John Miller
United States of America
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(Jan 9, 2006 - 10:13 PM)
I like both formats, but it is good and bad at the same time for consumers, because we have to pay for both formats/players to view movies, episodes, etc.
Both are good and very similar in certain ways, but support, word of mouth, and availability will win the format war.
HD-DVD has decent support from the movie industry but Blu-ray has 2x the support in this area as well as much more support in PCs. Dell, one of the leading manufacturers in PCs, is supporting Blu-ray exclusively. HP, second is supporting Blu-ray and HD-DVD, Sony, NEC, and others are also supporting Blu-ray.
Normally, everyone looks at a disc format as of now, which is, no offense, stupid. You should ALWAYS look into the future with any format because we as consumers have to pay for these formats. Blu-ray has a more secure future than HD-DVD because of capacity and could prove to be as cheap or cheaper than DVDs, in manufacturing atleast. HD-DVD is cheaper now, but how long until something replaces the format with something newer and us as consumers have to pay for these high priced media players and new formats? IMHO, the more logical choice is Blu-ray.
(Dec 27, 2005 - 11:15 PM)
This is good news for Sony and their partners. I'm glad to see Blu-ray Discs coming along nicely and seeing that Blu-ray promoters and the BDA are already getting prepared for a mid-2006 launch. This is truly a huge thread for Toshiba and partners. HD-DVD is looking to be beat in almost every way.
(Dec 2, 2005 - 12:57 PM)
Haha. Look at all you fools saying "bad move" and "who cares about fox?" and all that crap. Bunch of Sony haters, HD-DVD is dead. Get over it. www.blu-ray.com, get used it.
Blu-ray is going to win the next-gen format, anyone who hates it can suck it.