Mr.INSANE Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 The new format came way to early, I still have VHS tape's lying around i know people that have never heard of dvd's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 The new format came way to early, I still have VHS tape's lying around i know people that have never heard of dvd's Do they live under a rock? Fragal rock perhaps j/k lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.INSANE Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Do they live under a rock? Fragal rock perhaps j/k lol. Old People in for the win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 blu-ray has a little over 60% of the market share since inception. basically, since an ever-increasing percentage of movie corporations are supporting blu-ray vs. HDDVD, it stands to reason that blu-ray will be the most supported. but i'm waiting it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I will have to reseach it again, but whole "disk" thing is going away given a few years, they have developed something that will store like a hundred times the capacity of dvd's. Anyhow, hd is poised to increase resolution already. When buying a hd tv, make sure you get one with a Native resolution of 1080! Interlaced and progressive. Ive heard progessive is best, that is what computers are primerily. If you really want to find out how extream tvs will get research "open cable" from cable labs!All tvs are extremly out dated right now. You can still use them, but it will always require a box! If you have any questions feel free to ask! P.S. If the hdmi cables works, you wont get a better pic spending more money!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnoutZ Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Someone told me blu-ray is better. It is able to hold more information than a hd dvd and able to project more pixels than an hd dvd. Im not saying hd dvd is bad... its just that blu-ray is alittle better... but isnt hd dvd cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(goldfish) Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I'm trying to boy-cott both until they get rid of the DRM "stuff" and agree to a single format. Sadly I see this going the way of the dvd-+rw. Dual format being the standard. I'm waiting. Heh, 1080p, I out grew that w/ my 15" monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I'm trying to boy-cott both until they get rid of the DRM "stuff" and agree to a single format. Sadly I see this going the way of the dvd-+rw. Dual format being the standard. I'm waiting. Heh, 1080p, I out grew that w/ my 15" monitor At least I'm not the only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Well the HD DVD we bought is doing a great job. Unboxed it last night and watched 300 on it. WOW. The main reason I went with HD DVD was I can still play my regular DVDs on it. If I understand what the sales dude told me about Blu-Ray, it won't accept or read regular DVDs... that kills the idea of getting to one player, and I don't want to have 10 different media disc players! This also gave me the excuse to move my Panasonic DVD player to the garage and to "make" a movie of all my trackday footage, timed to music and including graphics! I now have "stuff" I can watch on the TV again! I eventually want to put a cheap flatpanel in the shop on the wall! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoorenc Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 If I understand what the sales dude told me about Blu-Ray, it won't accept or read regular DVDs... He lied to you one that one..... My Blu-Ray plays Blu-Ray Disc's, regular dvd's, recorded dvd's, Audio CD's, DVD-A, Super Audio CD's, MP3-cd's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Kinda dumb on his part then, because I went in expecting to pay $400-600 on a high end Blu-Ray machine and walked out with a $220 HD DVD machine! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_hunt Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I got the 1080p, question though. Is the blue ray the only one that transmits in the 1080p or does the hd dvd do that as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoorenc Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 The cheaper HD-DVD's are 1080I, the more expensive at 1080P. All the HD-DVD players are at the lower VC-1 decoding rates. Also all warner brothers movies are of this type. Bluray are at MPEG-4 AVC. Because of the smaller disc size of HD-DVD's they will never be able to run with the higher MPEG-4 AVC settings. Just not enough disk space. What gets confusing is that Bluray will run either ar VC-1 or MPEG-4 AVC. But since HD-DVD can't run at MPEG-4 AVC, then Warner Bros. just makes everything at VC-1. So then the people watching bluray will look no better than the HD-DVD when watch a Warner Bros. disc. Here is an article out on Dec 21st: As this year comes to a close, Hollywood Reporter is making a few predictions about what they expect to see from Hollywood next year. With regards to the format war in 2008, they predict, "Blu-ray blows away HD DVD". Citing the strength of sales as the major reasons for it eventual success, they also suggested that the PlayStation 3 is a major driving force for the format. More notable about the article is that current Blockbuster trends show Blu-ray being favored 70% to the rival format at stores featuring both products. With those statistics, Blockbuster is sure to maintain their current company policy to support Blu-ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedRacer Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 The biggest problem with two formats is that some of the Hollywood studios are supporting only one of the formats so the movie you want to see might not be available in the format that plays on your machine. And yes, Blu-ray has had a slight lead in the number of titles available and sold but that was because of Sony being first and the fact that they own a movie studio. The landscape is shifting since Dreamworks and Paramount recently decided to stop producing Blu-ray disks. If Sony wasn’t so greedy we would only have one format. Why should you have to own both a Blu-ray player AND a HD DVD player to see all the movies you want to watch. I’ll say it again, my upconverting player works great so I’m not buying either one unit they straighten it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoorenc Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Thats one nice thing about the PS3 it upverts regular DVD's and can play Bluray's. But you never know. I remember when Beta-max (also Sony) was a lot better than VHS. But VHS lowered its price, stuck it in wal-mart and next thing you know, everyone has a P.O.S. VHS player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jap tin Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Well Santa, AKA the wife, got me the Sony blu-ray for Christmas. Now I don't have to decide. The picture is fantastic. Even my regular DVD's look better in the blu-ray unit than in my old dvd player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdenno Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 I've had a Toshiba HD DVD player for a few months and love it - loads of HD videos on Netflix. That said, buy a Blue-Ray player as I tend to always go with the wrong format. My HD player may end up in the closet with my Beta video player and 8 track audio set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yesterday I visited the worlds largest disc manufacturer in the world...Cinram. They told me the future is Blu-Ray. There are only two studios supporting HD , Toshiba is starting to lower pricing on HD units...dumping?.....and in their "opinion" the Bluray format is far superior with potential for advancement. I have to assume they know their stuff. Anyway, FYI, hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Warner Brothers announced they will only be releasing DVDs in blu-ray from now on. The news quoted that as 75% of all movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I'm going to hold off on bluray/hd-dvd for quite a while. 2 formats is excessively stupid, especially when not all distributors will publish titles in both formats. Dual read units are great, but super expensive. What I do plan on doing, however, is building a media center box (actually, almost done building) to hook up to my new tv. I treated myself this holiday season to a 56" panasonic LCD projection in 1080p What I do want is to get the DVD unit for hte PC that's capable of reading both bluray and hd-dvd (i saw them for ~250 or so) and use the PC for everything. It'll function as a DVR, possibly hd tuner, play dvds, youtube, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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