The Seventh Taylor
Joined: 17 Aug 2007
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 Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject: The return of the Flipper |
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No, not the dolphin -- the reversible optical disc, this time in the guise of a dual-sided (hybrid if you like, but not like SACD) BD/DVD disc. It sounded to me like a fair idea to get consumers to upgrade from DVD to Blu-ray more smoothly but after reading the comments by James Hunt of The Digital Bits I'm definitely less excited.
From http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa174.html#120209 :
| Quote: | | In other news today, and speaking of Blu-ray, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced something I... well, I'm afraid I'm not particularly excited about. Presumably in an effort to reduce the number of SKUs they have to prepare and ship, they've announced that they've developed new Blu-ray "flipper" discs, which have Blu-ray content on one side and standard DVD content on the other. In other words, DVD/BD Combo discs. I really kind of hate this. In principle, it's a great idea - give people one disc that includes both versions, making it cheap and easy to upgrade to Blu-ray. BUT... let's look at Universal's track record with this kind of thing. They pushed hard to get DVD-18 format DVD discs (dual-sided, dual-layered) into the market, and various bonding and layer rot problems meant that a very high percentage of these releases either shipped defective or stopped working within months of release. Then, a couple years ago, Universal pushed hard to get DVD/HD-DVD Combo discs into the market, and TONS of those didn't work properly. Frankly, more than half of the Combo discs I had skipped, glitched or simply wouldn't play. Are we now to expect that they're going to have better luck with DVD/BD Combo discs? I highly doubt it. Let me tell you, most experienced and avid movie disc consumers I know HATE these combo discs. More than likely, Universal is going to release some titles exclusively in this new Combo format, and at least some of them aren't going to work right or will fail more quickly over time, and it's going to be a consumer NIGHTMARE. [...] |
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