They're turning on the Emperor... Civil War has begun!

[shamus]

You are saying that everybody is aware of the fact that MS IS PAYING AMIR "to be here", that he is spending hours and hours posting here not just because he such a nice guy but because this is part of HD-DVDs marketing and promotion strategy? That everybody is aware of the term VIRAL MARKETING? That brainwashing from the first "Boy, are we in for a treat..." thread to the latest "comments" regarding motivations why studios choose AVC or even MPEG2 over VC-1 for some releases (summary: to cut costs, because they don't know better, because they don't care about PQ, my favorite:" because they don't know how to contact us/me",... Going as far as brainwashing people into believing AVC is used for "noisy content" because it filters the grain unlike VC-1 which preserves it extremely well... Let me tell you - I have worked as a projectionist for many years - to claim the "smooth" looking VC-1 preserves film grain and the film look in a more natural way than AVC/MPEG2 encodings is used-car-dealer-talk) is all over the place (and suceeding). Most of the so-called VC-1 fanboys have never even seen a proper high-bitrate MPEG2 and/or AVC encoding - yet they are firm in their believe that VC-1 is the second coming... This is the very definition of being mind f....d (excuse my inmature french, I'm just trying to make a VERY strong point here). THIS forum is intended for enthusiasts to share their experiences and NOT for companies paying staff to come over here to manipulate the opinion of this (obviously) VERY IMPORTANT crowd (-> early adopters and enthusiasts are opinion leaders).

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