HD DVD or Blue Ray?

[GoldenP51]

Originally posted by AKIron
It's really irritating that these guys couldn't agree on a single hi-def standard. If history could be depended upon to predict the future then I'd guess blue-ray will go the way of betamax but who knows?

This seems to happen everytime a new format comes out...gotta love choices.  If you all recall when DVDs were first coming out there were several "types" including one idea of disposable play-once dvd's...


If I were you I'd just wait it out another year or 2...or get one that plays both if you have the cash to blow on that.  The battle is raging pretty hard...and I'm not even sure one will come out the sole winner.

[lasersailor184]

Originally posted by RightF00T
DRED I've heard that about electronics from Walmart from more than just you...after buying 3 electronics from there and them crapping out within months I'm starting to believe the rumor.  You got any real-life experiences to back it up?  I don't know if its just the shirty electronics I buy or Walmart.

It's because of how Wal-Mart operates.  I've heard (may be a wild rumor, but my consumer experiences seem to validate it), that Wal-Mart will pick up a product, and sell it for way less then they should.  They take a hit to their profits with this product.

A year or two in, they demand that the producer lower the price of the product 10-30%.  Should the producer not accept the new terms, they don't sell their product.  Since the producer is now accustomed to that money coming in, they either accept the new price and try to cut corners and slash quality for outgoing to Wal-mart products, or they take a financial hit by cutting the size of their company.  Most companies choose option A.



If I had some money to burn, I'd try to validate this especially in the Food Department.  I have a suspicion that the amount of food is less than the listed amount, but I have no empirical evidence to back this up.

[ariansworld]

I think Bray will win the war..... simply because the disc holds more.

[GoldenP51]

Originally posted by ariansworld
I think Bray will win the war..... simply because the disc holds more.

That, and the logo is cooler, it sounds cooler to say "Blue-Ray" than HD-DVD and the free BlueRay player already built into the ps3 vs having to buy an hddvd for the Xbox360 (i'm an xbox fan btw)


I think they are kind of stupid reasons but I actually think those will win the war...if not win it at least tilt it more heavily towards sony



only reason I have some reservations is that the HD-DVD is a lot cheaper...however with the integrated PS3 I'm not so sure this will be as big a factor as it used to be...and prices will probably continue to come down on the Bray player


edit: i'm still gonna wait this one out myself another year or 2

[Shuffler]

Samsung has a unit that plays both for about $799. I just bought a HD-DVD with upconvert. The upconvert brings standard DVD up quite a bit but not to true HD.

I bought the Samsung HD-DVD after looking at the whole setup in depth. Blue Ray has a little more corporate support at this time but HD-DVD is less expensive for the manufacturers to upgrade to. DVD manufacturers can upgrade their lines with very little cost to make HD-DVDs while Blue Ray is a whole new manufacturing process requiring complete retooling.

Basicly to make HD discs it requires a blue, instead of red laser. Blue has a shorter wave length allowing the user to place more info in a smaller area. HD-DVDs in dual layer form are capable of holding 30 gig of info while the Blue Ray in dual layer is capable of 50 gig. One plus on the Blue Ray is that more layers can be added in the future to allow up to 100 gig info in a four layer setup.

I believe that because of the initial cost required to manufacture and mass produce Blue Ray, it will not be the chosen one.

No one will know for a few years.............

PS I just bought a Samsung 61 inch HDTV 1080p DLP with LED engine and the HD-DVD looks GREAT.