Re: No 3D movies to watch?

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Julie Porter writes:

>I love preaching to the chior, they are so accommidating. The point I am
>attempting to make is market force vs. technology. To use the local example,
>Look at the diffrences between Star Wars & Jedi. Remember the compact disc war?
>CDs do not sound better, they are just more convienent.
 
At the risk of <pop> starting an off-topic flame <hiss> war, <crackle>
I do not agree that <skip> compact discs do not <tick> sound better
than vinyl.  They <scritch> certainly sound better after <warp> repeated
playings (although I'd be the first to say they should have used more
bits [resolution] and a higher sampling rate, but folks are working
on that...).  Some horrendous compromises went into records, too (ever
hear of something called the RIAA playback curve?).

>>While everyone will automatically say that things'll continue to improve,
>>the home- and business-PC market will NOT be driving the kind of display
>>resolution needed for pro film work.
 
>Never said it would. Actually it will get worse as the younger generation sees
>more in less resolution. There is an anthropological urbin legend that states
>that primitive people could not see victorian line drawing the same way that
>the 19c people could.
 
Well, I know this audience :-) and I expected such an argument from them.
But there's an existing counter-example to your argument.  The resolution
of Sega and Nintendo games is continuing to increase even as the prices
continue to fall.  Even the kids are demanding more pixels.

>>Actually you should tell Steve Jobs.
 
>Nope; He has bankrupted (or come close to) at least two companies. When you
>sell wooden nutmegs it does not matter what they taste like. It matters how
>many you sell. Bill is an expert at this. Like you stated above quality does
>not garuntee success.
 
True enough, but as far as I know, Bill doesn't (yet) own a company capable
of making a technically superior 3D film; Jobs does.  And Jobs may just be
dumb enough to do it. :-)

        -Greg


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