Blue-ray Hd-dvd

[gvayl]

Is anyone actually going to buy this stuff? I won't! If a movie comes out in HD-DVD that I really really want, and I just spent $400 on a blue ray player...I'm going to be really angry. So until they come out with dual mode players...count me out of the market!

any thoughts?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

From what I've seen, a lot of movies look like they'll be released in both formats. But you're right, I'm going to wait a while until something gives - either one format loses or we get players/drives that can handle both.

 

[Matt2]

One is going to overtake the other, there just isnt enough money in only having half the market.

Whichever format pr0n industry embraces is going to win. End of story.

 

[RobertR1]

I have a HD DVD player (Toshiba HD-A1) and now a PS3 for Blu Ray. Either way, I'm good to go. After being spoiled with HD DVD, it's hard to go back to HD off Comcast or standard DVD's.

If I had to pick one, I'd stick with HD DVD.

 

[gvayl]

I don't see why HD DVD or blue ray would be better then any other HD signal. Even one from a disk.

 

[Arkaign]

Hopefully dual-format players take the *&ck out of the consumers asses sometime soon.

Will be nice to see HD players hit the $199 mark, I think whoever gets the players onto Wal-Mart shelves at that price point will pretty much have game, set, and match.

The market for $500+ media players is shockingly small, judging by existing player sales.

Also hurting early adoption of HD/BD movies is the hideously bad selection (what, no LOTR?), and the excellent HD-upscan players now available affordably. I've seen the LOTR trilogy on a 1080p DLP, running off of a $99 Samsung DVD player w/HD upscan, and although you could tell it wasn't true 1080, it looked noticably better than regular DVD players. It's very hard to describe, a weird mix between being sharper but not more detailed of course.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: gvayl
I don't see why HD DVD or blue ray would be better then any other HD signal. Even one from a disk.

In theory, HD encoded on a regular DVD would look just as good... but you couldn't fit a whole HD movie on one standard DVD. Broadcast HDTV is usually only ~20Mbps at best... the new disk formats could provide higher-bandwidth streams than 'live' HD.

I don't see either side really pulling ahead and winning unless, as stated above, they can get cheap players on the market well before the other, or they get far more quality titles out much more quickly. Or else dual-format players will become the norm (e.g. what happened with DVD+RW and DVD-RW).

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: Matt2
One is going to overtake the other, there just isnt enough money in only having half the market.

Whichever format pr0n industry embraces is going to win. End of story.

I heard the pr0n industry is heavily Blu-ray sided.

 

[Shadowknight]

Going by Amazon, HD-DVD you can get/is offered in a combo format, so you can play it in HD, with a HD-DVD player, or play it as a normal disk in a normal DVD player. I'm going to start spending a couple of bucks more for the combo version, so even if Blueray becomes dominant, in the meantime, it's not any different than buying "normal" discs for my existing non-hd player.

 

[Wreckage]

Blu-ray currently has more industry and movie studio support. I saw this today.......

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr...aspx/xpsnb_m1710?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: Wreckage
Blu-ray currently has more industry and movie studio support. I saw this today.......

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr...aspx/xpsnb_m1710?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

This is misleading. From wikipedia.

"HD DVD is promoted by Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and Intel, among others. In terms of major studios, HD DVD is currently exclusively backed by Universal Studios, The Weinstein Company (through Genius Products), Image Entertainment, HBO and New Line Cinema, and is non-exclusively backed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Warner Music Group, Magnolia Pictures, Brentwood Home Video, Ryko, Goldhil Entertainment, and Studio Canal."

"The Blu-ray Disc has gained a large amount of support in the corporate world, with companies like Apple Computer, Dell, and Panasonic supporting it." Sony Pictures obviously. Pioneer, Phillips, and Panasonic joined too. (Pioneer was a surprise after their longtime support for the DVD Forum.)

Warner, Fox, Disney, and Columbia have released Blu-Ray titles. Warner and Universal have released HD-DVD titles. To date, it is dead heat on releases for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blu-ray_releases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HD_DVD_releases

* Doom the movie (can we send it back?) is on HD-DVD and is an Xbox game. At least they kept it in the same family. When I saw it, I had to look it up. I was thinking it was a PS3 game and on HD-DVD (which the Xbox supports.) Darn, no irony.

 

[Kyanzes]

Originally posted by: gsellis

Originally posted by: Wreckage

* Doom the movie (can we send it back?) is on HD-DVD and is an Xbox game. At least they kept it in the same family. When I saw it, I had to look it up. I was thinking it was a PS3 game and on HD-DVD (which the Xbox supports.) Darn, no irony.

Well, after pressing the "PLAY" button you must have been quite annoyed after an hour or so that the "GAME INTRO" wouldn't end...