Comments for DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy Just what the world needs, another blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Weekly News Roundup (5 February 2012) by odd news http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2012/02/05/weekly-news-roundup-5-february-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-12644 odd news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2132#comment-12644  Awesome news roundup, thanks for post. :)  Awesome news roundup, thanks for post. :)

]]> Comment on Game Consoles – December 2011 NPD Sales Figure Analysis by Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 15 January 2012 | DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2012/01/14/game-consoles-december-2011-npd-sales-figure-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-12165 Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 15 January 2012 | DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:14:02 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2103#comment-12165 [...] NPD figures, for video game sales in the United States for the month of December. I wrote up the analysis of it yesterday, and the consensus seems to be that the video game industry is in trouble. Sure, [...] [...] NPD figures, for video game sales in the United States for the month of December. I wrote up the analysis of it yesterday, and the consensus seems to be that the video game industry is in trouble. Sure, [...]

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]]> Comment on Game Consoles – November 2011 NPD Sales Figure Analysis by Anonymous http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2011/12/13/game-consoles-november-2011-npd-sales-figure-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-11769 Anonymous Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2069#comment-11769 I don't think this would be the case with the Wii, since technically, it is still the best selling console of this generation, since it had such a huge lead in the first couple of years. There's also the fact that the Wii U will be fully backwards compatible with the Wii, meaning Wii games will play on the Wii U, and you can even use Wii controllers on the new console. I don’t think this would be the case with the Wii, since technically, it is still the best selling console of this generation, since it had such a huge lead in the first couple of years.

There’s also the fact that the Wii U will be fully backwards compatible with the Wii, meaning Wii games will play on the Wii U, and you can even use Wii controllers on the new console.

]]> Comment on Game Consoles – November 2011 NPD Sales Figure Analysis by Darin http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2011/12/13/game-consoles-november-2011-npd-sales-figure-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-11765 Darin Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:21:00 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2069#comment-11765 The question is, when are we going to stop seeing any new titles for the current Wii? Will the well run dry before the Wii U debut? I got burned with the Sega Dreamcast and really don't want to go through that again, even though my kids are interested in getting a Wii. The question is, when are we going to stop seeing any new titles for the current Wii? Will the well run dry before the Wii U debut? I got burned with the Sega Dreamcast and really don’t want to go through that again, even though my kids are interested in getting a Wii.

]]> Comment on Game Consoles – November 2011 NPD Sales Figure Analysis by Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 18 December 2011 | DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2011/12/13/game-consoles-november-2011-npd-sales-figure-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-11723 Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 18 December 2011 | DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:43:24 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2069#comment-11723 [...] The US video game sales figures for November was also released during the week, and you can read the full analysis here. [...] [...] The US video game sales figures for November was also released during the week, and you can read the full analysis here. [...]

]]> Comment on Copy Protection Silliness, HDMI, Component and Upscaled DVDs by Anonymous http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2010/01/06/copy-protection-silliness-hdmi-component-and-upscaled-dvds/comment-page-1/#comment-11632 Anonymous Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:57:00 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=1142#comment-11632 As an update to this post, to make matters worse, Hollywood has deemed HD analog too much of a danger to allow, and so from the beginning of 2011, newly manufactured Blu-ray players are no longer allowed to output HD via analog (it will be limited to 540p): http://www.digital-digest.com/news-62834-Blu-ray-Analog-HD-Output-To-Be-Restricted.html Old players are not affected, so hang on to those or you'll need to buy a brand new TV. By 2013, no Blu-ray player is allowed to even have analog output any more. It begs the question: does Hollywood want us to buy movies or not, or do they want up to download pirated copies that don't have these restrictions! As an update to this post, to make matters worse, Hollywood has deemed HD analog too much of a danger to allow, and so from the beginning of 2011, newly manufactured Blu-ray players are no longer allowed to output HD via analog (it will be limited to 540p):

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-62834-Blu-ray-Analog-HD-Output-To-Be-Restricted.html

Old players are not affected, so hang on to those or you’ll need to buy a brand new TV.

By 2013, no Blu-ray player is allowed to even have analog output any more.

It begs the question: does Hollywood want us to buy movies or not, or do they want up to download pirated copies that don’t have these restrictions!

]]> Comment on Copy Protection Silliness, HDMI, Component and Upscaled DVDs by Reddzone http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2010/01/06/copy-protection-silliness-hdmi-component-and-upscaled-dvds/comment-page-1/#comment-11631 Reddzone Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=1142#comment-11631 I also have a 5 year old TV and the HDCP chip will not work with my DVD player or my AppleTV.  It is ironic that I would have to break the law (e.g. - rip the DVD) to watch DVD's on my TV because my HDCP chip is not functioning.  Even worse to pay a repair guy several hundred dollars to fix this problem which is designed to prevent me from copping the movie.  Ironic that I have NEVER even heard of a movie being copied from the HDMI output and even more ironic is that the output is fine on the VGA from my computer and it would be much easier to copy from the computer.   Given how easy it is to rip a DVD or out put the VGA on a computer Hollywood should give up on this asinine strategy. I wish we could take the RIAA to court to recoup all of the money I have to spend just to watch the $@!%#@ media that I have legally purchased. I also have a 5 year old TV and the HDCP chip will not work with my DVD player or my AppleTV.  It is ironic that I would have to break the law (e.g. – rip the DVD) to watch DVD’s on my TV because my HDCP chip is not functioning.  Even worse to pay a repair guy several hundred dollars to fix this problem which is designed to prevent me from copping the movie.  Ironic that I have NEVER even heard of a movie being copied from the HDMI output and even more ironic is that the output is fine on the VGA from my computer and it would be much easier to copy from the computer.  

Given how easy it is to rip a DVD or out put the VGA on a computer Hollywood should give up on this asinine strategy. I wish we could take the RIAA to court to recoup all of the money I have to spend just to watch the $@!%#@ media that I have legally purchased.

]]> Comment on Game Consoles – October 2011 NPD Sales Figure Analysis by Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 20 November 2011 | DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2011/11/15/game-consoles-october-2011-npd-sales-figure-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-11405 Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 20 November 2011 | DVDGuy’s Blog @ Digital Digest Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:36:40 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2041#comment-11405 [...] Oh, and welcome to another edition of the WNR by the way. Early in the week, I also completed the October 2011 NPD analysis, which showed once more the strength of the Xbox 360 in the US, once again the stop selling console [...] [...] Oh, and welcome to another edition of the WNR by the way. Early in the week, I also completed the October 2011 NPD analysis, which showed once more the strength of the Xbox 360 in the US, once again the stop selling console [...]

]]> Comment on Game Consoles – September 2011 NPD Sales Figure Analysis by Anonymous http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2011/10/15/game-consoles-september-2011-npd-sales-figure-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-11050 Anonymous Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/?p=2012#comment-11050 And to highlight how "odd" the Japanese market is, the PSP still regularly outsells the PS3 over there. Yeah, that PSP! And to highlight how “odd” the Japanese market is, the PSP still regularly outsells the PS3 over there. Yeah, that PSP!

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