Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD: The On-Going Battle

If there can be only one, who will win the high definition format war and why?

If there can only be one, might as well choose the one offers more space, i.e. Blu-ray.

I agree- if you are going to chose one they both provide the same quality, why not pick the one that has the greater room for more goodies needing more space.

I finally got off the fence and went HD-DVD. $180 at Costcot with 5 free movies. I have about 15 movies now. Blade Runner: Final Cut was simply amazing.

Former Beta owner here. I got ****ing burned on that fiasco. I bought a mini disk. Got ****ing burned on that too. Memory stick? Name a pro level DSLR made that accepts Memory stick?


Screw Sony. They burned me too many times.

FYI - for the record I manually put in the **** Space is irrelevant. Who's going to be burning to HD-DVD with optical drives so cheap? Not me.

I don't think either will win. I think this is different from the VHS vs. Betamax as companies are already starting to make duel players. I think we will just have systems that will play both and it won't really matter witch one you buy.

cosworth wrote in post #4615650
I finally got off the fence and went HD-DVD. $180 at Costcot with 5 free movies. I have about 15 movies now. Blade Runner: Final Cut was simply amazing.

Former Beta owner here. I got ****ing burned on that fiasco. I bought a mini disk. Got ****ing burned on that too. Memory stick? Name a pro level DSLR made that accepts Memory stick?

Screw Sony. They burned me too many times.

FYI - for the record I manually put in the **** Space is irrelevant. Who's going to be burning to HD-DVD with optical drives so cheap? Not me.

I agree that Sony does seem to have a track record for introducing great formats that don't quite catch on.

Yeah, I've been straddling the fence with Sony Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 for a while now and finally decided to go ahead and get the 40gb PS3 first. Although it's more than likely that I'll end up with both units, like I did when I got the PS2 and original Xbox. Both are great systems and I'll keep both of them for nostalgia's sake, but there is some serious competition for the next dominating DVD format. Blu-Ray intrigues me. I'm always blown away when I walk into any electronics store and they've got Pirates playing on a display Blu-Ray system. Despite what this poll is showing so far, right now it seems that Sony's Blu-Ray format has the edge being backed by more big major league powerhouse studios and selling more Blu-Ray discs as opposed to more HD DVD players being sold, but not as many HD DVDs (as far as I know). It'll be interesting to see how things turn out.

Dan-o wrote in post #4615843
I don't think either will win. I think this is different from the VHS vs. Betamax as companies are already starting to make duel players. I think we will just have systems that will play both and it won't really matter witch one you buy.

That's also true. We may be blessed with having the option to always being able choose from either format in the long run. Both sides win. Everybody's happy.

cosworth wrote in post #4615650
Former Beta owner here. I got ****ing burned on that fiasco. I bought a mini disk. Got ****ing burned on that too. Memory stick? Name a pro level DSLR made that accepts Memory stick?


Screw Sony. They burned me too many times.

This is the fate of to many that have back Sony and their "emerging technologies".

I personally went HD-DVD because of:
1) price (HD-DVD players are much less expensive right now than Bluray)
and
2) the fact that HD-DVD is from Toshiba.. one the on the chief innovators of the DVD spec as we know it today (yes they beat out Sony before in the format war for DVD specification)

So either way if Bluray wins out I am not out as much money as I would be if I purchased a Bluray player.

And don't let those overblown numbers of Bluray users out there get to you, those numbers include the players which are equipped in the successful PS3.

BTW.. funny article on this subject, which I stumbled upon earlier...

http://www.technewswor​ld.com/story/web20/610​03.html

Either way it will be interesting come the 2008 CES show next week!

No adult movies on Blue-Ray. I'm getting hd-dvd.

coralnutz wrote in post #4616077
No adult movies on Blue-Ray. I'm getting hd-dvd.

I'm not so sure...

BillsBayou wrote in post #4445625
The porn industry is backing the Blu-Ray technology.

Though I can't remember exactly, I read this somewhere as well. And we all know sex sells...

Debbie Does Dallas now in High Def!

Hmmm...

http://arstechnica.com …s/post/20070112​-8602.html

But then there are adult titles available in Blu-Ray...

Warning: Must be 18 years or older to view content

http://www.climaxflix.​com/cart.php?type=prod​&prod=24481

My PVR delivers a LOT of hi-def content. The ONLY movie I cannot get on HD-DVD that matters to me is Casino Royale. But it's on my PRV in hi-def.

done.

Very interesting Cnet video. Looks like HD DVD is more of a friend of porn...

http://www.cnettv.com/​9742-1_53-25822.html

...and could well be the ultimate deciding factor.

cosworth wrote in post #4616724
My PVR delivers a LOT of hi-def content. The ONLY movie I cannot get on HD-DVD that matters to me is Casino Royale. But it's on my PRV in hi-def.

done.

I'm a huge fan of Bladerunner and I'm happy I can get it in either format. I'm a little upset that Transformers is not available on Blu-Ray though.