A new generation of high-definition TV and DVD technology heralds the arrival of the digital living room, says Alice Chang, CEO of Taiwanese media software maker CyberLink. Users love high-definition TV because it’s like watching a football game from the sidelines, while HD DVD and Blu-ray, the high-definition video disc formats, put the cinema in your house and offer fun new possibilities. For example, the HD DVD version of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen includes a shoot ‘em up game users can play. Bad guys don’t die when hit, but the game does keep the score. Tokyo Drift includes a function that puts the story cards used to make the movie in the top left corner of the corresponding scene, giving users a glimpse of the creative process.
And that’s just the beginning, Chang says. One function her company is working on could one day let users buy items they see in movies on the click of a mouse. So instead of wondering where 007 picked up that suave tuxedo, or Carrie Bradshaw got her new shoes, users can click on them and buy immediately at Amazon.com or eBay.
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And that’s just the beginning, Chang says. One function her company is working on could one day let users buy items they see in movies on the click of a mouse. So instead of wondering where 007 picked up that suave tuxedo, or Carrie Bradshaw got her new shoes, users can click on them and buy immediately at Amazon.com or eBay.
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I couldn't care less, I buy films to watch them, not to play crappy little games or for other 'bonuses' that I just ignore anyway.
Huge problem for me and everyone else I know is that damn format war, so many people will not go BlueRay or HD-DVD until one of them are gone, myself included. If tomorrow they announced a winner and said the other format is dead, I would immediately head up to best buy and buy a player of which ever one wins.
Once theres a standard format, I can guarantee there will be droves of people adopting HDTV!
That's all i need!
My wife does not even have to get out of her chair to spend money!
That's nice...Click I like that....Click I want one of those...Click Oooh Pink...Click I like her (the extra in the background) handbag...Click.
How many twitches would you get watching Top Gear? Could i trade the house for that..WTF...Click
;P
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