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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray...the format war

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chadoweasel:
Are any of you home theater buffs? Its one of my hobbies, and I want to go on record as being the first SBG to predict the failure of the Blue-Ray format.  ;D

If anyone is up on this stuff, lets discuss.

Tyler:

--- Quote from: chadoweasel on January 21, 2007, 09:55:52 PM ---Are any of you home theater buffs? Its one of my hobbies, and I want to go on record as being the first SBG to predict the failure of the Blue-Ray format.  ;D

If anyone is up on this stuff, lets discuss.

--- End quote ---

That's interesting because I'm predicting that Blu-Ray will quickly become the format of choice.  The reason I think this is because of the PS3.  But this isn't the only reason.  There is much more acceptance of Blu-ray from movie studios and other companies (http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/blu-ray-vs-hd-dvd-state-of-the-s-union-s-division/).  It's the PS3 that I think will catapult it over the edge.  Mostly due to the kids and adults that all invested in it over Christmas and won't go investing in a HD Dvd player when they can just buy Blu-Ray DVD's to play on their PS3.

ar3inc:
I would not call myself a home theater buff, because I don't really follow thru so much on the tech side, but I don't like the idea of my +300 DVDs being phased out.  DVDs work great.  A 2-year old and DVDs don't always mix, but oh well it was only his DVDs.

PigPen:
I'm not a buff, but I do try to keep up. I get a Crutchfield catalog in the mail regularly, and I was lookin at some Blu-Ray stuff and couldn't believe the price of the damn player. It was at least $999.99.....I'm thinkin what the hell?!?! No way would I go for that.

How about Blu-ray, the new Laser Disc?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......or the new Beta even

chadoweasel:
Tyler, its the other way around. Blu-Ray is more difficult to put movies on and costs a lot more. Many studios favor HD-DVD because it takes only minor upgrades of the current way DVD disks are produced. Blu-Ray needs mostly all new equipment. Another thing is that many HD-DVD disks have the DVD version AND the HD-DVD version on the disk, so it can be played in both old and new players. They say the production cost is hardly more than current DVD's. There really is only one major advantage of Blu-Ray and that is it holds more data (which really may only matter to games since movies use nowhere near a full disk)......but I remind you, Betamax was not only a bigger storage format but actually a superior format to VHS and look where that got it. I funny thing is, many say that was due to the porn industry going with VHS. And now, the porn industry has chose HD-DVD. That is the major factor to why I think HD-DVD will come out on top.

As far as PS3 is concerned, most reports I have read...and word from a few friends in game retail I have, the PS3's aren't selling well. I know a guy that works at Best Buy and he said they have like 15 PS3's just sitting there. Meanwhile the Xbox 360 is still outselling them. I'm sure thats mostly due to price, but it could also be because you can make the switch to HD at your own pace by buying the HD-DVD player later for $199.

This all is a big deal to me because I love movies and home theater. I don't why to be stuck with the losing equipment. I have a little resentment to Sony for always trying this proprietary crap, and still have a bad taste in my mouth for what they did with UMD disks. So in a way, since there is a battle of the formats, I don't exactly feel like cheering for Sony. I just wish a clear winner would come out so I can buy some sh%t.  ;D

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