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VC-1 for Blu-ray?

Only a day after Warner announced an unprecedented single-day release of ten high-def titles, the studio has unveiled full specs and box art for the complete lineup, which may include the studio's first-ever VC-1-encoded Blu-ray discs.

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Bill Nye7179d ago

Don't understand why they didn't use VC-1 to begin with.

And why doesn't Blu-ray get Dolby Digital-Plus and TrueHD audio soundtracks?

Marriot VP7179d ago

not enough space,

holographic or protein dvd anybody. jk

Bill Nye7179d ago

But if they would've used VC-1 or even H.264 there would've been room for those soundtracks...

I think Blu-ray just costs too much for movie studios and didn't find it profitable to pay the licensing for either of the better codecs.

shotty7178d ago

Because VC-1 is owned by microsoft and therefore the licencing fees would go to microsoft instead of sony for video codecs. But if Blu-ray wants to stand a chance against HD-DVD, sony needs to give up some profits so that they can licence the superior codec.

HD-DVD already uses VC-1 since microsoft is backing HD-DVD.

Bill Nye7178d ago

MS doesn't own VC-1, but they did contribute to its development.

the_bebop7177d ago

Unlike MS, Sony owns a lot of patterns in MPEG4 codecs, where it is the other way around VC-1 codecs. Being that a lot of the Movies on Blue-ray have been released by Sony or Sony owned Companies they would naturally be using MPEG4 to keep the profits to them self, where like Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox are not owned by Sony.

Bill Nye7176d ago

They're not even using MPEG4. They're using MPEG2.

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achira7178d ago

yep, now something shapes up, blue ray will win !!!

Marty83707178d ago

Blu-ray cost the same as HD-DVD at retail.Both Blu-ray & HD-DVD have same codecs so have to pay licensing.PS3/Bluray are the future.

drewdrakes7178d ago

HAHa how did you come to that conclusion? Everything you just said included both blu-ray and HD-DVD. HD-DVD seems to be superior, but Sony cant be underestimated. Even when Sony is superior they drop the ball, so lets see what happens now, when theyre on the other end of the stick.

clayton7176d ago

I've never seen a blu-ray player only hd-dvd.

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44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.

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Cockney12d ago

Well if that 44% left im sure there would be a lot less redundancies

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Stop Killing Games on the latest European Commission public hearing

It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.

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"Be creative 99% of the time" – Glen Schofield on how creativity can help fix AAA industry woes

The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI

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lodossrage13d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman12d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb12d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.