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Correct me if I am wrong, but Crackle doesn't appear to be an HD service either.

TarsTarkas wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong, but Crackle doesn't appear to be an HD service either.

Just checked their FAQ and it seems they only stream in 360p and 480p, so no they are not HD. They still seem to look better on PS3 than Roku, though.

MeggieMay wrote:

TarsTarkas wrote: Correct me if I am wrong, but Crackle doesn't appear to be an HD service either. Just checked their FAQ and it seems they only stream in 360p and 480p, so no they are not HD. They still seem to look better on PS3 than Roku, though.

We watch Crackle off our BD player, it is one of the options.

I also have crackle on ps3 and it also looks standard definition. shame, but at least it has some good shows. Although they really do need some different commercials. I was using it a while ago and the only commercial I saw was an Edison one for downed power lines...3 times an episode.

I wish Japan can learn from their Taiwanese and Korean counterpart when it comes to dramas and music exporting.

mdo7 wrote:

I wish Japan can learn from their Taiwanese and Korean counterpart when it comes to dramas and music exporting.

Or from Japan's own car and technology sectors.

Problems licencing certain animes outside Japan have been frequently discussed, and those problems seem to apply to virtually all Japanese entertainment. Convoluted production committees require detailed permission from each stakeholder. And many of the people in charge have a very insular, xenophobic mentality, and will only consider harebrained schemes like setting up their own distribution outlets and demanding ALL TEH MONEYS for standard or less-than-standard product. Anime and videogames are actually some of the more openminded industries in Japan, despite whatever complaints we might have.

(As a fan of classical music, I am aware that Japan makes a lot of recordings (some even released by Japanese branches of foreign labels), but none of them are exported, except by Westerners on their own initiative.)

This puts a spin on the control and exclusivity of Japan's music marketing machine, but in actuality, they are just one more example of what's wrong with Japan, Inc.

Because the old stodgy ways, are maintained, Japan has lost out on everything connected to music and entertainment.

How Hallyu Kpop and Kdrama have become what Jpop and Jdrama could have been.

How NHK has not made their shows [dramas] viewable. How FujiTV had English subtitles on their news broadcasts, and then suddenly decided to discontinue them. Meanwhile Al Jazerra has now gained a global audience, that Japan networks could have been...

As long as talent agencies keep hanging on to profits and the old ways, and Japanese consumers don't know better, Japan is going to be in a world of hurt. Japan's cultural irrelevance is only going to get worse.

Well about the car and technology sector. Some of their product couldn't be exported for international consumers. One Nissan car couldn't be exported because it so "unique". Same for Japanese pre-iOS/Android mobile phone, couldn't be exported, they both suffered from Galapago Syndrome (which Japan pretty much infamous for). So yeah the car and tech sector in Japan aren't always open-minded.

mdo7 wrote:

Well about the car and technology sector. Some of their product couldn't be exported for international consumers. One Nissan car couldn't be exported because it so "unique". Same for Japanese pre-iOS/Android mobile phone, couldn't be exported, they both suffered from Galapago Syndrome (which Japan pretty much infamous for). So yeah the car and tech sector in Japan aren't always open-minded.

Thanks for that. There is some stuff that I don't know, but I don't know that I don't know it!