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BluRay or HD DVD?

BluRay or HD DVD?

  • BlueRay

    Votes: 59 74.7%

  • HD DVD

    Votes: 20 25.3%
  • Total voters
    79
Hd Dvd

But, Who knows.
I am under the impression that this comming fall there is a new system that is going to play both versions, HD DVD and Blu-ray. Its starting price is arround the $1400 US$ margine.
I cant wait untill next weeks NAB for what we are all waiting for.
This time next month do a search on NAB 2007, you might learn alot.
 
Lycrarob said:
But, Who knows.
I am under the impression that this comming fall there is a new system that is going to play both versions, HD DVD and Blu-ray. Its starting price is arround the $1400 US$ margine.
I cant wait untill next weeks NAB for what we are all waiting for.
This time next month do a search on NAB 2007, you might learn alot.
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I actually think that LG makes one that is available on store shelves today for aprox $1000 (I swear I saw it at Best Buy). As well as Samsung having announced one.

EDIT - I stand corrected $1,199
 
These days HD-DVD has gotten itself in such a ruckus that I would be reluctant to adopt the format at any level.

People can spin blu-ray in any way they like but the cold hard facts are cementing the format for a swift victory.

HD-DVD fans are in a state of denial.
 
Will_reed said:
These days HD-DVD has gotten itself in such a ruckus that I would be reluctant to adopt the format at any level.

People can spin blu-ray in any way they like but the cold hard facts are cementing the format for a swift victory.

HD-DVD fans are in a state of denial.
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I think that:

the Blu-Ray camp is focused on a technology driven goal - AKA higher capacity

the HD-DVD camps is focused on profitability driven goal - AKA cheaper

I personally have decided that I would rather have two cheaper discs with more capacity - keeping in mind that backing-up is the true benefit since movies are getting shorter and shorter (most average 90min other than Grindhouse - so what is the point)
 
Will_reed said:
These days HD-DVD has gotten itself in such a ruckus that I would be reluctant to adopt the format at any level.

People can spin blu-ray in any way they like but the cold hard facts are cementing the format for a swift victory.

HD-DVD fans are in a state of denial.
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What problems are you talking about? I really only hear Blue-ray so I'm curious to what the HD-DVD problems were.
 
zap2 said:
I'm expecting Blue-Ray in here...its a good format to, expensive, but top notch. HD DVD is good to, but Blue-Ray wins in specs.
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What is so good about BR ? Is it just that it can hold more data ? I would expect the quality to be completly independant from the amount of data a disk can hold but that it just depends on the CODEC used.
 
CmdrLaForge said:
What is so good about BR ? Is it just that it can hold more data ? I would expect the quality to be completly independant from the amount of data a disk can hold but that it just depends on the CODEC used.
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Also, it is apparently (I never used it) much more resilient than HD-DVD disks, so it is the sole HD format that will run after a small scratch...
 
psychofreak said:
Also, it is apparently (I never used it) much more resilient than HD-DVD disks, so it is the sole HD format that will run after a small scratch...
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IIRC HD-DVD should be more resilient to scratches because the data layer(s) is further away from the surface of the disc.


Lethal
 
I will tell you why HD-DVD is a great thing for me right now. Because you can encode and author an HD-DVD with DVD Studio Pro and burn that info on regular 4.7 GB DVD media, then go play it back on your HD-DVD player. Some of you may have not tried to do this yet thinking that you need an HD-DVD burner for this to work.. it's pretty cool. It's nice to provide this service for clients without having made the investment for a HD-DVD burner yet.

Maybe this was just common knowledge, but I thought it was cool.
 
Rod Rod said:
No. Apple is also a member of the DVD Forum, which is behind HD DVD.

Apple is on both "sides."
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Apple is a member of the DVD Forum, but not because they support HD DVD (because they don't). Apple is a member because they support DVD. Apple only (at least offically anyway) supports Blu-ray.




Lycrarob said:
Well Sony has just repeated the past with there Blu-ray. Just like Beta max.
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Sony will repeat this past? You mean like Betamax? Or do you mean like the Walkman, the Discman, the CD, the 3 1/2 inch floppy, the PS, the PS2, IEEE1394 (Firewire/iLink), the Hi8? Which past are we talking about?
 
I would like BR simply because of more storage space for archiving. From a marketing stand point I think of HD more because of more commercials and advertising. I still think it is too early to tell which will be the clear winner. It would be nice to have a standard but time will tell.
 
I read about the technology a couple years back. However, (mainly) because of the price, I was not impressed by either. As an archive media, there are other options available. It would be nice to have either/or available, but at current DVD prices - hardware/software/media. Until that happens, I will have limited interest. IIRC, the price of tape players and tapes were initially inflated because there was no standard. Tapes only became affordable for 'the masses' when VHS became the de facto standard. It would appear, a similar situation has once again shown itself.

I have read a few times, Betamax was a superior technology to VHS. But, it was not the winner (someone posted that Betamax was also successful at a smaller level - I cannot comment on that). Anyway, it may once again prove true, the better technology may not emerge as the 'standard'. That happens a lot. I just with one of them would get adopted so we can move on with this technology.
 
I think that it will end up with both formats, when more players are available that work with both formats. Personally I would like to see optical media die out and be replaced by digital distribution.
 
G5Unit said:
HD DVD isn't Sony though! I vote for HD DVD because of the consumer friendliness.
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Consumer friendly, their attempts (which didnt work) to block consumer burners from the market was in the best interest of the consumer
 
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