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[新聞] 為何世界不需要Hi-Def DVD's (紐約時報)
Why the World Doesn't Need Hi-Def DVD's by David Pogue (5/11/2006)
順便review 第一台Hi-Def DVD player: Toshiba's HD-A1
引用:
... The catalog of DVD movies is immense and reasonably priced. And DVD players are so cheap, they practically fall out of magazines; 82 percent of American homes have at least one DVD player.
To electronics executives, all of this can mean only one thing: It's time to junk that format and start over.
Of course, the executives don't explain this decision by saying, "Because we've saturated the market for regular DVD players."
Instead, they talk about video and picture quality. A DVD picture offers much better color and clarity than regular TV, but not as good as high-definition TV. The new discs hold far more information, enough to display Hollywood's masterpieces in true high definition (if you have a high-definition TV, of course).
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(有點醜)
HD-A1的"特色" US$500 - a pretty big box: 17.7 by 13.3 by 4.3 inches, more like an early VCR than a sleek modern DVD player.
- very slow: a newly inserted DVD takes 45 seconds just to get to the F.B.I. warning.
- the remote is a disaster; its buttons are identically shaped and illogically placed. (要有可以發光的按鍵要買 HD-XA1 -- 要多US$300)
- can't send out 1080p (目前在HDTV5中最好的)
- you're guaranteed the sensational high-resolution HD-DVD picture only if your TV set has an HDMI connector.
值得買嗎?
引用:
Not unless you're an early-adopter masochist with money to burn.
Reason 1: The average person can see the difference in picture quality, but only on a big, high-def screen, preferably side by side with a standard DVD signal. The leap forward is nowhere as great as it was from, say, VHS to DVD.
(意思是只又在夠大>35吋且是HD的螢幕才能看出差異性)
Reason 2: For a brand-new technology, the A1 is a reasonably priced razor — but it's got a serious blade shortage. Only 20 will be available by the end of this month, priced at $20 to $40, and only a couple of hundred are expected by year's end. (Tens of thousands are available in the traditional DVD format.)
(意思是目前HDDVD選擇性少)
Reason 3 (and this is the big one): You could be placing a very big bet on the wrong horse.
(意思是可能會選錯邊了)
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作者最後還提到SACD 及DVD-Audio為例, 兩個"HD audio"需要新的player & discs 但都沒成功
當然現在說還太早了 
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