SGA to be released in Blu-Ray format

[Arative]

Skydiver, unless you recieve all your programming over the air with an antenna, then you don't have to worry about buying a new tv in Feb, 2009, date mandated by the Federal Government for stations to make the switch from analog broadcasts to digital. If you have cable, you don't need to worry at all about the switch. If you still use an antenna to recieve your TV signal, then you buy a digital converter and the government is even talking about giving people vouchers to get the converters. In the long run, converting to digital signal will actually help the US. Here is a decent article about the changes coming up
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/04/tech...altv/index.htm

As far as Blu-ray and HD-DVD, just like when dvd technology first came out, the first players are going to be $1000 and only those people that absolutely have to have the newest and shinest piece of technology will plop money down for them. Plus with 2 competeing formats, either one has the possibility of going the way of the betamax. I don't think it has to do with corporate greed so much as it has to do with coming out with newer and better technology. Standard DVD technology isn't going anywhere for next 5-10 years, until the prices began to drop so you can get a HD-DVD or Blu-ray player for $30 from Wal-Mart. Personally before I buy a single high definition dvd I want to wait to see which format wins out or they make dvd players that are dual format as well as backwards compatiable. I also think that which ever format the Porn industry picks, will be the format that wins out so I'll wait to see which format they pick.

[Skydiver]

Skydiver, unless you recieve all your programming over the air with an antenna, then you don't have to worry about buying a new tv in Feb, 2009, date mandated by the Federal Government for stations to make the switch from analog broadcasts to digital.

i do.

we have a satelite dish, but it's the c-band kind and the rest of my local programming is off air.

and, one thing the feds didn't think about is the large rural areas of this country. people don't have cable because there IS no cable, not when you live 30 miles from the nearest town. that's not quite my case, we stopped using local cable about 20 years ago as they kept jacking thier prices up and up and up. eventually we will have to make a decision because more and more stations are leaving c-band and going digital, however this mandate WILL cut off a good chunk of rural residents. there are individuals out there to whom tv isn't a necessity of life, but a luxury and something they turn on when there's soemthing on or if there's a need, such as in severe weather.

these folks will be cut off because they will not have the money to pay on a converter, or maybe they wont have the inclination to pay whatever it is for something they watch 10 hours a week.

[jazz!]

The blu-ray (or HD-DVD) thing was gonna happen sooner or later
I kinda like the idea of films and Stargate being released on blu-ray, but then again i kinda dont see the point, Toshiba (or one of those japanese companies) are currently developing a disc that use's a laser with an even lower wave length to the blue laser (violet i think). It can store up to 500GB, with that kinda space you could have all of the seasons of SG1 and SGA on one disc
But then again what if the disc broke , I suppose everything has its good bits and bad bits

*Waits impatiently for the blu-ray players to be released*

You maybe thinking of this: HVD ?

[Drax]

I'm not confident that Hi-Def discs are going to sell as well as distributors hope. My prediction is that it will become a medium purely for enthusiasts the way Laser Discs did in the 1990's. Most people really don't care if you can see the details of every pore of RDA's face in over a thousand lines of resolution.

I'm quite content with Standard DVD the way it is. I've seen Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith on a large plasma screen and the level of quality is mind-blowing. Hi-Def, of course would be better, but it's not worth it so soon. What do I do? Keep my existing DVDs or ditch them and start all over again? And again, and again. Because you know they'll release something else in the next five years called "Supa-Hi-Def", then later it'll be "Supa-Dupa-Mega-Ultimate-Hi-Def-3D". It will never end.

[Qasim]

"Supa-Dupa-Mega-Ultimate-Hi-Def-3D". It will never end.

LOL Indeed

[newtrekker]

I'm definitely not going to buy them until HDTVs are cheap, which are over $1000AUS at the moment and the Blu-ray players and discs will be cheap also.

[BigBadBob]

not surprising, isn't Sony the developers of the Blu-Ray technology?

[Eoin]

You maybe thinking of this: HVD ?

It might be, ill see if i can find the site with the info on it

[creed462]

not surprising, isn't Sony the developers of the Blu-Ray technology?

Yes, among others, I like the fact they will be so roomy, But I rather have more shows per disk then better quality, I can tell the differnce between DVD, and VHS but it is really worth it to me, and to think of the extra lines of resolution, It may not be nessessarry... The human eye can only detect so much, after a while it is only wasted infomation. So say I'd rather have more eps.

[Drax]

Also, the High Definition format won't do any good for the first few seasons of SG-1 as they were shot in 16mm. Every grain on the film is completely visible on standard DVD anyway.

[methuselah]

anyone considered recording capablities? I still haven't switched to DVD because the VHS is still the only one with a settled format for recording to removable media. All current DVD's have the +,-, +/-, or some variety of each. Also that required a lot of time to be released.

[Resident-Seven]

To all the people saying "The human eye can only detect so much", I'd like to point out that while this is true, we sure as hell aren't there yet. Go play a pc game in 1024x768, then play the same game in 1600x1200, if you can't see the difference your eyes are screwed.

I recently got a new pc which I can play games in 1600x1200, the only reason I would ever go back to 1024x768 is if a game was far too taxing for my system, which will be a while.

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies had better be in 1080p, 720p would be a nice improvment, but it would also be a little half-arsed.

[Merentha]

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies had better be in 1080p, 720p would be a nice improvment, but it would also be a little half-arsed.

If you're unlucky enough to have a tv without HDCP, you'll be getting little over DVD resolution *big sigh*

High-Def Down-Converting Forced

Totally agree that anyone with decent vision can see there's a big difference between hi def and standard def.

[Resident-Seven]

All three of my tvs suck, none of them are even flat or widescreen. But it would still be nice to have the higher end option for when I do get better tvs.

[CardassianVole]

Has there been any news on this since the original press release? Surprisingly, to me, I now have Blu-Ray. Thank you overpriced Playstation 3.