OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
The Adam Sandler movie Click will be the first 50GB salvo fired by the Blu-ray high definition video camp, when Sony Pictures releases the comedy fantasy to video stores in the US on October 10. Sony Pictures will follow up with two further 50GB releases in November and December.
The November 14 release will be Ridley Scott's
wartime drama Black Hawk Down and the December 12 title will be comedy
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, with Will Ferrell.
The main attraction of the 50GB Blu-ray format being touted by Sony
will be additional high definition content, including deleted scenes
and featurettes related to the making of the movies. In addition, there
will be the increasingly obligatory audio commentary by assorted
actors, directors, producers and writers.
With the release of the first high capacity Blu-ray movies, the format
wars battle has widened beyond the high definition players market to
content provision.
Studios are still fence sitting and having each way bets as to which
format to support, with some planning to release movies in both formats.
While Blu-ray, claims the greater advantage in disc storage capacity,
rival format HD DVD, which can store 30GB has proven itself to be a
much cheaper and less problem ridden technology to manufacture.
The jury is still out as to which technology produces the better
quality high definition video and it is questionable as to whether the
Blu-ray camp can entice high definition viewers with the promise of
additional content such as high-definition deleted scenes and
featurettes.
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