Ask the Insiders: Putting the Last Nails in the Coffin

[iceman]

This thread is dedicated to asking questions of industry insiders who have graciously taken the time to participate here. While we understand that at times there will be discussion among readers here, we request that readers use their judgement in taking more involved discussions to a new thread, particularly if it's covering a larger topic.

Before asking a question, please skim at least the last weeks worth of posts in order to make sure that the question hasn't already been asked or answered. Please also avoid asking "chicken little" questions or asking when unannounced titles will come out.

As of 11/01/2007, the following individuals are known and vetted insiders that are participating here in one form or another:

Insiders:

2themax - BD authoring and compression insider - Track posts
Bill Hunt - The Digital Bits - Track posts
drmpeg - Compression Engineer - Track posts
Fox Executive - Fox - Track posts
kjack - Sigma Designs - Intro - Track posts
Maxpower1987 - Finance - Track posts
paidgeek - Sony Pictures Entertainment - Intro - Track posts
Penton-Man - Hollywood - Track posts
RBFilms - R&B Films, Ltd - Track posts
Robert Harris - Motion Picture Archivist - Track posts
Sir Terrence - Sound/Audio - Track posts
TalkStr8t - Unspecified - Intro - Track posts

Our original Insiders Thread began on January 17th, 2007, and ran until December 16th, 2007. It accumulated over 7200 posts in which a great number of interesting revelations, discussions and discoveries were made. We recommend browsing it both for an understanding of what the events of 2007 have been like but also to see what kind of posts and discussions work in this kind of thread. You can find that discussion here.

Our second insiders thread, Ask the Insiders: Judgement Day Edition, began on December 16th, 2007, and ran until January 11th 2008. It accumulated over 3000 posts, however, due to the nature of the format war and pre- and post-CES expectations, it contains quite a lot of gossip and speculations, but we still recommend browsing it.

Thank you to the folks mentioned above for their participation in those threads and to the readers of Blu-ray.com for following the stricter rules and guidelines of this thread.