Comments on: New high-definition DVDs to use old video technology? http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/11/29/new-high-definition-dvds-to-use-old-video-technology/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: gweepprefecthttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/11/29/new-high-definition-dvds-to-use-old-video-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 gweepprefect Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:50:28 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/11/29/new-high-definition-dvds-to-use-old-video-technology/#comment-2389 On the other hand, having seen T2 in WMV-HD (which is 1080p, but shown on my 720p projector), even those smaller files (they're stuck on a DVD-9 with some other stuff) looked pretty damn good. The DRM stuff sucks hard though. I've had it fail to acquire a license when trying to give demos to people.MPEG2 on BR seems fine to me, I agree with your assessment. If people are tooled up to use MPEG4, cool - use it. Otherwise, MPEG2 is going to look fine. On the other hand, having seen T2 in WMV-HD (which is 1080p, but shown on my 720p projector), even those smaller files (they’re stuck on a DVD-9 with some other stuff) looked pretty damn good. The DRM stuff sucks hard though. I’ve had it fail to acquire a license when trying to give demos to people.

MPEG2 on BR seems fine to me, I agree with your assessment. If people are tooled up to use MPEG4, cool – use it. Otherwise, MPEG2 is going to look fine.

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