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  1. Retired from video stuff MackemX's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by yongkuk
    To all of you CCE fetishists out there. How many of you paid 2000 quid for your great little bit of software. I bet you didn't, yes it is fantastic but at that price it should shoot the movie for you
    don't forget the cost of DVDMaestro or Sonic Scenarist, that also get's mentioned on occasions , cos CCE has a cheapy version now tho
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  2. Originally Posted by energy80s
    Yeah, although just remember that progressive scan and HDTV are irrelevant outside of America, and that most TV screen sizes are less than 28". The "home cinema" thing is still really just a pipe dream for most people.
    NEWSFLASH,HDTV will be a standard in Europe,Asia and North America by 2007.
    On-Topic,DVDShrink is a great tool that will be a threat to DVD2ONE,DVDXCOPY,etc.As was said before DVDShrink1.3 was released April 10 and is in it's infancy with a great future ahead.
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  3. Originally Posted by MOVIEGEEK
    Originally Posted by energy80s
    Yeah, although just remember that progressive scan and HDTV are irrelevant outside of America, and that most TV screen sizes are less than 28". The "home cinema" thing is still really just a pipe dream for most people.
    NEWSFLASH,HDTV will be a standard in Europe,Asia and North America by 2007.
    On-Topic,DVDShrink is a great tool that will be a threat to DVD2ONE,DVDXCOPY,etc.As was said before DVDShrink1.3 was released April 10 and is in it's infancy with a great future ahead.
    I'm actually pretty skeptical over HDTV.

    2007 isn't that far into the future and would everyone be so willing to suddenly rebuy all their favourite movies on HDTV?

    Also, will HDTV sets come down in price to the levels of normal t.v. sets?

    I do agree that HDTV is the future, however...for it to really become mass-accepted, I predict more likely 2010-12.

    Sure, early adopters will have it in spades, but it's the mass-public that ultimately sways the manufacturers/prices.

    I just hope that when 2007 swings around and HDTV DVD's go for sale, that HD-DVDshrink 1.0 will be released in glorious freeware!

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    Might as well jump in with some stats here ...

    44 percent of people with PC's use the Internet. The rest don't and the majority don't intend to. Of those 44 percent, less than 10 percent of those have DVD burners. The thought of masses of people BURNING their own DVD's and cramping the movie industry is ludicrous. The movie industry wants a deterant, but if you check the real numbers, they are threatened only by a handlful of forum members.

    In the grand scheme of things, it is not worth the legal fee's in comparison with the negligble loss.

    Some of the folks here give humanity too much technical accumen credit. IT AINT SO....LOL Many don't know how to hook up a DVD player/PC/VCR/TOASTER , let alone burn a DVD.

    A few faint of heart bought them with a DELL and still cant figure out why the toast is alway too light....hahahah

    Just my 3.25 cents......RA
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  5. Originally Posted by xistan
    That's my point exactly regarding the quality. Not even CCE (for 2000 bucks) could produce a decent result with transcoding 7GB into 4.37 GB.
    I'm going to differ with you there. I just backed up my son's Harry Potter movies - the main movie was each damn near 7 gig. By my eyes my duplicate is as good as the original. No pixelation, jitters, any thing noticeable to the naked eye on my big screen TV. Then again, I do a 5 pass VBR on all movies I back up - only 3 hours or so on my Athlon XP 2400.
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    2007!!!!!!!!!!

    blue laser will be out by then anyway, so there will be no need for all the stuff we have now cos something new will be needed to make backups and all your backups will have probably rotted

    and if quality was of such importance to you now you would buy the new movies in the new formats and just throw away your current backups cos you would make new ones

    look ahead by a few months agreed, but 4 years is a bit too much?!?!

    look at it another way, what was it like for us in 1999?

    a lot can happen in 4 years, so who's know's what we will be doing in 2007

    just think sometime in the future we will have holographic TV just like in Star Wars

    and the movie industry may want Blue Laser or similar to be mainstream eventually so they can implement a new protection and hopefully phase it in slowly even though some clever little whizzkid will probably crack it anyway 8)

    p.s. there is no way on earth 7GB into 4.37GB can be the same as the original, something has got to give at that compression no matter how many passes you do
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  7. kubrick,
    HDTV will be a transmitted standard whether we like it or not.You will need an adapter to view HDTV transmissions on non-HDTV and I'm sure the prices of HDTV's will drop as they become mainstream.Look at progressive scan DVD players they are nearly the same price(Panasonic S35k/s is $95USD).
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  8. Originally Posted by MOVIEGEEK
    Originally Posted by energy80s
    Yeah, although just remember that progressive scan and HDTV are irrelevant outside of America, and that most TV screen sizes are less than 28". The "home cinema" thing is still really just a pipe dream for most people.
    NEWSFLASH,HDTV will be a standard in Europe,Asia and North America by 2007.
    No it won't! Don't know where your getting your info from, but broadcasters in Europe have no plans for HDTV in the forseeable future.
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  9. Originally Posted by MOVIEGEEK
    kubrick,
    HDTV will be a transmitted standard whether we like it or not.You will need an adapter to view HDTV transmissions on non-HDTV and I'm sure the prices of HDTV's will drop as they become mainstream.Look at progressive scan DVD players they are nearly the same price(Panasonic S35k/s is $95USD).
    Perfect example:

    Here in Canada, Digital Channels premiered back in 2001...

    Now? They are all dropping like flies.

    Why? Besides the crappy shows they are playing (the majority of them play stuff that you can easily access on normal cable channels).

    The number one reason why Digital TV isn't catching on is that digital add-on box. Nobody wants it, nobody wants to pay extra to rent it.

    The reason why DVD players caught on, is because you can buy it and own it, the same with DVD movies.

    Sure, some mainstream networks could be stupid (yes...you read me...*stupid*) enough to play a bigtime show on HDTV only...but they'll suffer brutally in the ratings.

    The most important thing for a network to do...is to show captivating and compelling television...for the ultimate purpose of keeping those viewers coming back each week...so that the networks will be able to rake in the millions selling commercial space.

    In the end, HDTV is very much tertiary.

    2007 mainstream implementation won't happen. 2010-12 and only once the prices have come down to earth for awhile.

    It's like Hydrogen full-cell cars. In every respect...it's dynamite on paper, an environmentalists dream...and can totally solve the gas/oil crisis.

    Why won't it proliferate? Simple...you try convincing the thousands of gas stations all over North America to convert (in a very short period of time) over to Hydrogen. You'd either have a revolt, or drive a lot of companies into the ground.

    Everything takes time...even broadband is still in it's infancy!

    My bet...the hydro companies are going to be the ultimate broadband providers of the future. Why? They've finally figured out how to get the net from normal power outlets! That means no more need for a DSL adapter or to even get cable!

    Power outlets are 100 percent in all households and in virtually every room! No more need to fuss around with ethernet cables!

    - Kubrick
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