Comments on: The death of Blu-Ray http://blog.amber.org/2008/05/04/the-death-of-blu-ray/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: CW http://blog.amber.org/2008/05/04/the-death-of-blu-ray/#comment-52006 CW Sun, 04 May 2008 23:39:17 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2008/05/04/the-death-of-blu-ray/#comment-52006 Roger, You bring up a great point regarding the intrusive nature of DVDs. Not having any children, I certainly can empathize with you. maybe it is good that I don't have any because I'd be worried about them around my new Sony Bravia 1080P tv. Roger,

You bring up a great point regarding the intrusive nature of DVDs. Not having any children, I certainly can empathize with you. maybe it is good that I don’t have any because I’d be worried about them around my new Sony Bravia 1080P tv.

]]> By: Roger http://blog.amber.org/2008/05/04/the-death-of-blu-ray/#comment-52001 Roger Sun, 04 May 2008 19:58:17 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2008/05/04/the-death-of-blu-ray/#comment-52001 re: "[DVDs are] less subject to damage by children" --- funny, it was the mix of kids and DVD which brought home the frustration of all the copying restrictions to me. Even kids not prone to wanton destruction --- the kind that would open a VHS cassette to yank out the tape --- could too easily scratch the surface of a DVD. But the corporations would argue that making backups was stealing. Anyway, DVDs marketed to children are a little weird: some are completely hostile, forcing ads and previews that cannot be skipped, having no chapter codes, etc. re: ”[DVDs are] less subject to damage by children”—- funny, it was the mix of kids and DVD which brought home the frustration of all the copying restrictions to me. Even kids not prone to wanton destruction—- the kind that would open a VHS cassette to yank out the tape—- could too easily scratch the surface of a DVD. But the corporations would argue that making backups was stealing.

Anyway, DVDs marketed to children are a little weird: some are completely hostile, forcing ads and previews that cannot be skipped, having no chapter codes, etc.

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