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    Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB

    Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies

    Blu-ray Managed Copy Full-Res Backups Are Only Good in Theory
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
    Ok, so, let me see if I've got this straight. Follow me on this: Some of the best new features of Blu-Ray (everything from the super-charged high resolution to the IMDb metadata) are most appealing to movie buffs and video enthusiasts, and honestly, only kind of "eh" to everybody else.

    Now most of those features are all available in software and methods available to those movie enthusiasts already. As an example, I have a media server, on to which I've ripped my DVDs as isos (which is the only the strangest kind of illegal). They're lossless, stored on a single hard drive, presented in XBMC, with IMDB metadata, fast load times (with or without previews), and I have a remote application for my Android phone.

    But they lock down the Blu-Rays, so I can't (yet) copy them to my hard drive. They lock down the media I give them money for, then offer me the features I'd already have if they hadn't locked it down in the first place?

    Yes. This. Makes. Perfect. Sense.
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    Image of landoncube landoncube
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: Why can't you rip your BDs? AnyDVD HD, friend...
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    Image of firetwuck firetwuck
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: At 40gb per blu-ray you could only get 25 movies on a 1tb drive, why bother? Just put the disc in the BD player. It's not THAT much more work.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    @firetwuck: It's not about convenience. It's about coolness. "Yes, that's right. Every single Blu-Ray disc on ONE drive." Not to mention, I likely wouldn't own too many Blu-Rays anyways. As some person whose name I can't remember said...Serenity is definitely better in 1080p, 5.1 Surround Sound. But Groundhog Day is still funny no matter what resolution it is.

    @landoncube: Thanks for that, man. I actually haven't gotten into the Blu-Ray ripping scene yet, so it's good to know it's alive and well. Awesome.
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    10/01/09

    @firetwuck: Actually after your rip them they will be only about 25 gigs, still fucking huge but...
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/01/09

    @Eulatos: Out of curiosity, did you do any compression on your BDs? For myself, I'm a stickler for using as little compression as possible. I'd rather spend another $80-100 for another TB drive than squeeze all my movie onto the storage space I have and get pixelated movies. I mean, especially for Blu-Ray, that's just silly.
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
    Great, live lookup and a digital copy are on the Wolverine disk. Do either of these features somehow lessen this movie's utter suck?
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    Image of ridgecity ridgecity
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
    Great features, now about the price... aren't they a tad expensive?
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    Image of ethanlechcharles ethanlechcharles
    09/30/09

    @ridgecity:
    Most places I see here (Canada) have them retailing for like 5-7 more. But there are obviously exceptions (like Wolverine: $26.99 for the DVD, $39.99 for the Bluray which is nuts)
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    09/30/09

    @ethanlechcharles: You'd have to be on crack to spend $39 on Wolverine. It's barely worth a redbox rental.
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
    LOL, and Sony wonders why they lost a gajillion dollars last year.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
    Sony is soooo ahead of the curve. This is sure to stop pirating in it's tracks.
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    Image of ThePaul ThePaul
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
    Why is Sony still doing this kind of proprietary crap? Unless it can expand into something that has commensurate gain as compared to Sony's expense to encode, market and distribute, how in the flying fuck do they expect this to be any more profitable than any of their other proprietary garbage?

    I'm asserting that the exclusivity of this gimmick is certainly not enough to prompt me to ditch my BD player, pick up a PS3 and a PSP, and blow my month's entertainment budget on every Sony title I can get my grubby dick-skinners on.

    My workaround? DVD Decrypter or Handbrake.

    Suck it, Sony.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
    Why in the name of Santa's scrotum do they not try to cater to the Walkman people? This setup working with the latest big-screened Walkman would be perfect. Just PSP? Why must Sony eat all the dicks?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/30/09

    @Kaiser 'Pervy-nano' Machead: That'a a good point. There seems to be some lack of intra-company coordination going on.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
    Attention any studio with any kind of "digital copy": Screw. You.

    Tell me it's legal to make my own backup copies, then lock it down with encryption and tell me it's illegal to circumvent the encryption. THEN "give" me a "digital copy" and expect me to be pleased? Hells no.

    So, for full-disclosure, here is what I will do. I will break the encryption on your DVDs/Blu-Rays anydangway. I will make a backup copy of my movie on my computer. I will then hand your "digital copy" to a friend. Thanks for giving me two copies, by the way! That sure was nice of you!

    Assholes.
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    Image of EnochLight EnochLight
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: LOL, nicely put.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-rays to Include PSP-Exclusive Digital Copies
    Netflix will have a different version of these BR titles or they will have some authorization system? I assume Sony had to have thought of the implications of millions of people being able to get a free PSP copy.

    Oh, and Mark - I know this is being ridiculously nit-picky, but you can watch Hulu and Netflix easily on a PS3 with PlayOn. I know, you meant built-in but I just had to type it.
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    09/30/09

    @Monty: Haha, yes, that's ridiculously nit-picky.
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    06/12/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Managed Copy Full-Res Backups Are Only Good in Theory
    I'm having a hard time picturing who would ever go for this... a library maybe?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/12/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Managed Copy Full-Res Backups Are Only Good in Theory
    i am just gonna sit in front of my tv with a camcorder. that will be how i make my copies.
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    Image of Ibelieveinsandwitches Ibelieveinsandwitches
    06/12/09

    @Nick: I hate doing that, there's always hear some jerk making noise in the background, and don't get me started on when someone gets up to go to the bathroom.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/12/09

    @Ibelieveinsandwitches: That's all part of the movie-watching experience.
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Managed Copy Full-Res Backups Are Only Good in Theory
    God dammit just get Blu-ray drives cost down already.
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    Image of Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen
    06/12/09

    @oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...:


    $129 at Walmart still too much for you?

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/12/09

    @Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen: Compared to a DVD player? Yes. Yes it is.
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