i may be nice enough to look up stats on each here shortly but which will win the battle and why? would like to see your responses!
Probably HD, just because it’ll see wider circulation first, and the technology to create it will be cheaper. But it won’t really matter until there’s media that actually uses it, so if Blu-Ray can mature before a market for something other than DVD becomes large, it could stage a come-back.
Someone on Slashdot once posited that it’ll be decided by the porn industry, which may not be that far off the mark. They do tend to be early adopters.
very good observation there Belisarius i think you might be right but blu-ray seems to have more backers in the business!
I say blu-ray will be formidable though, simply because it will be a used media and it has benefits of size storage. Though, also I heard the discs could apparently survive screwdriver attacks and could be wiped clean with any clothe etc… due to a special plastic layer. (Not so sur on it now…)…
But, Blu-ray will feature in the PS3, so it will be a used format, and people who buy a PS3 won’t need no HD-DVD player, unless they can easily afford too, which I don’t think they can. But Blu-Ray I think is the better player, simply because it sounds better, looks better, and has better stats.
I’d like to see Blu-ray being the victor here, but Microsoft is one of the companies behind HD-DVD, so I don’t know… :kuma:
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I'd like to see Blu-ray being the victor here, but Microsoft is one of the companies behind HD-DVD, so I don't know... :kuma:But their HD-DVD solution for the Xbox is external…so if Blu-Ray wins they can just make a new one XD
very good points personally i think blu-ray will win also but i’m gonna end up with both probably!
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I'd like to see Blu-ray being the victor here, but Microsoft is one of the companies behind HD-DVD, so I don't know... :kuma:Not that Sony’s been playing nice with the consumer when it comes to media formats and DRM.
I’m on the fence at the moment. I almost hope both formats die. It would serve them right for being too greedy to come to agreement on one standard. Either that or the chinese high-def disc format to take over; that would be hilarious.
A few comparisons off the top of my head:
Blue Ray
- Larger capacity
- More expensive
- Antiquated MPEG2 compression
- Sony (bastards that need to go bankrupt)
- More draconian DRM restrictions
HD-DVD
- Smaller capacity
- Less expensive
- Fewer DRM restrictions
- Modern compression codecs
- Micro$oft
- Initial movies look better
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I'm on the fence at the moment. I almost hope both formats die. It would serve them right for being too greedy to come to agreement on one standard. Either that or the chinese high-def disc format to take over; that would be hilarious.A few comparisons off the top of my head:
Blue Ray
- Larger capacity
- More expensive
- Antiquated MPEG2 compression
- Sony (bastards that need to go bankrupt)
- More draconian DRM restrictions
HD-DVD
- Smaller capacity
- Less expensive
- Fewer DRM restrictions
- Modern compression codecs
- Micro$oft
- Initial movies look better
Those are the first disks…the format actually supports H.264/AVC & VC-1
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Those are the first disks...the format actually supports H.264/AVC & VC-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-Ray#Codecs
Don’t count on that changing too soon. Sony has a ton of MPEG2 related patents, so we can expect them to push it hard.
ill take HD-DVD over blu-ray because I cant afford a 599 dollar PS3
Price drop wait is a virtue 
Well, there is the question of whether or not it will succeed in the market-place, and whether or not anyone will actually make Blu-ray discs for it.
DVDs were a marked improvement over VHS tapes. It could hold more, was a smaller size, could be used on a computer for both movies and data, and was random access. What major improvement will Blu-Ray have? There isn’t a pressing demand for the ability to hold more than a DVD. It would be neat in the case of TV series to have a whole season on one disc, but it’s not a huge leap in technology. Most software products don’t need any more space than a conventional DVD gives them.
So what motivation is there to move to BluRay? What would the increase in space actually give you? Is that worth in huge ramp-up costs in switching from DVD? The possible loss of market considering the lack of people with BluRay players? What can BluRay provide that HD-DVD can’t? What additional content would people be willing to shell out for that wouldn’t be available on HD-DVD?
Also, there are competing methods of distribution that may take big bites out of this “next-gen” market that distributors might be looking at as well. We now can get content directly through the internet, and given the huge market demand, might see solid-state devices as a feasible alternative within a few years. With all the competition, it might not be worth it to take a risk on these new mediums - especially if they can’t figure out what to do with the additional space over regular DVDs.
Actually, I forgot about that. But indeed, there is no real point in shifting up from DVDs at the moment. I think it’s mainly to do with companies having no revenue and therefore trying to create something that will make them money in the end. I really believe both of them will fizzle, I doubt many people will want to replace their dvds, and is there any actual noticeable differences between HD and as it is now?
But I believe DVDs will just continue and be dominant for still some time.
No change… 
The rsolution is all the change any one should need. The resolution of a DVD makes me cry…I want HD content that I can buy, but there is no medium out there that would deliver it to me for a reasonable price. Besides when DVDs first came out they were expensive and not everyone could afford them.
yep supply and demand is the question here in reality!
sony learnt a bitter lesson from its betamax days. it has since shore up on its library of movies and music. i like sony’s technology but dislike being tied to its proprietory hw/sw.
What I dislike about Sony is their prices…expensive…
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The resolution of a DVD makes me cry...I want HD content that I can buy, but there is no medium out there that would deliver it to me for a reasonable price.A good upconverting DVD player will go a long way. When we upgraded ours, the picture looked at least 2-3 times as good as a normal cheap-ass DVD player. Oppo is one brand that makes good upconverting DVD players at a reasonable price.