At 3:23 PM -0700 11/29/2010, Tina K. wrote:
Blu-ray's main purpose is to get people to re-purchase their videos in
yet-another format.  :\

And when that well isn't producing enough (read: when they think they can get away with it) they will introduce the "Next Big Thing!"

VHS.
Standard edition on DVD.
Director's cut on DVD.
Director's cut on DVD with Added Scenes!
The Uncensored Director's Cut on DVD with Added Scenes and the kitchen sink.

Rinse, repeat, for Blu-Ray.
Then rinse, repeat for Blu-Ray "Remastered to 1080p!"

Then rinse, repeat for Blu-Ray, but using the new 4096p codec!
(the one that Apple is working with, to replace H.264 etc).

ug. I know some people that have bought their fav movies three and four times. They justify it by saying that they can dump the old ones on eBay or Craigslist. But they get so little there, they end up donating them to the library. ...And Hollywood wonders why piracy is growing.

- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

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