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R11
Lorien
Apr 16 2011, 6:48pm
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48 fps is not supported in the Blu-ray spec either
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So as it sits now, Blu-ray viewers will also be watching at 24 fps just as they have been.
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SirDennisC
Half-elven
Apr 16 2011, 7:33pm
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Ah... so maybe RedRay is on the horizon afterall. //
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Flagg
Tol Eressea
Apr 16 2011, 8:06pm
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The actual blue ray in the Blu-ray drive can transmit information faster because its wavelength is shorter; therefore you can fit more information in a ray of blue light than you can in a ray of white light (or whatever type of light DVD drives use). I think the next generation of home video (whenever it comes) will use light of an even shorter wavelength: ultraviolet at least. Red-ray would be a step in the opposite direction.
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sphdle1
Gondor
Apr 16 2011, 8:48pm
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yeah that was the guy ... the guy standing near pj in the video looks just like him. didn't know he passed, too bad.
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"You shall not pass!"
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lyndomiel
Rivendell
Apr 16 2011, 9:39pm
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and thank goodness that PJ is at the helm. All this delay has been worthwhile just to see the old gang back again. Thank you PJ for this most delectable tidbit.
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R11
Lorien
Apr 16 2011, 10:18pm
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I may be wrong but off the top of my head I really don't think it's any limitation of the BR technology. I just think it wasn't included in the spec because nobody thought it was needed since it wasn't something that anybody used. That may be changing now and I think they could go back and revise the specs to add it. I'm not sure but it may be possible that existing players could be upgraded with a simple firmware upgrade even. But then you have the issue of compatibility with TV's which opens up a whole other can of worms...
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SirDennisC
Half-elven
Apr 16 2011, 10:43pm
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Jackson mentioned in this article on Red Ray
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"Red" for the name of the company rather than the optics. (Sorry Flagg, I should have been more specific, but I appreciated the info regardless.)
Here's a little on Red Ray players:
Red’s latest innovation is less sexy, but may have a wider impact. The company recently demonstrated its Red Ray video player, which can compress 4K video down to 10Mbps of data (in comparison, uncompressed 4K is 10GBps), which is close to the maximum throughput of an 802.11 b wireless network. In other words, if Red’s claims turn out to be anywhere close to true, we could move right past Blu-ray and other 1080p video and start thinking of a home theater setup built around 4K. It could be relatively painless to stream 4K video using the Red Ray codec over 802.11g/n or wired networks. Accessed today but the article is from 2 years(!!!) ago: http://www.zdnet.com/...e-video-playback/731
Touching on R11's point the article goes onto say (now this is 2 years ago) that the 4K HDTVs that one would need to get the most out of RR are not even close to reaching market.
Also it appears that compression is going to be the name of the game for many years to come making, for now at least, 48fps superfluous. On the other hand, as technology catches up on the distribution, home viewing side, TH might be the first movie who's quality gets better over time. That is unless there is an issue on the archival side of all these advances. DVD's seem to be breaking down in under a decade.... yet another can of worms :)
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Rohan
Apr 16 2011, 11:36pm
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is that blu-ray is already dead. there's a new format just waitin on new tvs to catch up to the tech.
tech moves so quickly these days.
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hutch
Rohan
Apr 16 2011, 11:37pm
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sphdle1
Gondor
Apr 17 2011, 2:09pm
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Redray is old technology (CDs/DVDs)
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though it's not in the current blu-ray specs, there may be a possibility they could upgrade new players to be 48fps capable..?
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Ermanatar
The Shire
Apr 17 2011, 6:05pm
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take discs out of the equation entirely. Microsoft is convinced that the future of home entertainment is in direct downloads purchased from a completely digital source. One day, our home theater collection may be filled with hard drives instead of dvd's or blu-ray discs. I sure hope they make hard drives look more pleasing to the eye by then!
And hey fellas, take a look at the Peter Jackson video one more time and freeze frame it at about 1 minute 13 seconds in and you will see a digital Goblin-King on the screen. At least that's what I think it is. Large head? Non-human like quality? You be the judge!
Play Lord of the Rings Online!!! Find me, Ithronatar, on the Silverlode server!!!
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Nazger
The Shire
Apr 18 2011, 8:17am
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So weird to see the old crew back together!
My thoughts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fuP3wQf8l4
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And back again
Rivendell
Apr 18 2011, 11:07am
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That I held out pretty well until Richard Armitage started on his speech and then I just blubbed away.
Such a family feeling. Good-will and bonhomie abound. That's what makes it feel so grrrrrrrrrrreat.
I will go there ... and back again.
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