Point well taken, and a bit of clarification...

Posted by Patterson from 63.104.29.112 on February 06, 2001 at 13:58:42:

In Reply to: Theoretically yes... posted by Micah on February 06, 2001 at 13:51:46:

: : :
: : : Didn't Indy come out on Laserdisc back in the day? I wonder what kind of picture quality one would have if they put that into mpeg format on disk?

: : As I understand it, the Laserdisc format is very comparable (if not superior) to the DVD format. Burn a CD from a Laserdisc?

: Unfortunately, the source medium isn't where the problem is. It's the final product. Although possible, I don't think the economics of making an actual DVD as opposed to a VCD are there to promote this kind of piracy. The drive, software, and media involved in making a DVD are very expensive right now. Maybe after Compaq and Apple start putting Superdrives (DVD-R burners) in all their computers we might start seeing Indy knockoff DVDs, but not yet. I hope they get legit DVDs out before that happens.

: --Micah

I would never recommend copying any medium for anything other than personal use. Lucasfilms has good lawyers and deep pockets. Personally, I'd not have a problem moving a copy I owned to another medium, but piracy is taking money somebody else has earned.

I'm off my soapbox.

Cheers!

Patterson

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My clarification... Micah 14:35:58 2/06/2001 (4)
- Agreed on all points...(nm) Patterson 14:47:02 2/06/2001 (3)
  - actually DirtyFrank 16:56:55 2/06/2001 (2)
    - Have you ever thought.... ninthman 17:16:27 2/06/2001 (1)
      - Re: Have you ever thought.... 007 17:45:52 2/06/2001 (0)

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: : : : Didn't Indy come out on Laserdisc back in the day? I wonder what kind of picture quality one would have if they put that into mpeg format on disk?

: : : As I understand it, the Laserdisc format is very comparable (if not superior) to the DVD format.  Burn a CD from a Laserdisc?

: : Unfortunately, the source medium isn't where the problem is.  It's the final product.  Although possible, I don't think the economics of making an actual DVD as opposed to a VCD are there to promote this kind of piracy.  The drive, software, and media involved in making a DVD are very expensive right now.  Maybe after Compaq and Apple start putting Superdrives (DVD-R burners) in all their computers we might start seeing Indy knockoff DVDs, but not yet.  I hope they get legit DVDs out before that happens.

: : --Micah

: I would never recommend copying any medium for anything other than personal use.  Lucasfilms has good lawyers and deep pockets.  Personally, I'd not have a problem moving a copy I owned to another medium, but piracy is taking money somebody else has earned.

: I'm off my soapbox.

: Cheers!

: Patterson

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