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Mr Kleen wrote:apparently the war is over
Yeah...I have always been firm in my belief that Blue Ray would win out between the two but did you notice that the third technology that held 1TB seemed to mysteriously disappear?Sabre wrote:Now THAT was funny! I hate to say it, but I saw this coming...
Wonder if Sony bought them out or had the main guy whacked? I have both players but oh well...looks like HD will eventually dwindle out but I will still buy the movies in both until then.
You might just get your wish.complacent wrote:Once you can get a player for less than $100 and a movie for $20 or less, I'll consider it.
Does this sound deparate? Yeah, probably. But considering that all those "exclusive, Blu-Ray only" movies are actually available in HD DVD format from the U.K. ... and that the HD DVD format does not use region coding ... it means you could get a high-def disc player dirt cheap and still get all the movies you want.Consumer electronics maker Toshiba Corp said on Monday it is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent
While the news may fall under the 'Duh' category, it's still relatively shocking how quickly the death knell for HD DVD player sales came on after Warner Bros. announced they were dropping dual hi-def DVD format support in order to back only Blu-ray. According to a Computerworld story, the week after Warner's announcement, sales of HD DVD players dropped to 1,758, down from 14,558 players the week before. In contrast, consumers bought 21,770 Blu-ray Disc players, up from 15,257 the previous week.
I have blueray, HDDVD, and the DVD w/ 1080i upconversion. The DVD w/ upconversion does look a little better than a standard DVD but when I play a standard DVD in my blueray or HDDVD player it looks so much better than the DVD player w/ upconversion. I have since removed the DVD player w/ upconversion so it is no longer connected. I don't think it is really worth upgrading from a standard DVD player to another DVD player w/ upconversion...IMHO.WRXWagon2112 wrote:I'm curious as to whether they include PS3 sales in that "Blu-ray Disc players" figure.
Yeah, unless there's some major change (like studios defecting to HD DVD) it looks like Blu-ray will be the new standard.
Btw, does anyone else have an up-converting DVD player? Is it just me, or do they look pretty good? I'm thinking I could live with keeping my current DVD collection (not re-buying the titles as Blu-ray/HD DVD) until disc prices for high-def movies come down.
Either that or just download the movies in HD. No need for a plastic disc.
--Alan
I'm willing to bet that your HD DVD and Blu-Ray players are doing an upconversion, too. Possibly to 1080p. It's just that the converters they use are better quality than that in the upconverting regular DVD player.sirwilliam wrote:...when I play a standard DVD in my blueray or HDDVD player it looks so much better than the DVD player w/ upconversion.
IIRC, both my HighDef players are only doing 1080i output which is what my high end Denon standard DVD player w/ 1080i upconversion was doing as well. My tv does upconversion to 1080p. The Denon player has Faroudja processing which is one of the best companies in the world for upconversion/video processing so not sure why the High Def players looked better. They all utilized HDMI as well.WRXWagon2112 wrote:I'm willing to bet that your HD DVD and Blu-Ray players are doing an upconversion, too. Possibly to 1080p. It's just that the converters they use are better quality than that in the upconverting regular DVD player.sirwilliam wrote:...when I play a standard DVD in my blueray or HDDVD player it looks so much better than the DVD player w/ upconversion.
--Alan
1. Nearly all current Blu-ray players are already obsolete.
2. Blu-ray is best on a big-screen TV.
3. There are still very few movies available on Blu-ray.
4. Blu-ray still has growing pains.
5. Prices have nowhere to go but down.
Well duh on the first paragraph! His Caveat is an obvious CYA since he admits that the adoption rate is higher than the last time a format change took place.As of February 5, 2008, there are less than 450 current Blu-ray titles available in North America (not counting discontinued and adult titles). That stacks up well to HD DVD (around 400). But it's a drop in the bucket compared to standard DVD, which has at least 90,000 titles available (including TV shows).
Caveat: Sure, it's small now, but the number of Blu-ray titles is growing slowly but surely. In fact, Blu-ray and HD DVD adoption (combined) has actually outpaced that of the original DVD format, which took three or four years before it really went mainstream.
Yep, already jumped on this deal. This is just the beginning of the downfall for HDDVD. My father informed me that Barnes & Nobles is getting rid of all their HDDVD movies so expect to see more sales.WRXWagon2112 wrote:For those who already have an HD DVD player or one of those dual-format players ... get yer HD DVD's while they're hot!!
50% off at Barnes & Noble plus use code Y4R4K7D for an additional 25% off. That makes some titles $11.25. Shipping is Free if you spend $25 or more.
--Alan
--AlanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Online video rental company Netflix Inc said on Monday it would exclusively stock Blu-ray high-definition DVDs after a decision by some the world's biggest movie studios in favor of the Sony Corp developed format.
Netflix has stocked DVDs using both Blu-ray and the competing HD DVD format developed by Toshiba Corp since they first came on the market in early 2006.
Four out of six major Hollywood studios have recently decided to publish high-definition DVDs only using Blu-ray.
Netflix said that with such a clear signal from the industry, it will only buy Blu-ray discs going forward and will phase out stock of HD DVD by about the end of the year.
I have two huge boxes of jewel cases with cd's in them, should my dually-backed-up mp3/aac/mp4 collection go away. I plan to throw them out or ebay them or something next move. They're fucking heavy and I don't think I've ripped more than four cd's in the last year, and that's because they were on small labels I couldn't get digitally.complacent wrote:I'm inclined to believe that most end consumers are not ready to abandon their DVD collections just for the sake of HD. I don't see many early adopters in this segment. That being said, I'll wait to declair a winner.
(his OP-ED on iVidiots is funneh as well.)
While I agree with you completely, I do believe you're (we're, weA're, m0Ar, etc) in the minority.avriette wrote:
But dvd's for me, are going the way of the CD. I hear the arguments about HD vs blu-ray and I get a real rectal itching feeling like fuck, people, can we just be done with physical media already?
We rip the dvd's we like, and I'm waiting until I can rip my damn video games. These format differences between consoles are giving me similar itches.
