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Luclambert wrote:
 I own a HD-XA2 and a Samsung BP1400 and by far the upscaling done by Toshiba exceed the quality of the Samsung. There is still quite a bit of movies made in HD-DVD. I will definitely buy everything i can put my hand on expecially if they are cheaper or on liquidation sale. It makes a difference to me since i own over 700 SD-DVD. Even if the HD-XA2 becomes obsolete, I will not get rid of it because it is a well build piece of technology that delivers the goods. Besides, every new piece of technology eventually becomes obsolete but it doesn`t mean they are not to be used for that reason. The best example is the car industry, a new model every year with parts that do not fit the earlier ones. Technology moves forward and it's a good thing. Even HD is doomed to something better as seen here:
Quote " The new format with a resolution of 7,680 × 4,320 pixels is four times as wide and four times as high (for a total of 16 times the pixel resolution) as existing HDTV, which has a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will be starting a public-private partnership to develop technology for UHDV in the hopes of setting an international standard for Super Hi-Vision in addition to broadcasting with it beginning in 2015".
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_H...finition_Video
Also, I can't wait to see what format they will use because as seen here:
Quote: " Eighteen minutes of uncompressed UHDV footage consumes 3.5 terabytes of data and one minute of footage consumes 194GB."
URL: http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquir...igh-definition
I imagine by then I will have moved on some better gears than my actual HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players. Time will tell.  |
I can understand that,and I would have to say that makes sense.However,what doesn't make sense is to go out and buy more movies for a machine that is obsolete.Once it breaks(and at some point you will have problems with it!)you won't be able to find anyone to replace it and I would imagine it would be difficult to repair since parts wont be made for it because they are throwing in the towel for that technology.Then you're going to be stuck with a truckload of movies that you won't be able to watch because they aren't compatible with blu-ray.I guess I am thinking more long term about this rather than short term.