Cinetastic
01-09-2007, 11:03 PM
Whilst researching the Blu Ray burner I read that ,when the disc specifications were being finalised around April 2006, someone decided that the movies that home users burn will not be saved in the same place as that which 'Hollywood' movies etc are.
I guess this means that, for delivery purposes (making discs, Menus on discs, etc), Blu Ray will not ever have the same 'out of the box' end user practicality that DVD-R obtained. In fact it seems that every (eventual/potential) future Blu Ray player owner will need to upgrade their player's firmware (not an easy task for Joe Public), and with still unknown results in terms of what the discs 'we' burn will be able to look like or even play on most machines.
How many here were hoping that their A1 footage would eventually be burnt to Blu Ray for delivery (as are using home burnt DVD now)? Here is an interesting article about a potential and current workflow that delivers a disc and a player to the customer for videographers: http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=12157.
Particularly interesting was the Pinnacle ability to use a dual layer DVD to fit 60 minutes of HD-DVD onto a disc, the idea being that the HD-DVD player is part of the videographer's delivery of the final product (i.e. standard degfinition DVDs for all the relatives etc, but an HD disc and player for the bride and groom).
I guess this means that, for delivery purposes (making discs, Menus on discs, etc), Blu Ray will not ever have the same 'out of the box' end user practicality that DVD-R obtained. In fact it seems that every (eventual/potential) future Blu Ray player owner will need to upgrade their player's firmware (not an easy task for Joe Public), and with still unknown results in terms of what the discs 'we' burn will be able to look like or even play on most machines.
How many here were hoping that their A1 footage would eventually be burnt to Blu Ray for delivery (as are using home burnt DVD now)? Here is an interesting article about a potential and current workflow that delivers a disc and a player to the customer for videographers: http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=12157.
Particularly interesting was the Pinnacle ability to use a dual layer DVD to fit 60 minutes of HD-DVD onto a disc, the idea being that the HD-DVD player is part of the videographer's delivery of the final product (i.e. standard degfinition DVDs for all the relatives etc, but an HD disc and player for the bride and groom).