http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/ Engadget HD Comments for Sony Pictures Blu-Ray titles won't down-res http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/I ask because I thought component could carry full HD 720/1080 resolution, right?]]>Mar 10th 2006 7:42AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/Mar 10th 2006 7:53AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/Mar 10th 2006 9:05AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/I'm probably what you would call an early adopter, but the rest of my family is not in that group. It took me years to convince my parents to get on the DVD bandwagon and that only happened when I bought them their first player for Christmas in 98. Now they're ubiquitous in my parent's house, but it took until recently to get my dad to invest in s-video cables. Now with the HD push, the biggest attractor to my dad is that he can hang it on the wall. I doubt he would pay attention to cabling or packaging, despite significant quality differences.
The reason my dad loves DVD isn't the quality, it’s the convenience; he still can't get past the wonder of not rewinding or fast forwarding.
]]>Mar 10th 2006 9:29AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://videobusiness.com/article/CA6300812.html) Warner, however, has been pushing for downrezzing. It should be noted that Disney has apparently changed their stance since the VB article.]]>Mar 10th 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/
So, they won't downrez now, but they will later? How is this any better? With Sony rootkit happy music people and the the other DRM happy groups in Sony, I don't think that this promise will be kept for long. After all, they are saying that 1080p is "true HD" on one side of their mouth and "users won't notice the downrez anyhow" on the other.

Ironically, I wrote about how analog HDTV owners are getting shafted at my blog today.]]>Mar 10th 2006 6:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/Mar 10th 2006 7:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/10/sony-pictures-blu-ray-titles-wont-down-res/
Nobody wanted or asked for Blu-ray in the first place. This is a Hollywood/Sony invention, and a stupid one at that. I would much rather have every movie & TV show every made, available for me to watch/rent for a "modest" fee -- on ON DEMAND or maybe a NETFLIX Download to TIVO/CABLE box. Which would make MORE SENSE!!

DVD's & CD's take up too much room in my apartment, more than clothes and books. Come on, it going to go in that direction anyway, stop fighting it. Blu-Ray, as cool as it is, is just two shades short of obsolete.

Hologram Disks are coming out in less then 5 years. 300 GB of space on something the size of a credit card! Please, compared to that, Blu-ray is a joke.]]>Mar 11th 2006 7:43PM