HDDVD vs Blu-RAY
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effowe
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- Nov 1, 2004
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I vote HD-DVD because they aren't backed by Sony first off. The first round of reviews to come out on both discs has HD-DVD coming out on top as well. Sony has just left a bad taste in my mouth over all the ridiculous things they try to push onto consumers, so I will support HD-DVD until it hopefully wins, or Blu-Ray comes out on top.
Fingolfin269
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I'll vote the same in this one as I did the previous 1k or so HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray polls... HD-DVD fo sho!
HD-DVD just because it's half the price of bluray for a player, and has the exact same specs.. HD and other content wise.
IAteYourMother
Lifer
- Nov 3, 2004
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The only things Blu-Ray has going for it right now are Studio Support and the discs are pretty much scratch proof.
Fingolfin269
Lifer
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Well, and the ability to put out movies that have HD and standard editions so you can buy it now and play it on your current gen player and flip it over when you finally get the HD player.
Well, I'm going to vote along with your subtitle. We all know there can be only one. Only one until the sequel comes out.
Thus I vote for whichever technology comes after HD-DVD & Blu-Ray.
Thus I vote for whichever technology comes after HD-DVD & Blu-Ray.
destrekor
Lifer
- Nov 18, 2005
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should know that its simply toshiba taking a major loss.. player costs about $800, selling for $500 means a loss.
i would much rather toshiba not win with HD-DVD simply because they'll once again control the market.
blu-ray is a consortium of companies just like HD-DVD though, so its not like Sony would be controlling the market. the group thats involved with blu-ray will.
i vote blu-ray because of increased storage capabilities and because image quality can likely increase because the compression codec is not forced through hardware, so that can change.
studio support is how VHS as a format succeeded. the studio's control the media adoption rate by forcing which titles are available on which format. betamax was a higher quality format but due to sony's licensing requirements it went nowhere. sony and the group behind blu-ray must not be as bad this time around as they have the majority of studio support.
HDDVD is just better!
it is WAY cheaper to make thus making the cost only slightly higher than a current DVD (before early adopters premium)
HDDVD players will be FAR cheaper AND can play standard DVD's unlike BR which needs a 2nd red laser driving up the cost of the player and more things can go wrong/break
Blank HDDVD media should be cheaper then BR media
the only advantage BR has it capacity which is only what like 10gb? 16gb? more than HDDVD? no movie or videogame will take up that much room and by the time it does both formats will be dead and gone anyway...... SO the only advantage the BR has is in capacity and they should only matter for PC's and even then most likely only when backing up data or storing large large large files
OH and i am NOT a sony basher, i LOVE song (not in ever segment of the market but as a whole) though i do not agree with everythign they have done recently, however their history of having successful media types is not good! ex. memory stick, mini-disk, UMD!!! etc
HDDVD FOR THE WIN!
it is WAY cheaper to make thus making the cost only slightly higher than a current DVD (before early adopters premium)
HDDVD players will be FAR cheaper AND can play standard DVD's unlike BR which needs a 2nd red laser driving up the cost of the player and more things can go wrong/break
Blank HDDVD media should be cheaper then BR media
the only advantage BR has it capacity which is only what like 10gb? 16gb? more than HDDVD? no movie or videogame will take up that much room and by the time it does both formats will be dead and gone anyway...... SO the only advantage the BR has is in capacity and they should only matter for PC's and even then most likely only when backing up data or storing large large large files
OH and i am NOT a sony basher, i LOVE song (not in ever segment of the market but as a whole) though i do not agree with everythign they have done recently, however their history of having successful media types is not good! ex. memory stick, mini-disk, UMD!!! etc
HDDVD FOR THE WIN!
mugs
Lifer
- Apr 29, 2003
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Not with the Durabis coating. But they can (and should) put that on ALL DVDs. You can buy DVD+-Rs with it now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durabis
Queasy
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Yes, Blu-Ray has the clear content advantage with such upcoming Fox releases as:
Behind Enemy Lines
Fantastic Four
Kingdom of Heaven (Directors Cut)
Kiss of the Dragon
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Omen (666)
Speed
The Transporter
Seriously, the Blu-Ray release have been pretty sucky recently. I know these studios have better movies than this.
Behind Enemy Lines
Fantastic Four
Kingdom of Heaven (Directors Cut)
Kiss of the Dragon
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Omen (666)
Speed
The Transporter
Seriously, the Blu-Ray release have been pretty sucky recently. I know these studios have better movies than this.
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