BDA member players, i.e. buy our players and discs and they will be compatible, but buy a Zune and our discs, you got to pay.
maybe true, but why care to be honest? sony and other bda companies would still be selling software and hardware to be able to create the products. which means more sold for the proliferation of BR
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Old 01-18-2007, 12:05 AM   #5
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I like option 3. It would also make sense that it would work with iPod since Apple's a member of the BDA. Man, this would be so awesome if it actually pans out (fingers crossed). I use my PSP whenever I travel and it's so much more convenient for watching movies than a laptop, etc.
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Old 01-18-2007, 12:37 AM   #6
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i'd go for 4 but free

otherwise 3

maybe a choice of any player that can play protected material
Word.

Better yet, free, and usable on any PMP, made from any member of the BDA.
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Old 01-18-2007, 01:08 AM   #7
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Word.

Better yet, free, and usable on any PMP, made from any member of the BDA.
I thought about that too, but as of yet, the only two PMP devices from the BDA companies that support AVC are the iPod and PSP, I doubt the compressionists will want to put multiple versions of a portable file on a BD.

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Old 01-18-2007, 01:38 AM   #8
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What's the point in having portable blu ray on an ipod or psp? The video quality would be the same as if you ripped the movie from a dvd.
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Old 01-18-2007, 01:42 AM   #9
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That is not actually true for the PSP at least.

The max res for PSP is not doable with non-DRM content as far as I know (it may be possible if you jump through some hoops).

Assuming that the BD content would be DRM'ed, it can be full res and so will look as nice as the UMDs.

'Home made' content has never looked as nice as the UMDs that I have seen...
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What's the point in having portable blu ray on an ipod or psp? The video quality would be the same as if you ripped the movie from a dvd.
Different codecs have different advantages and disadvantages when it comes to quality.

For example, GIF vs JPEG

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Old 01-18-2007, 01:04 AM   #11
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I voted 3 but really could not care less about iPod

But if it can be done that is cool. Nothing against iPod.

But if it is only PSP that is fine by me. And it must be free.
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