The potential collapse of the hi-def disc...
09-13-07, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by brianluvdvd
What amazes me is kids these days don't seem to give a shit about quality either. They would just as well listen to a downgraded mp3 thru shitty ear phones than a DVD-A with 5.1 sound thru an awesome sound system. They would just as well watch a movie with crappy sound & picture on their cell phone/ipod than watch it on a 65" HDTV.
I just don't get it. The packaging thing, maybe...but the loss of quality???
I just don't get it. The packaging thing, maybe...but the loss of quality???
09-13-07, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
... cassettes won over LPs and 8-tracks because they were far more convenient, despite the lower quality.
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we ..........
.........................................
*Ka-CHunk*........................
.......................all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
</ annual 8-track rant>
09-13-07, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by videophile
LPs had higher quality, but 8-tracks sucked from day one. Hell, they would routinely put track changes in the middle of a song. I still remember:
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we ..........
.........................................
*Ka-CHunk*........................
.......................all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
</ annual 8-track rant>
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we ..........
.........................................
*Ka-CHunk*........................
.......................all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
</ annual 8-track rant>
...boy, does that bring back memories...
09-14-07, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
It's not about just loss of quality; it's about a relative loss of quality in exchange for convenience, much like how cassettes won over LPs and 8-tracks because they were far more convenient, despite the lower quality. Same thing with VHS over LD. Hell, DVD exchanges compressed video and sound for the convenience of a CD-sized disc, and many people were happy with lossy DD over PCM for the advantage of 5.1 sound.
true. My old laserdisc owning friend kept saying how much better the PCM tracks were on LD
09-14-07, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
It's not about just loss of quality; it's about a relative loss of quality in exchange for convenience, much like how cassettes won over LPs and 8-tracks because they were far more convenient, despite the lower quality. Same thing with VHS over LD. Hell, DVD exchanges compressed video and sound for the convenience of a CD-sized disc, and many people were happy with lossy DD over PCM for the advantage of 5.1 sound.
