Star Wars: HD format war may result in a skip to download?

[JTK]

Originally Posted by JTK

Their comments are absurd and somewhat ironic.

The irony being: If they want something done they can do it themselves.

If they want the format war over with, everyone knows all they have to do is throw ANY kind of Star Wars movie out on BD, through Fox this Christmas, and it's over.

It's worth repeating this point again one last time.

[blublublu]

Originally Posted by richteer

You clearly don't "get" collecting! It's not just about the disc, it's about the artwork, being one of the "limited edition" owners, etc.

You're right, personally I don't get it as far as movies go. But what does collecting get you given technological change and a new format every 10 years?

Anyway, I concede there are certainly some who like to hold something in their hands and consider it their's forever.

Personally, I only care about Blu Ray as the quality is better than anything on broadcast/VOD HD.

[WickyWoo]

You're right, personally I don't get it as far as movies go. But what does collecting get you given technological change and a new format every 10 years?

Anyway, I concede there are certainly some who like to hold something in their hands and consider it their's forever.

Personally, I only care about Blu Ray as the quality is better than anything on broadcast/VOD HD

I have a friend that has everything from 16mm prints to CED,Beta,VHS,LD,DVD (a smattering of Divx from the dollar bin for posterity) BR, HD heck you name it he's got it

It's fascinating to go through it, to look at the packagings, the text that was written, each object is a product of the time it was made in.

There's so much to having even obsolete formats.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by JTK

It's worth repeating this point again one last time.

Agreed. I use the same thing with Universal:

You want general adoption of high def discs? Then end this war, start releasing on Blu-ray, and let's get all those people waiting for a resolution to start adopting!

Graffeo is claiming he's waiting for the very thing he's actively discouraging.

That's insane behaviour.

Gary

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Rick McCallum also often jumps the gun on things. He hasn't been known in the past for accuracy.

While they may toss SW on XBox live in HD or something ,there is no possible way Lucas, the quality king that he is will skip disc.

George Lucas was such a Laserdisc fan that when DVD came out he seemed to join the "big deal!" crowd by saying that he might skip DVD entirely and wait for high def.

Some say the money became too much to pass up. Perhaps the reality is HD took a lot longer to arrive then he had initially expected.

Gary

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

I have a friend that has everything from 16mm prints to CED,Beta,VHS,LD,DVD (a smattering of Divx from the dollar bin for posterity) BR, HD heck you name it he's got it

It's fascinating to go through it, to look at the packagings, the text that was written, each object is a product of the time it was made in.

There's so much to having even obsolete formats.

You totally understand the thoughts behind collecting!

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

George Lucas was such a Laserdisc fan that when DVD came out he seemed to join the "big deal!" crowd by saying that he might skip DVD entirely and wait for high def.

Some say the money became too much to pass up. Perhaps the reality is HD took a lot longer to arrive then he had initially expected.

Gary

I guess history really does repeat itself, huh?

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

You totally understand the thoughts behind collecting!

One the greatest collector products ever released was the Star Wars Definitive Collection Laserdisc box set.

All three (original form) movies on CAV Laserdisc. And a beautiful hard cover book on the art of Star Wars created for the release.

I have that, and the ET Special Edition Limitted Edition Laserdisc box set. That's a numbered copy from a total of 8000 units. And in it Spielberg speculates about revisiting it once again with CGI techniques to remove the hand guns ("the biggest mistake I ever made")

Even today, either of these on Blu-ray would sell 100K copies, WAY beyond what was even produced for Laserdisc at its height of success.

At one point the pure numbers didn't matter as much as the love shown to bring the best experience possible to the user.

Gary