JohnIan
12-06-2007, 08:18 AM
(I'm so not gonna type this out...)
The Format War
By Justin Bourne
December 2007 issue of AVN Online
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1606/formatwarhx3.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=formatwarhx3.jpg)
I think the biggest concern, at least for me is the talent. High def video is gonna showcase all the imperfections that standard definition blurs out. Since the whole idea is the sell of a fantasy, that could hurt them. Granted there is a market out there for that kind of raw real stuff. Most prefer the illusion. That is unless they start using airbrushing make-up to cover up blemishes or if they had a budget, CGI-ing them out. Don't laugh.
If they were to jump into high-def as the only way to view porn, the slaying of DVD, then there would be a demand for clean-up work. The price of such digital restoration would come down. Remember how expensives the effects in "T2" were, the morphing? Less than six months after its release those effects were used in TV commericals - prices went down. I can see that happening; pimples, strech marks, dents and other flaws pasted over by computer artists.
Myself... No, I'm not playing the high-def game. I don't like the idea that the next gen isn't mine to own. Far too many DRM issues. I would happier if it came which each sale, a notice on the receipt saying you are simply agreeing to a long term lease. Subject to change.
Far too many people forget that these new formats is about control. That the later players will be hooked up to the internet to work and verify ownership (lease). When these machines were first introduced, the talk among the industry was the fact that future machines can be remotely disabled should a self-diagnostic check find that the player has be altered. This talk just faded away. They never said that they would abandon the notion. I suppose they are just waiting for it to become the dominate format then pull the switch as it were.
The Format War
By Justin Bourne
December 2007 issue of AVN Online
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1606/formatwarhx3.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=formatwarhx3.jpg)
I think the biggest concern, at least for me is the talent. High def video is gonna showcase all the imperfections that standard definition blurs out. Since the whole idea is the sell of a fantasy, that could hurt them. Granted there is a market out there for that kind of raw real stuff. Most prefer the illusion. That is unless they start using airbrushing make-up to cover up blemishes or if they had a budget, CGI-ing them out. Don't laugh.
If they were to jump into high-def as the only way to view porn, the slaying of DVD, then there would be a demand for clean-up work. The price of such digital restoration would come down. Remember how expensives the effects in "T2" were, the morphing? Less than six months after its release those effects were used in TV commericals - prices went down. I can see that happening; pimples, strech marks, dents and other flaws pasted over by computer artists.
Myself... No, I'm not playing the high-def game. I don't like the idea that the next gen isn't mine to own. Far too many DRM issues. I would happier if it came which each sale, a notice on the receipt saying you are simply agreeing to a long term lease. Subject to change.
Far too many people forget that these new formats is about control. That the later players will be hooked up to the internet to work and verify ownership (lease). When these machines were first introduced, the talk among the industry was the fact that future machines can be remotely disabled should a self-diagnostic check find that the player has be altered. This talk just faded away. They never said that they would abandon the notion. I suppose they are just waiting for it to become the dominate format then pull the switch as it were.