hd-dvd or blueray?

hd-dvd or blueray?

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I heard the porn indu$try is latching on to HD-DVD, just like they did with VHS in the 80's.

And on that note, has anyone heard from Betamax lately?
 
As we are people that actually produce things to put on disc. I would say HD DVD is a better solution.

You can make HD DVD content on a DVD and play it in any player.

With BD there isnt an easy standard solution.
 
Jason Ramsey said:
I vote customer. Ultimately, I think not enough people will adopt either of the technologies, nor will the prices of either fall enough before the next one comes along. With the holographic discs that dwarf the amount of storage space the either bluray or hddvd are capable of, they are on borrowed time. In the short term, I suspect bluray, though.

Jason
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I think this is exactly what is going to happen. The ability to hold 3.9 terrabytes of info will be too great for video manufacturer's not to use. Plus 3.9 is only the starting point. There is already talk that they will be able to hold even more.
 
Wow, I don't even remember writing that :) I still feel the same way though. Hopefuly the next generation Discs will come without the burden of a platform war, or hopefuly it will be won and lost quickly.
 
How many people do you think are going to spend 1,000 dollars for what (to the average consumer) amounts to a very expensive dvd player?

Later,
Jason
 
morten said:
The Samsung BD-UP5000 which plays back both Blue Ray and HD-DVD perfectly is coming in the next month or so and will retail for $999. In other words, the war is over before it even started.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/official...r-plus-ht+bd2-blu+ray-home-theater-282313.php

mor10
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LG's had something like this for a little while, I thought about getting it but it's just so expensive.

Billz, they are about the same- gennarally around the $23 to $26 range, depending on the movie.
 
Its cheaper to buy one player from each camp instead of a dualformat player for 1000$.

And since I gone with both format, it aint fun to watch DVDs anymore.
 
the LG dual-format player has serious problems playing the extra features on HD-DVDs. It was rumoured this would be a problem with all combo players. The Samsung proves that this is bull and with that revelation we can expect all the other companies to get in the game and push the prices down over the next year or so.

That said, if you want to buy an HD-DVD player you're better off buying an XBOX360 and it's HD-DVD player. If you want a Blue-Ray player, get the PS3. That way, even if you don't have any movies you can still do a lot of other fun stuff. And both the XBOX360 with a HD-DVD and the PS3 combined should still run you less than the Samsung combo player.

mor10

morten
 
In the news today - October sales figures:

PS3 - 121,000
Xbox - 366,000
Wii - 518,000

doesn't look like either side is winning. and with the Xbox, you have to pay extra for the HD-DVD player (altho PS3 costs more).
 
For all the clamor that one side is "winning", it's rather interesting to read Sony's CEO's comments:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21706778/

Most interesting because Toshiba offered to reconcile the two formats and Sony refused. Now Stringer says that if he could go back in time and reconcile them, he would.

Given that the combined market penetration of HD-DVD and blu-ray is pathetically tiny, perhaps they'll find a way to abandon the current course of action and make a new reconciled format that everyone can agree on and which can actually become a "next" DVD...
 
Barry_Green said:
Given that the combined market penetration of HD-DVD and blu-ray is pathetically tiny, perhaps they'll find a way to abandon the current course of action and make a new reconciled format that everyone can agree on and which can actually become a "next" DVD...
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I think that's the only way that anyone will win, especially consumers. Until then, I'll stick to my SD DVD collection.
 
it's my understanding that on saturday at walmart you can get 10 blu-ray movies instantly with the purchase of a playstation 3. you also get an additional 5 movies by mail.

you can get an hd dvd player for cheaper, but i haven't seen one that comes with as many movies.
 
Barry_Green said:
Most interesting because Toshiba offered to reconcile the two formats and Sony refused. Now Stringer says that if he could go back in time and reconcile them, he would.
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There's a shocker. Sony refusing to do something that would be good for the consumer?

Wow. Who'd of thunk it.




ugafan said:
you can get an hd dvd player for cheaper, but i haven't seen one that comes with as many movies.
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It does seem like there are more titles released on Blue Ray. Though I have seen some that are only HD. Must be a pain in the ass for distributers having to put out three formats of a movie to cover the bases.
 
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