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[richteer]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

Yes, but I made that decision before Warner made any announcement. By decision was based on my experience with the HD-DVD audience and the abuse I took in the AVS Forum. It is obvious they do not appreciate our efforts to raise the bar ... and in all honesty, they were not very nice about it .... so we are excluding HD-DVD with respect to our future releases.

Bravo, sir! Many of us here appreciate the work you do, and are pleased that dropping HD DVD will give you more time to focus on what you do best.

I have Nature's Journey, and although I've not yet watched all of it, the parts that I have seen are simply astonishing!

[PaulGo]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

No worries...I am from NY and go toe to toe with th best of them..

What part of New York? Originally I lived in Brooklyn. I also lived in Smithtown for nine year before I moved to the I moved to Maryland about 20 year ago.

My two favorite US places to visit are Manhattan and San Francisco.

[CGYBLU]

In the process of reading through your AVS post. C'est Magnifique!

I must say that I think your idea for a 4x4 film you alluded to earlier is a brilliant idea!

[Ben]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

Yes, but I made that decision before Warner made any announcement. By decision was based on my experience with the HD-DVD audience and the abuse I took in the AVS Forum. It is obvious they do not appreciate our efforts to raise the bar ... and in all honesty, they were not very nice about it .... so we are excluding HD-DVD with respect to our future releases.

I applaud your decision to drop HD DVD support. Eventually, some of these forum trolls who spew abuse in the direction of people who try to better the enthusiast community's access to good information and cutting-edge content, are going to have to realise that there are consequences to their childish and insulting behavior. Frankly, you displayed more patience than they deserved.

Thanks for joining us! You won't encounter any such negativity from the fantastic membership here!

[Seretur]

Richard, I haven't followed your struggles over the past year or so all that closely, but I know you were one of the few professionals who really went the distance to optimize your releases for each format's strengths. And it had been truly saddening to see you get such a negative response from the deluded side of the hi-def crowd.

Here's to a 2008 that has none of that aggravation, and lots of splendid new releases.

It's good to have you here!

[thebluemax]

Richard

Welcome to Blu-Ray forum, it is a pleasure to have a man of you intelligence and erudition on the Blu-Ray side.

No specific question, however I love Natures Journey and Chronos.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

Why, do you have any suggestions? We are always looking for content and ideas.

Yes, I would love to see a disc with high definition Point Of View vids of North America's craziest coasters!!

Great news on going Blu, I look forward to the first 24/192 dts-ma track.

[nhaase]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

I would also like to do something with motor sports or anything driven b y an engine ... planes, trains, and automobiles for example ... maybe some 4x4 Off Road action as well. I am an avid Toyota Land Cruiser enthusiast and my best female friend owns an awesome JEEP Rubicon tricked out with a winch and all....

Why, do you have any suggestions? We are always looking for content and ideas.

How about the Baja 1000, Dakar Rally, or the WRC (World Rally Championship) in HD? All of those feature extreme driving and breathtaking scenery. If you did the WRC you would get the benefit of different spots all over the world (Turkey, Finland, etc.) W/ the Baja 1000 and Dakar races you get different types of vehicles, both 2 and 4 wheels.

[reiella]

First the rabid praise. Thanks for the hardwork on Chronos and Nature's Journey. They both rock and earn me many Brag Right points when I have guests over .

And now the question. With Nature's Journey, I was pretty sure that I read that the pictures were all live pictures, and not CG. I was just wanted to make sure that was accurate.

[phansson]

Rich, thank you for your participation in this forum. You will be a great asset. Glad to see you declare Blu Ray exclusive. I can't believe you waited that long.....

A thread at AVS has popped up about your HD DVD exclusivity. Just thought everyone might wan't to go post and show support.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...2#post12884192

[PaulGo]

The AVS thread shows why Rich made the correct decision. The way it's going it probably will get locked or deleted.

Edit: I was correct it got deleted!

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by PaulGo

The AVS thread shows why Rich made the correct decision. The way it's going it probably will get locked or deleted.

Deleted.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

Yes, but I made that decision before Warner made any announcement. By decision was based on my experience with the HD-DVD audience and the abuse I took in the AVS Forum. It is obvious they do not appreciate our efforts to raise the bar ... and in all honesty, they were not very nice about it .... so we are excluding HD-DVD with respect to our future releases.

Thank you for your answer to my question earlier, please keep us (the Blu-ray forum) informed on what's going on with your company and releases.

As to the above decision...I have one thing to say to HD DUDs. YOU DID IT TO YOURSELVES!

[krinkle]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

Yes, but I made that decision before Warner made any announcement. By decision was based on my experience with the HD-DVD audience and the abuse I took in the AVS Forum. It is obvious they do not appreciate our efforts to raise the bar ... and in all honesty, they were not very nice about it .... so we are excluding HD-DVD with respect to our future releases.

AVSforum burned a lot of people. It is really a shame that the moderators there allowed and encouraged the prosecution of the Blu-ray community.

Great news that you are going to focus future efforts on Blu-ray only. I own Chronos and Nature's Journey and have enjoyed them both very much.

As an AV geek, I especially look forward to the upcoming "codec shootout" disk.

