Comments on: THX says Blu-ray is dead. Does that mean no Star Wars in HD?

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:31:35 +0000

Well,
I may be an idiot, but I’m a Star Wars fan. I still have my original VHS copies and my box set DVDs. I’ll definitely buy the flash memory copy if it comes out. Until then, throw me a bone and print a few Blu-rays for us die hard fans. Is it really that tough! Heck, there’s a few laser disc copies floating around on Ebay I’m looking at.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:34:12 +0000

And perhaps, Mr. THX scientist, while the Blu Ray format that SO MANY of us have are chomping at the bit waiting for some gorgeous high def STARWARS we’ll gladly spend the money on for the series. you can take your time inventing the 128gb thingy that doesn’t exsist yet.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:56:51 +0000

Yah that sounded simple and great for flexibility, but what about controlling of copy right???

That sounded like a big big no go when copy right is concern.

Well… I guess a scientists can never be a good businessman…..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:21:37 +0000

I doubt that.
I think most collectors want persistent media.
Maybe movies will only be available on flash drives for people to watch once but there needs to be a medium to store it for a long time for collectors.

By: Guff

Guff — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:50:57 +0000

Nerds are a niche market…SD cards and flash drives will take over. It just makes sense everything else is getting smaller why wouldnt movies do the same.

By: greatslack

greatslack — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:39:59 +0000

While I think he’s completely wrong (people love their tangibles), one idea of his did intrigue me. Notice he said “walk into a store and have someone copy me a movie to a USB device” instead of downloading the movie from the internet. Maybe in areas where broadband isn’t available, there could be a market for these kind of shops. I could also see Apple opening up iTunes kiosks in airports, so people could download a movie or an album before getting on a flight; or on a college campus where there isn’t enough bandwidth for everyone; or maybe in hotels, so people could download a movie or an ebook for on the beach. Hell, even if you did have access to broadband, would you be willing to pay a 5-10% markup to get instant access to a movie, instead of clogging up your bandwidth for hours at a time?

By: Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:05:00 +0000

We will see it in HD. First, althought eh Dr. is not an idiot, i doubt he has sway over GL and his ideas to make money on the franchise. Secondly he only says that the optical format is dead.

I agree.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:53:39 +0000

What an idiot.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:43:48 +0000

The problem with flash cards is that no one will pay a premium for a file that has no packaging. Would you pay $20 for an ISO file (or whatever) of Star Wars in HD? I would rather pay $50 and have the file on a Darth Vader shaped thumbdrive than pay to put a file only on a drive of my choice.

This THX guy fails to see that many people (especially Star Wars fans) like to have something to hold in their hands and show off to their other geek friends - it is what we live for. Sure it takes up space and is not practicle - but it is shiny and purdy and I WANT I WANT I WANT!