Blue Ray Vs HD-DVD

ifownlee41nite@mac.com

ifownlee41nite@mac.com

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It would seem that Blueray is kicking HDs but, or at least it is at Best Buy anyway. Have any of you guys seen the Blue Ray section compared to the HD section at Best Buy. I went there yesterday looking to buy TRANSFORMERS on Blueray (Which they didn't have on Blueray by the way) and the BR disk out numbered the HD disk 5:1. It was insane. I predict BlueRay the victor inn this battle. I predicted this all along. Thats why I purchased a PS3. Just made sense to me. Games, Blueray, 60gbs for $600.00.

The Blueray player along at the time costed 12 hundered bucks.

Btw for those who will tell me "There is a thread like this already" I did a search and nothing came up.
 
You would have had to have searched under the terms "Blu-Ray" and "HD-DVD."

Paramount is releasing its movies only on HD-DVD for the time being.
 
I'm waiting till Christmas then buying a PS3 or another comparable BluRay player I agree Blu Ray a lot better then HDDVD and I also think in the long run they will win out.
 
My prediction is the HD-DVD, sensing it is losing ground, will drop the price of players to $200 by the end of January. Then, Blu-Ray will too. Then I will buy one.
 
i was championing HD-DVD purely because bluray was the much more expensive technology, but the prices have pretty much leveled out. Might as well go with the better tech i guess
 
I would rather HD DVD win for selfish reasons, as I already have an XBOX 360 player, and I honestly can't imagine Blu-Ray having that much better image quality as every disc I've played has looked perfect. I know Blu-Ray has more capacity, but unless projected to a huge size I don't think many people would see the difference between the two formats. I have a feeling once we get into mass production and cheap Chinese players HD DVD will win out because it's easier to produce. The good news I guess is that this battle is between two great looking formats, so whichever wins, things will turn out fine.
 
they both look good. and by the time the "war" is settled the brd and hddvd players will both be super cheap..... also, dual format players will probably be more dominanat.
 
TimurCivan said:
they both look good. and by the time the "war" is settled the brd and hddvd players will both be super cheap..... also, dual format players will probably be more dominanat.
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I dunno. I remember the battle between Beta and VHS. One reason DVD was able to establish itself so well is it fit into an already established "format" (720X480 at 29.97 or 23.97) which most tvs already were doing.

I can't see the market holding both. That means three format types, and as we have already seen, some studios are only offering one HD format.

One of them will fail. But whichever does, the compatability issues will be solved and we will all be better off.
 
Ifownlee.... I believe blue ray has better marketing right now, but its close I think.

And FYI ...... BEST BUY SUCKS!!

Nobody I have ever delt with there knows one thing about electronics. (on the sales floor anyway) Personally seeing that they have it, makes me a BlueRayaphobe.
 
Well at first I had an HD player then took it back for Blue Ray player because of the titles available(6 months ago....).
They both looked great on my high def 58" screen but in my opinion not better enough to the average person to warrant the added costs of the medium. I have yet to find a need to replace any of my old dvd's since they too look fine on the big screen.

I think before one wins out over the other they'll both be considered obsolete. Then all new competing technologies can get compared to "remember what happened with HD vs Blus ray...."
 
I hear ya.

I hear ya.

Kdawg said:
Ifownlee.... I believe blue ray has better marketing right now, but its close I think.

And FYI ...... BEST BUY SUCKS!!

Nobody I have ever delt with there knows one thing about electronics. (on the sales floor anyway) Personally seeing that they have it, makes me a BlueRayaphobe.
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I hear ya. And your point can easily go the other way. Marketing is key. And I believe stores like BestBuy will push that well marketed product like they are.

Sony I believe was one of the best values and marketing tools for BlueRay with the PS3.

Some of my friends said the price was too high last year so they went the XBOX 360 route w/hd upgrade but now regret it while to this day I don't regret buying BR one bit. My kids still love the games, and I still love the Blue-Ray quality movies.

I believe another thing that might determine the out come of this is the big movie studios period. Take transformers for instance. From what I here they are not offering it on BlueRay, and that sucks. I've been looking forward to buying it on BR since I 1st saw it in theaters.

ddp said:
I think before one wins out over the other they'll both be considered obsolete.
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Come 2009 hd will be a standard period. Which mean most house hold will have HD televisions. Over the last 3 years I've watch LCD flat screens drop in price while still growing larger in size. And plasma has become really affordable today. Walmart to BestBuy all you see is "Built in High Definition tuner". Cost will continue 2 drop consideably, but I don't think BR or HD will become obsolete by a long shot. I think it will become the standard. Not right away but soon enough.
 
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my thinking with the way things are headed that watching or listening to anything on a little shinny disc will be obsolete.
 
ifownlee41nite@mac.com said:
Come 2009 hd will be a standard period.
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Just to clarify a common misconception. The Analog Switch-off in February 2009 simply means that Analog Broadcastign has to cease .. Digital broadcasting is allready comon place.

Also the requirement for Digital only broadcasting makes no mention of q reuirement for HD. Sure, many Digital broadcasts are in HD, but it's certainly not a requirement or a new standard. (The HD standards of course have been around for years now).

In no way does the end of analog TV make SD obsolete.

- Mikko
 
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