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| Registered: September 29, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,550 |
| | Posted: | | | | From movieweb.com: http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEJMxMNOfR5rNP.
BD on 1 side, DVD on the other. Sweet! This is what I would have preferred to the current single-format-on-a-disc combo packs out there (Monsters, Inc., Night at the Museum 2, etc.) Less discs per package, but you still get both formats. And you still get all the features (U-Control, BD-Live, etc.) on the BD and all the features on DVD as well. DVD Empire has them 25% off ($22.49) right now for pre-order. Hope they do this with more titles.
Thoughts? Discuss. | | | My one wish for the DVD Profiler online database: Ban or remove the disc-level profiles of TV season sets. It completely screws up/inflates the CLT.
FACT: Imdb is WRONG 70% of the time! Misspelled cast, incomplete cast, wrong cast/crew roles. So for those who want DVD Profiler to be "as perfect as Imdb", good luck with that.
Stop adding UNIT crew! They're invalid credits. Stop it! |
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | I can give you my opinion. It's my own opinion and nothing more. Please take note that I understand and respect that different people have different needs and wants and as such will have a different opinion from mine.
I see two cases:
1. They release a movie in two packages: One BD-only, the other BD/DVD hybrid:
I don't have a problem with that as I can buy the BD-only one (We only have blu-ray players left in the house and haven't bought a DVD in the past 2 years. We still play our old DVD's but don't buy new ones anymore)
2. They release certain movies as BD/DVD hybrid only:
Big issue for me for the following points:
- it'll drive up the cost, so same as those BD/DVD bundle packages, I'll most likely pay more for something I'll never use
- BD layer on one side, DVD layer on another means there's no more space left for BD art (I also hated that about the old flip 2-layer DVD's)
I can see how this would be perceived as a God-send for people who still use both formats rather equally and I can see how this could help studios increase BD penetration rate faster, but for BD-only collectors like me, it feels more like ball & chain we need to drag with us than and improvement. | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would hope that these double sided discs are of a better quality than the first time they tried it. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I couldn't resist, Taro.   Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | Skip, which one has the bitch (I meant bit) resolution? | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | ROFLMAO | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Taro: Quote:
Big issue for me for the following points:
- it'll drive up the cost, so same as those BD/DVD bundle packages, I'll most likely pay more for something I'll never use It's probably too early to tell, but at this point it's looking like the price won't be any more for these. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | I hope it's only for the US since Universal wisely never tried to introduce flippers on HD DVD in Europe. The few HD DVD combos I have are all American imports and I don't like them at all. And you can't even give/throw away the redundant DVD...  | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 | | | | Last edited: by Nexus the Sixth |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Personally, I don't like any format that uses dual sided discs. As Taro mentioned, no more room for artwork. And although I'm very prudent with my discs, it's so easy to get fingerprints on the surface, which you may not notice right away, and this can affect playback later on. If they are really need to make combo's, please make the dual discs. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
Chris |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,744 |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 868 |
| | Posted: | | | | On top of that! Doesn't it require a program change as you can't tick BR and DVD for one profile?
Paul |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I thought that was in the works in the upcoming 3.6 release. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | All dual sided DVD BD combo discs violate the standard for DVD resp. BD in one aspect or another. Specially it is not possible that the thickness of all layers and the disc are conforming to the standards at the same time.
At least that's what I have been told, when the industry has been argueing why HD-DVD-combos are possible while BD-DVD-combos are not. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Taro: Quote:
I can give you my opinion. It's my own opinion and nothing more. Please take note that I understand and respect that different people have different needs and wants and as such will have a different opinion from mine. I find it terribly sad that such a disclaimer obviously is needed. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting dee1959jay: Quote:
I thought that was in the works in the upcoming 3.6 release. Indeed it is. In 3.6 both DVD and Blu-ray can be checked for the same profile. |
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