Blu-Ray or HD-DVD

bball4life

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Well when you see commercials on tv for movies coming out on dvd, some of the time they say and soon available on blu-ray. Only time will tell but since the ps3 is using blu ray it sure seems like it will exist for the time being, while there isn't quite as much hype over hd-dvd
 
SC7

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bball4life said:
Well when you see commercials on tv for movies coming out on dvd, some of the time they say and soon available on blu-ray. Only time will tell but since the ps3 is using blu ray it sure seems like it will exist for the time being, while there isn't quite as much hype over hd-dvd
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UMD didn't take off when it was part of PSP, all of the movie companies are abandoning support for UMD.
 
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vonbismarck

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SC7 said:
UMD didn't take off when it was part of PSP, all of the movie companies are abandoning support for UMD.
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I don't think there was ever really that big of a support for UMD though (besides from Sony). I could be wrong though as my memory is not very good. From what I have seen though, there is a lot of support for Blu-Ray.
 
bball4life

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SC7 said:
UMD didn't take off when it was part of PSP, all of the movie companies are abandoning support for UMD.
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I am just saying that right now there is more support for blu-ray at least what companies are showing publicly. Its giving blu-ray the upper hand, but I am not saying that means it is going to win. But it has my vote.
 
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vonbismarck said:
I don't think there was ever really that big of a support for UMD though (besides from Sony). I could be wrong though as my memory is not very good. From what I have seen though, there is a lot of support for Blu-Ray.
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And just as much for HD-DVD, so this could get rather interesting. Bball, I'm not exactly sure what you mean, to me, it seems HD-DVD is winning there, as it has some old slightly over 100 more backings, perhaps this has changed...
 
bball4life

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SC7 said:
And just as much for HD-DVD, so this could get rather interesting. Bball, I'm not exactly sure what you mean, to me, it seems HD-DVD is winning there, as it has some old slightly over 100 more backings, perhaps this has changed...
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Just a question, but 100 backings from who? I personally have not heard much about hd-dvd, not saying that there isn't hype about it, but I have heard a lot more about blu-ray than hd-dvd. It will be interesting, but to be honest it will probably have a lot to do with how popular the ps3 is and the price comparison between the hd-dvd and blu-ray, the cheaper will most likely win, as long as quality is close.
 
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Well, not exactly sure of all of them, (there was a comparison, can't find it), but HDDVD has Microsoft and Intel.
 
Atsumi

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SC7 said:
^^ But they won't use that for games, because original customers (like me) would be pissed as hell if we had to go about buying a new extention to play games. As for Sony being a bad thing, it looks more like this, Sony has a mass name behind it, and is really in total control of what's going on with it. It's going in PS3, and people may get bad "vibes" so to speak, coming from Sony. Many companies are behind both products, just one invented each. Sorry for the confusion, plus, with idiot consumers, a lot may just by HD-DVD, because they'll think, oh, It's dvd, AND ITS HD!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :rolleyes: Anyway @bunty, you cannot play a DVD in your DVD-ROM drive, they took the picture of wikipedia, but it is a much smaller finer lens, and it is also in blue color, making drive speeds different two, so the whole drive needs to be revamped.
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I'd be very mad too. I waiting in line at midnight to get mine the day it comes out. I might buy the external player for DVDs though. Depends on whether I have money for a PS3 or not.
 
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vonbismarck

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bball4life said:
Just a question, but 100 backings from who? I personally have not heard much about hd-dvd, not saying that there isn't hype about it, but I have heard a lot more about blu-ray than hd-dvd. It will be interesting, but to be honest it will probably have a lot to do with how popular the ps3 is and the price comparison between the hd-dvd and blu-ray, the cheaper will most likely win, as long as quality is close.
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Here is a list of the companies supporting HD-DVD: Member List - HD DVD Promotion Group

and here is a list of those for Blu-Ray: Supporting Companies

There may be other companies for either side, this is just what I have found.
 
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Impr3ssiv3

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just the other day i was at CONS a electronic store in texas and in the back room they were about to have a briefing or public meeting thingy(cant remember the name) and it was on the Blu-Ray player which would cost $2000
 
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Impr3ssiv3 said:
just the other day i was at CONS a electronic store in texas and in the back room they were about to have a briefing or public meeting thingy(cant remember the name) and it was on the Blu-Ray player which would cost $2000
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Do you know what brand? The only one I can think of sells for ~$1,000.
 
bigsaucybob

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diroga said:
which ever format offers the most porn will win. sex sells
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I dont think the porn market of each format will sway who wins.


HD DVD will be more affordable and has gotten the jump start.

Blu-Ray has a higher capacity on their discs and has more backing from major movie companies and other consumer electronic producers.
 
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