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So How is the Blu ray vs. HD DVD Battle So Far?

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To be fair for both format let's compare the 1080p versions because Blu Ray has been 1080p from the start. The 1080p HDDVD player is $700. Most Blu Ray players are $1000. Yes Blu Ray is still $300 more but not as much as most people make it seem by comparing the $400 1080i HDDVD version to the $1000 Blu Ray.
 
Originally posted by: jtvang125
To be fair for both format let's compare the 1080p versions because Blu Ray has been 1080p from the start. The 1080p HDDVD player is $700. Most Blu Ray players are $1000. Yes Blu Ray is still $300 more but not as much as most people make it seem by comparing the $400 1080i HDDVD version to the $1000 Blu Ray.
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You too fell under the false impression that superior technology is what matters.
 
Looking at it from a technical standpoint, I'd prefer Blu-ray. Not only do more movie companies support it, but the technical aspect of the discs are greater than HD-DVD.

Although the player itself may cost more, they're both pretty expensive. Considering the PS2's success, I think the PS3 will be in many many homes as well. That in itself is a push for many people to side with Blu-Ray, especially for those who want a cheaper blu-ray player.

Also, the movies themselves cost about the same ($25-30) for either side.

I think in the future the prices will be a lot lower, so it will then fall more into the technical/which-has-better-movies side. So far, I think that's more leaning towards Blu-Ray.

Even if Blu-Ray fails for movies, the PS3 will still benefit from it...and I don't see that as a bad thing for games.
 
Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Blu Ray is going to win, only the AT geeks on here realize how bad Sony is, and they are adversiting Blu everywhere and the general public is repsonding with oohs and ahhhs.
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Yep. Blu-Ray is advertising like crazy and all the HD-DVD advertisements are coming from ATOT geeks...and AVSforum geeks. Not good. If HD-DVD fails, it will be their own fault.

 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Blu Ray is going to win, only the AT geeks on here realize how bad Sony is, and they are adversiting Blu everywhere and the general public is repsonding with oohs and ahhhs.
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Yep. Blu-Ray is advertising like crazy and all the HD-DVD advertisements are coming from ATOT geeks...and AVSforum geeks. Not good. If HD-DVD fails, it will be their own fault.
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Maybe word of mouth will work.hahah
 
i have both formats... for sure hd-dvd has a way slicker menu system...

pq... i give it to hd-dvd so far... bluray is nice but my hd-dvd looks phenomenal...

sound... giving the edge to bluray right now cause micrsoft has a bug in there hd-dvd decoding codec...

either way... living the best of both worlds...

edit... i have the xbox 360 hd-dvd addon and the sony ps3
 
Originally posted by: AMDUALY
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Blu Ray is going to win, only the AT geeks on here realize how bad Sony is, and they are adversiting Blu everywhere and the general public is repsonding with oohs and ahhhs.
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Yep. Blu-Ray is advertising like crazy and all the HD-DVD advertisements are coming from ATOT geeks...and AVSforum geeks. Not good. If HD-DVD fails, it will be their own fault.
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Maybe word of mouth will work.hahah
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Apparently that is all the HD-DVD backers are relying on. 🙁 Go into a Best Buy. They have Blu-Ray players pushing all their high end displays, and have their HD-DVD player tucked in a corner. They had the newly released HD-A2 HD-DVD player, and it was just sitting quietly on a shelf right beside their DVD players. WTF is that about? They almost have arrows pointing to their sh!tty first gen Blu-Ray player. :|


 
Originally posted by: Shawn
I am confidant that HD-DVD will win this war. HD-DVD players are 3x cheaper than the bluray players and the movies are cheaper too.
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I am CONFIDENT that you did not mean CONFIDANT!

😉

 
I could careless which medium wins, but from a neutral perspective, I think Blueray is going to pull it off at the end as soon as PS3 allocation problem is resolved. Just the sheer PS3 sales will be enough to win the war. At the end of the day, it is obvious there will be more PS3 owners than Xbox 360. I don't think either medium is currently strong enough to compel consumers to pick a new medium and buy stand-alone players. Console battle may decide this war.

