Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD

***Veridian3*** · Feb 18, 2008, 04:20 AM

It seems that the format "war" is pretty much over and Blu-Ray has been victorious. Did the right format win?

Discuss...

**ChaosMinionX** · Feb 18, 2008, 04:33 AM

HD-DVD was dead when it came out.

It offered nothing over Blu-ray, and despite early reviews Blu ray had about not supporting various codecs, the support was later added. And PS3 played a big role in killing HD-DVD even if you dont want to admit it, it put more players in the publics eye, and although it was a gamble for Sony, it paid off.

Glad I didnt buy a dual format combo drive

Son_of_Thunder · Feb 18, 2008, 05:06 AM

I'm sad that HD-DVD didn't win. It was far less expensive to buy both players and movies, yet still offered HD quality.

Sayonara HD-DVD, enjoy cuddling with beta and laserdisc.

thunderclap · Feb 18, 2008, 09:38 AM

I don't think downloadable content will replace optical media anytime soon except for rental purposes. With the amount of drive space required for a 1080p HD movie it just isn't practical. And what about special features? How are they going to incorporate that? If digital download does take off for actually purchasing films it won't be for another 5-10 years.

OmegaRED · Feb 18, 2008, 03:18 PM

LOL@Downloadable content...many ISP's have monthly caps the size of just one Blu-ray movie

Do people have any idea how much bandwidth would be required to download movies at an acceptable speed? Unless you're fine waiting a few days for a download to finish it isn't practical.

I like Blu-Ray, it sounds cooler and it has more storage space which means higher bitrate and quality. Other than that I'm just glad the war is over.

Necrosis · Feb 18, 2008, 03:29 PM

I need not bother say anything.

MooN*FiRE · Feb 18, 2008, 10:07 PM

Just to use blu-ray in my system I have to upgrade to core 2 duo 3.0+ GHz :/.

Zelig · Feb 18, 2008, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MooN*FiRE

Just to use blu-ray in my system I have to upgrade to core 2 duo 3.0+ GHz :/.

Or a video card with proper acceleration. With my 2.8 GHz Athlon 64/8800 GTS G92, I can play Blu-ray discs with about 15% cpu usage.

mike2h · Feb 18, 2008, 11:11 PM

while i went with bd cause i thought it was obviously(to me) going to come out on top, i a mglad its over & would have been almost as happy had hd -dvd won. just wanted one of them to win - sooner than later.

CDsDontBurn · Feb 19, 2008, 01:04 AM

i will vote when the option of "who cares who won, i'm just glad it's over" option is made available

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now that it's clear that BR won, when i get the chance, i will go out and buy me a standalone BR player....yes, a standalone, not a ps3.

Judas · Feb 19, 2008, 02:01 AM

why?

get the LG drive.... it's cheaper then a stand alone BR player... ontop of that.... you can watch any HD-DVD movies that may come on special..... brilliant peice of technology that i'm glad someone had the balls to produce finally.....

Cannyone · Feb 19, 2008, 03:17 AM

I was in favor of HD-DVD, primarily because I have a grudge against Sony.

But for the time being I'm more than happy with regular old DVDs and an upscaling DVD player. I can rent movies for $1 a night. And I can continue to use XP (not even interested in a stand alone) Though I do have an upscaling player in the living room it's connected to a 720p TV. My computer on the other hand has a 24" display that is native 1920x1200.

Maybe by the time 5 1/4" Blu-Ray drives are down to around $200 the format will be closer to a "solid standard". As it stands any of you that wants to buy a Stand Alone Blu-Ray player is wasting their money. None of the current players, besides the PS3, is compatible with the 2.0 standard. And just a flash upgrade won't hack it! You're going to have to buy a new unit.

I'm not buying into Blu-Ray any time soon. 1. I don't really trust Sony. 2. Blu-Ray is too expensive for my tastes. 3. DVD is ubiquitous atm, so I don't see Blu-Ray replacing it. 4. I would prefer to download an "HD rental" that way I don't have the expense of running to the store. Xbox Live does this just fine.