http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/ Engadget HD Comments for DreamWorks CEO predicting neither HD format will win http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/Mar 29th 2007 8:19AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/
Eventually this number will hit 10 then 20 then 50.

Within 5-7 years DVDs will be on life support.

What a silly comment to say.
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It is true that DVD is "good enough" for many, but this is because people spent decades stuck with quality that was far less and suddenly there was a dramatic improvement. If people had had HDTV for decades with OTA far superior to DVD and suddenly HD-DVD and or Blu-Ray showed up it would be the same experience of awe at being able to have an equal or superior viewing experience.

Don't believe the Digital Transmission hype. There won't be the bandwidth for years, maybe a decade or longer. The big studios are scared to put quality stuff out there even with DRM and the Cable companies are loath to let their internet pipes compete with their bread and butter TV pipes and will shape downloads to prevent full HDTV over internet.

Player costs will come down much more quickly than DVD players did and are starting at a MUCH lower cost point to start with. Once players are can be had for $250 and below, which should happen probably by Christmas this year, they will fly off the shelves. This is when you will see the big adoption rate, at least 20% if not 50% of HDTV owners.

The only real drama here is if HD-DVD can survive till Christmas. If it does we may have to live with both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray for years to come.
]]>Mar 29th 2007 10:05AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/It's already being DONE.

My cable system has tons of movies on demand. It works fine. The future is not on a disk - I agree with Katzenberg. I have a 1080P tv and a HD-DVD drive w xbox 360. My upscaling DVD player is just fine. Most people agree.]]>Mar 29th 2007 3:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/]]>Mar 29th 2007 11:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/What about the Holograghic discs coming down the pipe. They got a prototype up to One Tereabyte per disc. Neither of those formats can compete with that.
Then when Flash Memory matures we'll see HD quality movies on a format the size of a Postage Stamp.
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A lot of people just don't understand or care. ]]>Mar 29th 2007 3:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/
So it doesn't surprise me a bit "K" in SKG would say such a thing.]]>Mar 29th 2007 4:09PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/
At one point I thought so, too. Then last night I watched Happy Feet (HDDVD) followed by the standard DVD version of The Pursuit of Happyness. As the second film started, it was really pretty obvious -- what a blurry mess. Katzenbach needs to get a 1080p set.]]>Mar 30th 2007 4:04AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/03/29/dreamworks-ceo-prediting-nether-hd-format-will-win/Have a read of this: http://www.mediavillage.com/JMER_Archive/03-31-03ER.pdf to see why Katzenberg can't stand up and say either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD is the "next big thing". ]]>Jun 22nd 2007 3:37AM