HardOCP: Blu-Ray is the WINNAR!

[theprodigalrebel]

Perhaps the HD DVD guys should hype Dolby TrueHD a little more. After all, it is a mandatory codec for all HD DVD players and a Blu-ray Disc player doesn't even have to support it.

 

[Vidda]

Perhaps Blu-Ray should campaign for teh porn a bit more.

 

[Blayze]

Originally posted by: k1pp3r

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I'm rooting for BluRay myself. I have a great and desperate need for its large storage space.

Once BluRay computer drives fall below 200, I'm picking one up. So, likely some time in 2008.

Go ahead, sony has stated that the adult industry will not be able to use BluRay, which will put HD-DVD on top once production of HD content wraps up. Make no mistake, the adult DVD sales account for around $4 billion a year.

Good luck BluRay, you have an uphill battle.

I'm still not decided which one i like, i havn't seen video on either.

The adult industry has already announced titles for Blu-Ray as well as HD-DVD. I don't think this will play a factor like it did in the Beta/VHS days.

I'm rooting for HD-DVD, and may purchase a player this summer if prices go below $300, but I think eventually Blu-Ray will win. That is if one format does win. Both will be around for awhile, that is unless Universal drops HD-DVD and goes Blu-Ray. I don't see that happening though.

In the end even if we still have two formats and combo players, I think DVD will still be the main video format.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Perhaps the HD DVD guys should hype Dolby TrueHD a little more. After all, it is a mandatory codec for all HD DVD players and a Blu-ray Disc player doesn't even have to support it.

I personally could care less which format wins, but OP is troll-bait and speculation is pointless. I'll wait and see what happens before I buy.

 

[Conky]

I've said it before, I'll no doubt say it again... the only thing hard about hardocp is the owner's liver. I wish I was joking.

 

[Boo Boo]

who cares what the big headed ego driven texan thinks

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: walkur
Well, imo here in the Netherlands blu-ray will have the edge.

Standalone HD DVD and blu-ray players are a rare sight in retail stores.
Now that the PS3 is finally available, It wouldn't surprise me if within 1 month the number of blu-ray players (=PS3) will be larger than the number of HD DVD players (incl 360 drives)

Edit: Well apparantly the addon for the 360 was just released here around 1 month ago...
My guess is that blu-ray players now already greatly outnumber the HD DVD players.

Nee, man, de X360 komt ook met HD-DVD speler, als je daar voor kiest..
Enniewee, voor zover ik gehoord heb, vindt iedereen de PS3 te duur, en zijn ze vooral erg boos over de backwards compatibility problemen..

Dutchies for life!

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
I hereby demand that no-one ever refers to DVD as "SD DVD" in a kind of twisted rebranding intended along the lines of PATA/SATA.

Thanks in advance.

Isn't DVD actually ED DVD as it can display in 480p just fine?

Like I mentioned in another thread, this "war" isn't even about technology... or prices... it's about the damn movies that are released for each format. It's about whoever has the most money to "buy out" a studio so they have exclusivity. This war is much like a video game console war.