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T1249NTSCJ · 12:51 PM

Those listening in on the podcast might want to take a look at the interview with "video calibration expert Joe Kane." He couldn't have been more right about Sony in that interview.

http://www.cinenow.com/uk/play-video-320.html

Now, I despise Sony as much as the next guy but the reason why Blu-ray titles look inferior to HD at the moment is because they're using MPEG2 rather than VC-1 which is what HD-DVD using. Sony has clearly lost it's mind to think that MPEG2 can look equal or better than VC-1. Also not to mention that Sony themselves are known to deliver poor transfers overall. I took a look at Blu-ray first hand at my local BB and unfortunately at the time, Ultraviolet was playing and if you need proof it's there. While the video was playing on a 1080p Samsung 62" DLP, the video itself was not forgiving. One pretty bad transfer and definitely not something you want to showcase when trying to sell a $1000 player. Artifacts shouldn't even appear for movie that was released less than a year ago. Once Sony gets there act together and releases the 2nd generation of Blu-ray titles then we'll be able to fairly compare the two but at $499, you'll be hard pressed to pass the offer of a Toshiba HD-A1. I plan on grabbing one come November and hopefully WB will release a reference HD-DVD disc in which I seriously hope it turns out to be Superman Returns.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

T1249NTSCJ · Local time: Jul 20, 2006, 09:25 PM

While that may not be entirely true, I do believe we'll see more HD-DVD players in the near future. Also I honestly don't see your average Joe plunking down $1000 on a BD player anytime soon. I'm still hoping Samsung pulls through and makes that universal HD/BD player we've been reading about in the past months.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

T1249NTSCJ · Local time: Jul 21, 2006, 05:27 AM

Okay time to chime in once more.

Sony at the moment stands to lose a large amount if the BD camp should decide abandon MPEG2 completely for AVC or heck even VC-1. Now who stands to gain here, MSFT. Royalties I believe plays a big part in this format war so I don't necessarily see Sony jumping ship with all those backers. This can only explain as to why Sony stuck it out with MPEG2. They cash in on license fees, seeing as they are part of MPEG-LA. The absolute last thing Sony will ever do is admit defeat and do what is in the best interest of a competitor (MSFT).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.