HD DvD vs. BlueRay

[David in Van]

Getting up

Having to get up once every 3 hours is too much of a hardship for you?
I'm not sure how fast this one is going to take off unless the average Joe is blown away by the difference between a regular DVD and an HD one it might be a couple of years yet

Perhaps that is why he poons. No one else is willing to go to the trouble of helping him get up.

 

[David in Van]

Sony makes good products?

Well hopefully history repeats itself and "Beta" dies a quick death.

Sony is a company I love to hate and hate to love... they make some great stuff but having to stand out from the crowd with all their "Sony only" stuff it's so annoying... even their mini-DV tapes are supposedly "incompatible" with non-Sony mini-DV camcorders (they do work, but are "use at own risk" and allegedly can cause damage to the heads over time). I generally avoid buying Sony now unless it's the best... if another company makes an equal product, I will buy it because a) it'll probably be a bit cheaper b) it'll probably be compatible with more brands c) I won't get any "but we're Sony" attitude if I need service. Unfortunately (and fortunately), Sony still makes a lot of damn good products, often best in class... can't live with them, can't live without them...

I guess it depends on what you consider good. I won't be trading in my Classe power and pre-amps for Sony's any time soon.

 

[David in Van]

One thing to consider.

In a few years, people will be asking the question:

Why would I buy a movie, when I can download it to Windows Media Player Version 25 or Real Player or whatever for $4.99?

Why would I buy a Blue Ray or HD player, when I have Media Player and a 10,000 gigabyte hard disk?

Sure it might take 12 hours to download a movie, but you can do it overnight or start in the morning and watch it in the evening.

 

[maverick73]

I guess it depends on what you consider good. I won't be trading in my Classe power and pre-amps for Sony's any time soon.

Cool, you own Classe too? They are the best aren't they?

Sony does make good products... not good amps or preamps, but then again, no japanese company makes good amps or preamps... but Sony does make a lot of other good electronics, like monitors and TV's.

 

[wilde]

To the Company who brought us betamax, mini-discs, memory sticks, and now blue ray, basically one dead horse after another, FUCK OFF. If I was a betting man I would bet on HD.

 

[Randy Whorewald]

If I was a betting man I would bet on HD.

Bill Gates is.

 

[agentman]

DVD Collection

Alot of people are concerned that their present library of DVDs will be obsolete with the arrival of HD-DVD and BlueRay format. I saw on the news recently that the manufacturers were considering making the new format players backwards compatible so people can play their regular DVDs as well. Don't mothball your DVDs just yet.

 

[Randy Whorewald]

Alot of people are concerned that their present library of DVDs will be obsolete with the arrival of HD-DVD and BlueRay format. I saw on the news recently that the manufacturers were considering making the new format players backwards compatible so people can play their regular DVDs as well. Don't mothball your DVDs just yet.

That is correct the HD-DVD is backwards compatible with existing DVDs and some models will even up-convert them to HD - provided you are hooked up via HDMI.

 

[dirtyd]

That is correct the HD-DVD is backwards compatible with existing DVDs and some models will even up-convert them to HD - provided you are hooked up via HDMI.

from what i have heared the new HD DVD and blueray DVD signal is sent through HDMI, if you dont have a newer HDTV with HDMI you cannot use these players. so if you have a tube tv, or an older HDTV without HDMI these players are useless to you, as you will not even be able to hook it up to your tv. All in all these fuckers are making you buy a $2000-$3000 TV just to watch either HD DVD or Blue ray DVD

 

[Randy Whorewald]

from what i have heared the new HD DVD and blueray DVD signal is sent through HDMI, if you dont have a newer HDTV with HDMI you cannot use these players. so if you have a tube tv, or an older HDTV without HDMI these players are useless to you, as you will not even be able to hook it up to your tv. All in all these fuckers are making you buy a $2000-$3000 TV just to watch either HD DVD or Blue ray DVD

That is correct DirtyD - you will have to have HDMI equip. to use either HD-DVD or Blu Ray.