Blu-Ray or HD-DVD

Atsumi · 07-17-2006, 07:47 AM

Which do you think will win the war?

My pick goes out to Blu-Ray. They has more support from movie companies and the such.

What's your choice?

P11 · 07-17-2006, 11:50 AM

Blu-Ray will probably be more successful, however they are vitually the same product....aside from their name and a couple performance differences. Also, I was checking out a Blu-Ray player at BestBuy and they take a LIFETIME to load a dvd, I'm not to sure about HD-DVD but I would like to wait until blu-ray reaches 4x or 8x speeds.

[-0MEGA-] · 07-17-2006, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Atsumi

My pick goes out to Blu-Ray. They has more support from movie companies and the such.

Are you sure? Last I heard HD-DVD had the most support because it had more secure DRM and was also cheaper to produce, since they can use existing DVD equipment.

How much do Blu-Ray discs cost anyway?

Mattu · 07-17-2006, 03:27 PM

This is just like the Betamax and VHS war of the 1980's. We'll just have to see witch one's the last one standing in about 5 years.

Atsumi · 07-17-2006, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Are you sure? Last I heard HD-DVD had the most support because it had more secure DRM and was also cheaper to produce, since they can use existing DVD equipment.

How much do Blu-Ray discs cost anyway?

A Blu-Ray disc costs about $23 from what I've seen (A whole lot cheaper than I imagined)

Also, (Taken from wikipedia.com) "HD DVD initially received more support than Blu-ray from film studios and distributors, but the two formats are now close in levels of industry support. However, HD-DVD has fewer exclusive content providers: only Universal Studios, among the majors. Blu-Ray is backed by 20th Century Fox, as well as the Sony subsidiaries Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment."

vonbismarck · 07-18-2006, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by P11

Blu-Ray will probably be more successful, however they are vitually the same product....aside from their name and a couple performance differences. Also, I was checking out a Blu-Ray player at BestBuy and they take a LIFETIME to load a dvd, I'm not to sure about HD-DVD but I would like to wait until blu-ray reaches 4x or 8x speeds.

I have not actually checked either one out but from what I have read in reviews, HD-DVD is even slower to load than Blu-Ray.

It is hard to compare prices for discs as I have only seen blank Blu-Ray ones. When it comes to movies, they are both around the same price with Blu-Ray going for between $23-$30 and HD-DVD around the same (though one or so is almost $40). The HD-DVD player is cheaper though although when the PS3 comes out it will be a cheap Blu-Ray player (but will probably still be considered an expensive game console).

Blu-Ray also has a larger storage capacity than HD-DVD which might help it.

SC7 · 07-18-2006, 12:53 AM

HD-DVD is slightly cheaper per disc, plus cheaper to make, because old DVD equipment can be used with a little modification. I think Blu-Ray will fail because it's just one company behind it. People don't like one company (sony) trying to dominate, and they've failed before (Betamax, UMD). To me, it just seems like sony won't be able to get themselves the edge. Now, another thing, remember, the better product doesn't always win. Xbox was better than PS2 and GCN technologically, it got 2nd in the US, and 3rd worldwide. Betamax was superior to VHS, and it floped, same with laserdisc. The market looks for the happy medium, such as if HD-DVD is somewhat close to Blu ray, and offers good enough performance, they'll be going after that every last penny in order to get that small cash saving (which does add up).

baballin328 · 07-18-2006, 12:57 AM

i think both cost too much, and blu ray's price is ridiculus ($1000?!)

SC7 · 07-18-2006, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by baballin328

i think both cost too much, and blu ray's price is ridiculus ($1000?!)

It'll come down in price when it's ready to hit the mass market, either that or Sony goes to big, and kills themselves again.

baballin328 · 07-18-2006, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SC7

It'll come down in price when it's ready to hit the mass market, either that or Sony goes to big, and kills themselves again.

lol

but blu ray burning is impressive. it can burn 25GB of data in 45min.

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