[Stuart Wright]

AV Podcast : Movies : 29th Jan 2007
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00:48 DVD News
10:14 The Wickerman R2 DVD review
14:09 King Kong (1976) HD DVD review
19:32 World Trade Center HD DVD review
26:51 Clerks II HD DVD review
33:33 Discussion : we discuss the role of women in movies.

[PioRow]

Having serious trouble downloading this podcast, constantly getting cut off, sometimes at 1-2 meg, sometimes at 20meg.

I'm guessing the server is overloaded.

[Duger]

Was it just me or was there no mention of Uma Thurman in the Kill Bill movies when talking of lead women action movies

[jwramsay]

And not mention of Debbie from the famous Debbie Does Dallas flick

[7hil]

Seth said that the HD-DVD release of The Departed was going to be a Combo disc which was "a shame". Why?

I have the combo disc of Brokeback Mountain which is HD-30 and DVD-9 on the two respective sides. I thought that these were the maximum capacities that each format allows. Therefore, capacity-wise there is no downside to a movie being released as a combo on HD-DVD. So why is it a "shame"?

[Phil Hinton]

Originally Posted by 7hil

Seth said that the HD-DVD release of The Departed was going to be a Combo disc which was "a shame". Why?

I have the combo disc of Brokeback Mountain which is HD-30 and DVD-9 on the two respective sides. I thought that these were the maximum capacities that each format allows. Therefore, capacity-wise there is no downside to a movie being released as a combo on HD-DVD. So why is it a "shame"?

Seth can maybe answer when he has a minute, but I assumed he said so because A) most people don't like flippers and b) combos are more expensive than just a single HD disc generally.

[Seth Gecko]

Originally Posted by 7hil

So why is it a "shame"?

As per what Phil said. Consider that most flippers are around £5-£8 (depending where you buy them from) and that you could buy 4 regular HD's for the price of 3 flippers, it's not cost effective for people who only want the HD versions. In fact, in a perfect world, both would be available for people who haven't got HD but are considering the jump and the HD only version for people who are already there.