Xbox 360 sales in Japan - crap, pathetic actually
Xbox 360 sales in the U.S. - pretty good

PS3 sales in Japan - pretty good (well be super hot once FF and other PS exclusives come out)
PS3 sales in the U.S. - same as Japan

My prediction - Blueray wins.
 
HD-DVD just sounds more appealing to market. Blu-Ray... wtf kind of name is that for a disc. Anyway, if the HD-DVD backers actually market their product, HD-DVD will win.
 
Well now that Sharp is producing Blu-ray diodes this is only going to help Sony in the format wars. Getting more and more PS3's out will only help Blu-ray win
 
Originally posted by: allies
HD-DVD just sounds more appealing to market. Blu-Ray... wtf kind of name is that for a disc. Anyway, if the HD-DVD backers actually market their product, HD-DVD will win.
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Its actually just BD, its a whole 3 letters and a dash less then HD-DVD! with such a better name, it must win.
 
Originally posted by: AMDUALY
I hope the people who selected VHS in the poll are joking =/ hahah
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I wasn't. I'm not a detail whore when it comes to the few movies I watch a year. An entertaining movie is entertaining in HD-DVD and it is entertaining on VHS. There really isn't a difference to me. Plus, 6-day rentals for 47 cents can't be beat.

And the VHS is much nicer for recording shows off the TV than constantly buying and throwing away burned DVDs for something you'd use just once.

VHS does all I want and all I need at the lowest possible price. So, VHS it is for me.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: AMDUALY
I hope the people who selected VHS in the poll are joking =/ hahah
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I wasn't. I'm not a detail whore when it comes to the few movies I watch a year. An entertaining movie is entertaining in HD-DVD and it is entertaining on VHS. There really isn't a difference to me. Plus, 6-day rentals for 47 cents can't be beat.

And the VHS is much nicer for recording shows off the TV than constantly buying and throwing away burned DVDs for something you'd use just once.

VHS does all I want and all I need at the lowest possible price. So, VHS it is for me.
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You are a very sad man.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: AMDUALY
I hope the people who selected VHS in the poll are joking =/ hahah
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I wasn't. I'm not a detail whore when it comes to the few movies I watch a year. An entertaining movie is entertaining in HD-DVD and it is entertaining on VHS. There really isn't a difference to me. Plus, 6-day rentals for 47 cents can't be beat.

And the VHS is much nicer for recording shows off the TV than constantly buying and throwing away burned DVDs for something you'd use just once.

VHS does all I want and all I need at the lowest possible price. So, VHS it is for me.
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I'm with you on enjoying a movie whether it's on HD-DVD or DVD or VHS - image quality and resolution really aren't important to me.

But DVD has a few other advantages:
1. Random access
1a. Never have to rewind!
2. Much wider availability of widescreen
3. Special features like deleted scenes, commentary tracks if you care about such things
4. Built-in subtitles that are much less intrusive than my TV's closed caption feature.

But I respect your decision to stick with your VHS.

Edit: My answer is still using DVDs. Don't own an HDTV and don't expect to for several years. And considering that the features listed above are the main reasons I use DVD, and the high definition formats offer little beyond that other than image quality/resolution (which I don't care about)... it'll be a long time before I upgrade.
 
The name alone will drive HD-DVD. Two or three years from now, grandma is not going to know what a Blu-ray is - but she does know what a DVD is, and well, HD-DVD sounds similar. Get the point. The early movers are not the ones that define a market, the masses do. To them, the key is to keep it simple, and cheap.

Plus, at some point people are going to get sick of spending the extra $200 - $300 for that stupid little smug Sony badge on their equipment. Hell, Sony makes all of their crap to China these days anyway, not like there is a huge driving force in the quality arena to justify the price premium.
 
Originally posted by: Privateman
Don't put words in my mouth.
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Could you please then put words in your mouth? What else did you intend by that post? By the way, my favorite lap cat died today, so yes, I am sad today. But you couldn't have known that when you posted.
 
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