hd-dvd or bluray

Specs are better with Blu-Ray, I've seen more about Blu-Ray, and more companies seem to support it... I feel quite sure it'll be the winner.
 
HD-DVD is cheaper... Blu-ray is better but more expensive. We'll have to wait and see which one is more practical.
 
I think the more practical one will win, HD DVD...

Just take a look at

beta max vs vhs
laser disc vs dvd
mini disk vs mp3 players (flash media, ipod, etc)
DDR Vs RIMM (yeah RIMMs were faster but DDR was cheaper and easier to make)
EDO Vs SDRAM

I can go on and on and on, but I think blu ray is just plain out going to fail considering its high cost and high requirements. Plus if you play back a movie on blu ray and HD DVD side by side, do you really think most consumers are going to be able to physically tell the difference?
 
tlarkin said:
I can go on and on and on, but I think blu ray is just plain out going to fail considering its high cost and high requirements. Plus if you play back a movie on blu ray and HD DVD side by side, do you really think most consumers are going to be able to physically tell the difference?
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I agree, there isnt much of a difference yet quality wise, so it comes down to the user and how much he/she is willing to spend.

Would you spend $20 for an HD-DVD, or $30 for a Blu-Ray DVD, if they look exactly the same?

Would you pay $500 for an HD-DVD Player, or $1000 for a Blu-Ray player?
 
I thought blu ray movies were going to be 40ish dollars each or something stupid like that.....

Oh well, the good news is, it will drive down the price of DVD movies. I hate going to a movie store type place and find out they want 30 dollars for a DVD right now. Blu ray is going to be more expensive.

The only plus side I see is, if you buy a series DVD. Lets say the Sopranos for example, will now have a whole season on one blu ray disc. However, that is really more of a convienence thing and not a feature.
 
It depends on who wins the console war. If the PS3 with its blu-ray player comes out on top, it'll probably be blu ray. If the 360 wins, it'll be HD-DVD. If they do equally well, it'll be HD-DVD for the reasons mentioned above.

And if consoles make no difference, it'll probably be HD-DVD because that is what people are used to hearing-DVD. Just with an HD, which is High Definition. So people will feel like they know what the technology is. But blu-ray, most people won't know anything about it and will stay away from it.
 
tlarkin said:
The only plus side I see is, if you buy a series DVD. Lets say the Sopranos for example, will now have a whole season on one blu ray disc. However, that is really more of a convienence thing and not a feature.
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Not really because the format will be in HD (obviously) so the amount of space it will take up on the disk will be more than a regular DVD format
 
Dual Layer Blu Ray disc holds 50gig of data. You are telling me a DVD movie is going to use all 50gigs of data?

I don't think that is right. However, you put a whole series from TV in HD it might take up that much space. Just compare it to HD DVR recordings from cable. Your average one hour tv show, w/ commercials is just under 1 gig, or just at one gig. that means 1 blu ray disc could easily hold up to approximately 50 episodes at that rate.

I think its complete over kill and the market doesn't need that type of technology. HD DVD will be cheaper, and will fit both the industries and the consumers needs.
 
mrbagrat said:
It depends on who wins the console war. If the PS3 with its blu-ray player comes out on top, it'll probably be blu ray. If the 360 wins, it'll be HD-DVD. If they do equally well, it'll be HD-DVD for the reasons mentioned above.
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Not really considering the 360 has a regular DVD drive and the upgrade kit for a HDDVD drice is $200, I don't know how many people are going to jump on board.

tlarkin said:
Dual Layer Blu Ray disc holds 50gig of data. You are telling me a DVD movie is going to use all 50gigs of data?

I don't think that is right.
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Some possible ideas to use the space are more audio languages, special features and a DVD movie is going to be more than 2x the size it is now when they actually make them 1080p. We'll see what happens.
 
jjsevdt said:
Not really considering the 360 has a regular DVD drive and the upgrade kit for a HDDVD drice is $200, I don't know how many people are going to jump on board.
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i haven't yet... i have no use for it... it's too expensive and nobody really supports the technology...

it seems that all the optical disk technologies coming out now are not going to really be used as a standard for a few years... as most of the prospective buyers can't afford the required equipment...
 
I go to the hometheaterforums.com these guys know their stuff most of them agree hd-dvd is better than bluray and alot of them own both go and read up...
 
Blu-ray has more support behind it, but i see both on the shelves in stores so you never know. they're sold in essentially the same (smaller than DVD) cases and blu-ray's in a blue case and the HD-DVD is sold in a red case.

a blu-ray player will be standard on SONY's new PS3 though, that might give them a little extra support along with more companies backing it up. officially, microsoft hasnt taken a side so we'll see what windows vista will have built in support for. maybe both you never know.
 
tlarkin said:
Dual Layer Blu Ray disc holds 50gig of data. You are telling me a DVD movie is going to use all 50gigs of data?

I don't think that is right. However, you put a whole series from TV in HD it might take up that much space. Just compare it to HD DVR recordings from cable. Your average one hour tv show, w/ commercials is just under 1 gig, or just at one gig. that means 1 blu ray disc could easily hold up to approximately 50 episodes at that rate.

I think its complete over kill and the market doesn't need that type of technology. HD DVD will be cheaper, and will fit both the industries and the consumers needs.
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I completely agree with you. Maybe games, but in movies Bluray is just... too much. I think the quality on normal dual layer DVD's are enough, thankyou very much!
 
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