RE: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 15:26 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I /heart/ about the pre-2K bit of plastic is the way it takes control over your TV/DVD and insists that you watch the copyright notices Sounds like you need to get yourself a better DVD player. -- dwmw2 - Sent via the

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 20/02/2008, David Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 15:26 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I /heart/ about the pre-2K bit of plastic is the way it takes control over your TV/DVD and insists that you watch the copyright notices Sounds like you need to get

RE: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Ian Forrester
I don't know guys, it may have been said multiple times but the only winner in this battle must be the online services. However I'm still left wondering when the general public will get their head around non-physical media. People seem to like the look and feel of physical media like CDs,

RE: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread zen16083
Is that right? These days doesn't everyone store their still pics digitally? Store their video camera clips digitally? Store their music digitally? I think the only thing that gets in the way is DRM. Downloading a movie/song often comes with DRM restricting usage to set players. With a CD/DVD you

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Jose-Carlos Mariategui
I totally agree, the winner are online video services. However there are few of them available. I am not sure if people any longer look so much at the physical aspect. In the case of CDs and DVDs they become so commoditized that I think people will no longer judge them as jems. The

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Gordon Joly
At 13:18 + 19/2/08, Matt Barber wrote: Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer. Everything should be open. Just my two cents... Gordo -- Think Feynman/

[backstage] The Habitat of Information

2008-02-20 Thread Jose-Carlos Mariategui
Dear friends: I am attaching the program of the one-day conference we are organizing at the London School of Economics and Political Science which is related to the social and organizational consequences of information growth and the internet (very related to some of the things that are

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Richard P Edwards
I think that if you compare Vinyl with anything round and shiny, CD's DVD etc... you have a point Ian. But every generation I know, from 72 to 11 year olds, is now just putting it all on computers. Today my mother came across your new BBC home page and was really excited about the

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 20/02/2008, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know guys, it may have been said multiple times but the only winner in this battle must be the online services. However I'm still left wondering when the general public will get their head around non-physical media. People seem to

Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 20/02/2008, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/02/2008, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know guys, it may have been said multiple times but the only winner in this battle must be the online services. However I'm still left wondering when the general