[opendtv] Re: Blue Ray has competition
- From: "Barry Wilkins" <Barry.Wilkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:20:09 +1200
Well, yes Frank. I have to agree with all you say. Especially the
release coincidentally around the world for DVDs. I would like to
clarify my point about DVDs. I am not concerned about recent box office
releases. What erks me is that a 20 year old classic movie does not get
released on DVD here for more than 5 years after its US DVD release.
What possible reason have they got for this? It certainly would not
affect their profit, in fact it may enhance it, to release at a singular
time around the globe for old content.
Barry Wilkins
-----Original Message-----
From: Eory Frank-p22212 [mailto:Frank.Eory@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Saturday, 28 August 2004 9:55 a.m.
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Blue Ray has competition
>From: "Dale Kelly" <res0xtey@xxxxxxxxxxx>=20
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:57:34 -0700=20
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>The RF bandwidth allocated to a TV channel in PAL countries is=20
>generally 7 to 8 Mhz rather than the 6 Mhz allocated in North America.
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>additional RF bandwidth is a very significant contributor to the visual
>superiority but again, has no direct relationship to the 625 PAL
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>design.
Very true. If you want to see a great example of the importance of
bandwidth, and the relative unimportance of the chroma modulation
method, take a look at a PAL-N (Argentina) TV. 625-line PAL in a 6 MHz
channel at 50 Hz field rate. It offers no more real resolution than
NTSC, and has the added "bonus" of the 50 Hz flicker -- the worst of
both worlds.
>The PAL feature itself is indeed a clever design change which
eliminated the=20
>need for a HUE/Tint control and which was an important feature in
earlier=20
>color TV set design. In more recent years advancements in receiver
design=20
>have rendered this feature to be of lesser value.
I would go a step further and say that this feature is of ZERO value in
modern TV sets.
Responding to Barry Wilkins' earlier comments:
>> Furthermore, as far as picture quality is concerned, there is a
marked
>> difference in quality of entertainment material received from the US
>> versus that from the UK. A typical example would be the comedy
"friends"
>> which is replaying here. The colour is very poor, the definition is
poor
>> and it is only watchable because it is such a remarkably good comedy.
If that is true, it has nothing to do with NTSC vs. PAL. The show you
mention was shot on film. If overseas distribution is in a poor-quality
format, there's something else going on.
As for region codes on DVDs, that was simply Hollywood trying to extend
it's box office release schedules to the DVD aftermarket. Perhaps the
effects of P2P file sharing have taught them a lesson and hopefully they
don't repeat this region nonsense with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
The best way to combat unauthorized movie downloads is to make the DVD
available as quickly as possible after the box office run. Both the box
office run and the DVD release should be time-coincident in all global
markets. For many (most?) movie downloaders, I believe the motivation is
not "watch it for free" it's "watch it now, then buy the DVD when it
comes out -- someday in the distant future."
-- Frank=20
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