State of Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD a different perspective | Thread profile

Quote: Originally Posted by miata The real competition for HD-DVD and Blu-ray is SD DVD. There are tons more titles, they are cheaper, and you can get them anywhere. You can play them on any DVD player and most PCs and everyone has one. You can easily watch any region title from anywhere anywhere else. You can make personal copies, you can store them on a harddisk and stream them throughout the...

One simple point I am trying to make, and I hope the CE companies are listening, is that in the short-term an HD player better be able to do a decent job of playing SD DVDs. Players that cost $1000 or more better be really, really good at playing SD DVDs. Otherwise, people will simply hold-out longer. It was the threads about SD DVD performance that first attracted me to the Toshiba HD-A1. If the...

Quote: Originally Posted by thomopolis So seeing ten HD-DVD's is worth an extra $250-$350? Well, you can obviously do what you want, and I'm glad you're happy with your purchase. But, after shelling out $120k for the room and $12k for the home theater, yes... I think the extra $200 (and that is the exact price difference, using current Amazon prices: $199 vs. $399) for the A1 is worth it: 1...

Quote: Originally Posted by miata One simple point I am trying to make, and I hope the CE companies are listening, is that in the short-term an HD player better be able to do a decent job of playing SD DVDs. Players that cost $1000 or more better be really, really good at playing SD DVDs. Otherwise, people will simply hold-out longer. It was the threads about SD DVD performance that first ...

I pretty much agree with your post.... and it was a long read. I started out as a huge bd fan (because of the storage capacity per layer) but when I started to read more about the formats it became clear hd-dvd did many things much better than bd like making alot of things "mandatory" from day 1 vs everything being an "option" in the bd spec. Stuff like the dual video with iHD, ethernet ports, ...

Quote: Originally Posted by dominicr do you have a hd-a1? No. I came very close to buying one at the time that the G2 players were announced. I decided to collect more data on the G2 before purchasing. Then the good news on the Denon 2930CI came out and I was sold. My TV is analog, so the whole HD DRM business is a big gamble for me. The only thing that is certain for me is that I will be ...

Good thread with knowledgable discussion- I planned on sitting the "format war" out, but a few things happened. A new 1080p panel and a thirst for HD content. Hell my display/receiver/ speaker set up was way under 10k and at the end of the day I had to have content- I auditioned both formats and HDDVD was the best choice for right now. Really a $400 dollar player, a few purchased titles (or ...

Quote: Originally Posted by miata Hmmm. According to Robert's (value electonics) post: "The XA2 is HDMI 1.3 and the A2 is HDMI 1.2a." So, the only HD player that will not have HDMI is the XBox 360. You are correct, I was thinking about 1080p support in my head at the time (not that is really terribly...

What do you think about this (I have it in Grubert's therad page 7, I'll move it to it's own soon) I also have a paper I wrote for one of my classes in reguards to HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray, from a market perspective. http://journals.aol.com/sawyeriii/r...wyers-though ts/ or just the pdf http://hometown.aol.com/sawyeriii/bluvshd.pdf Quote:...

I think that there are several points that get missed by many writers: I think that the argument that since every PS3 console will have the ability to play a BD video, that that equates to those numbers being viable BD customers. I still maintain that the true market analysis is the overlap of PS3 consoles with HD displays. The studio commitment ...