zmatt
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yeah as long as they make a folding client that uses it, it would pwn at folding.
yeah HD movies can fit on DVD's you just wont get the full 1080p+DTS-HD,Uncompressed PCM audio, Dolby True HD and all of the other features, not to mention that DVD's can only hold~20minutes of HD video per disc since they use MPEG-2 codec
DivX is not the HD codec. You dont get it. Mpeg2 is the official DVD codec all dvd movies you buy use them.
DivX is a 3rd party pc codec that is used for locally stored videos. HD discs like HD DVD and Blu-ray use H.264 aka Mpeg 4 part 10. This is the codec they use you wont find a retail high def movie in any other format.
Now the physical discs are jsut a stroage medium like a hard drive of cds so you can put anything on them, but when it comes to movies thats what you get. And they use H.264 for many reasons. Essentially its far superior to DivX or WMA or AVI.
You really wanna compare the 360 to the PS3? Current video game selection aside-
-Xbox 360 with 20gig hard drive- $400
-Wireless Adapt-$100
-Xbox Live One Year- $50
-HD-DVD add-on-$200
There's a $750 sub-par PS3. Not to mention smaller hard drive, non-rechargable controllers, non-upgradable hard drive unless you want to buy multiple 20's or buy a 120gig for almost $200, and it still uses standard DVD 9's, Halo 3 ships on 2 game DVD's because it can't fit on one DVD.
It is you who do not get it...
They choose to use Mpeg-2. They could use DIVX. There ARE DVD players that play divx files burned to DVD.
EXACTLY...because they CHOOSE to use that codec, even though its bad, with no regard for filesize.
Superior to some. Most people would not be able to tell the difference.
but isn't the whole idea to make more money? (to them, anyway)Haha, I don't think the average person spend $4k on their TV Center, and I think movie companies should be aiming their sales at the average consumer, not the people who spend the most money