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

Oh yes...I can assure you that project is a pet project of mine. I am doing this in an effort to lay to rest any claims made by any parties.
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Thanks a lot, that's good to hear

[PaulGo]

Richard we may have some progress! It hasn't been easy having a discussion with Ben because Amir keeps on interjecting his thoughts. Amir at times can be just plain rude (just not to me but others) but:

Originally Posted by benwaggoner

If Richard wants to post up his proposed clip somewhere, I'd be happy to weigh in on it.

Something more like 5 minutes, with a mix of typical movie content, including a proportional sequence of credits, is an appropriate minmum. We want to have enough duration and enough variety of content to exercise rate control in a realistic manner. The individual shots should vary in complexity, both spatially and temporally - encoding a nearly static but highly texstured frame can be as challenging as a whip-pan with motion blur. Good to have a little motion graphics or animation in there as well.

[juanleche]

Originally Posted by RBFilms

No worries...I am from NY and go toe to toe with th best of them.. I have noticed a greater presence recently of BD Supporters over at AVS. It is nice to see ... especially now that I officially only support Blu-ray Disc...

I think we will be releasing some more "straight" nature content with multiple audio tracks. No super duper 96/24 audio...but really nice original high definition video content featuring 32mbps to 36mbps AVC Video Encodes and DTS Lossless Audio.

We keep getting approached to do women in High Def ... but it is not really our style....and besides, very few women ... or people for that mater ... look all that great in High Def.,..!!

I would also like to do something with motor sports or anything driven b y an engine ... planes, trains, and automobiles for example ... maybe some 4x4 Off Road action as well. I am an avid Toyota Land Cruiser enthusiast and my best female friend owns an awesome JEEP Rubicon tricked out with a winch and all....

Why, do you have any suggestions? We are always looking for content and ideas.

Hey if you need women who look great in HD I suggest making the trip back to NY. Brooklyn more specifically for some native specimins, and a tour of Bayridge to Sheepshead bay can get you some great HD worthy material. I'm sure Paulgo can back up my claims, and if you need a talent scout ...

[dko1971]

Richard / RBFilms,

I posted this question over in this thread at AVS, but just in case that one gets shut down because of red ant infestation...


What is the ultimate goal of the codec shootout? Is it to test the theoretical ability of VC-1 vs. AVC or a real world example of performance?

If it is the latter, why would you even want "help" in tweaking the end result? Currently, we only have a handful of HDM titles, so I guess companies can put in the resources to hand-tweak all the difficult scenes in the movie, but once HDM ramps up to DVD level production and title output (ie 100+ weekly titles), do studios really have time & money to be so careful?

I guess I'm saying I'd like the test to be about straight-out-of-the-box performance of how most studios will actually use the codecs. I doubt Microsoft would provide support for each and every title, so we should only rely on in-house codec experience. This way, it would represent the real-world application and what consumers will actually see. Personally, I just want the best HD experience with all future titles, and I couldn't care less which codec was deemed the "best" but required an unreasonable amount of days of attention and hand-tweaking that we know studios won't do because of time/resource constraints. Your thoughts?

Thanks,
dko1971/chefboy1

[RBFilms]

Hi,

A red ant infestation...I must say....that was quite humorous...

The Ultimate Goal of the Audio / Video Codec Shootout is:

* To provide a fair comparison of current technologies / codecs by using the exact same content under laboratory conditions to assure reliable and accurate results.

* To provide reference material so people can evaluate for themselves the nuances between the different video encodes and audio resolutions and make their own informed decisions about what they prefer.

* To educate consumers ... and perhaps even a few professionals as well ... on the merits, advantages, and real world benefits of high quality audio / video encodes that offer better fidelity and are more transparent to the source.

* To promote awareness regarding ultra fidelity and how it enhances the overall entertainment experience.


Regarding "help" with the encodes. We do not need help ... but I do not want anyone crying "foul" if the tests show something that they do not care to see or hear. Having certain people involved is designed to minimize these claims ... albeit .. we all know it will happen no matter what we do and how right we do it. It is inevitable.

Originally Posted by dko1971

Richard / RBFilms,

I posted this question over in this thread at AVS, but just in case that one gets shut down because of red ant infestation...


What is the ultimate goal of the codec shootout? Is it to test the theoretical ability of VC-1 vs. AVC or a real world example of performance?

If it is the latter, why would you even want "help" in tweaking the end result? Currently, we only have a handful of HDM titles, so I guess companies can put in the resources to hand-tweak all the difficult scenes in the movie, but once HDM ramps up to DVD level production and title output (ie 100+ weekly titles), do studios really have time & money to be so careful?

I guess I'm saying I'd like the test to be about straight-out-of-the-box performance of how most studios will actually use the codecs. I doubt Microsoft would provide support for each and every title, so we should only rely on in-house codec experience. This way, it would represent the real-world application and what consumers will actually see. Personally, I just want the best HD experience with all future titles, and I couldn't care less which codec was deemed the "best" but required an unreasonable amount of days of attention and hand-tweaking that we know studios won't do because of time/resource constraints. Your thoughts?

Thanks,
dko1971/chefboy1

[RBFilms]

I never went back there after my last statement. I would have like to have seen the signal to noise that got it shut down.

Originally Posted by PaulGo

The AVS thread shows why Rich made the correct decision. The way it's going it probably will get locked or deleted.

Edit: I was correct it got deleted!