Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Right, so anything made by Sony is technologically superior. The 2X space will own win the PC part of it, not the movie part or the games part.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Right, so anything made by Sony is technologically superior. The 2X space will own win the PC part of it, not the movie part or the games part.

personally, i think blu-ray has better movies...but that isnt to say that hd-dvd has crappier movies.

oh well, i just want spiderman 1/2/3 in 1080p and ill be fine.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I do think that Blu-ray has better movies coming out. Spiderman being in there, but the cost of production of the discs and the high prices of the players is something that needs to be addressed.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: Arkitech
I don't understand why anyone would want a HD-DVD drive over a Blu-Ray. In terms of storage space it seems to me that BR should be a hands down winner. BR disks are already at 25 gig and with the possibility of that expanding to possibly 50-100gig makes it a must have for anyone with a need for more storage space.

I have nothing against the HD-DVD format, but if the only difference between the 2 formats is that 1 has more storage space I'm opting for higher storage capacity.

The storage arguement is irrelevant as the winner is decided by the movie makers...not the computer geeks wanting a disc to hold 100gigs of porn vs. 25gigs of porn.

how the hell is storage irrelevant? the more storage, means higher bitrate for movie content, as well as more space for the extras to be in HD versus SD.
as of now the studios releasing movies on both formats are using the same bitrate between both formats (usually), but if the format with more space is the format declared victorious, then its imaginable that studios would take proper advantage of the extra space.

 

[MasonLuke]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: cubby1223

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Competition is always good. In the end, both formats will be better and cheaper for having had a competitor, regardless of which (or if) one wins.

Nope.

And I can't stand people who say that.

Standards.

There is a reason why they are good.

What if the different electric companies had different power outlets? PITA. What if different car companies used different gasolines? PITA. In the computer industry, look at how f'd up building web pages were when Netscape & IE were very different in what they supported. Major PITA.

It's best to create one standard, then let the companies compete over their implementations of the standards.

Standards are made from a list of choices. It's not like that was the only option available. The BR/HD battle is the same. It's a list of choices, albeit a short list, which will have a winner eventually that will become standard. The competition before the standard is what improves the eventual standard.

We're long past the point of competition between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD being good for consumers. That turning point was before they were released the the general public. Competition may have improved them before release, but now that there are players available to the public the standards don't change. Now it is detrimental to consumers to have two competing standards.

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