HD DVD or Blu-ray? UPDATE: HDDVD Dies

Jensen · Last edited by Jensen on Feb 16, 2008 5:41 pm; edited 1 time in total

What are your thoughts on the new war between HD DVD and Blu-ray? Is this another format war where only one will survive, or will there just be both formats? I am weary to choose either one, since most movie companies either support one or the other. I'm just afraid this might be a VHS/Betamax war where the party that supports one is going to be screwed by choosing a format with no future.

personally, i think there will be one winner, because its just going to be too complicated to carry both. think of how video rental stores will be, in the next 5 years they will be carrying dvd, HD dvds, and blu-ray, and some movies will only be in one format or the either. So is it too early to buy a HD dvd player, or should i wait to buy a player in the near future that supports both formats?

for those of you that don't know, the only major difference between HD and blu-ray is that the blu-ray discs have 20 more gigabytes of storage.

on a side note, my brother went ahead and bought the xbox 360 HD DVD player, and all i can say is the thing is awesome, the quality blew me away. i watched king kong a couple hours ago and it was spectacular.

tommyadrian5 · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 907

Personally with the advent of HD VOD I think DVD's themselves are going to be in survival mode shortly.

liquidfool · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 668 City: borelando

Sony has always made good format descisions. I mean, just look at how well Betamax and MiniDisc did. And now their success with the PSP and its UMD format, just goes to show us that Sony is never wrong when it comes to this stuff. And the same goes for their proprietary Blu-Ray technology. Sony will definitly come out on top of this battle.

SIKE!
Rolling Eyes

ttuclint · Addict Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 984 City: Lubbock, TX

HD DVD will be the winner in this deal. The name alone gives it a HUGE advantage. The player prices need to come down before either becomes relevant. $400-500 for a HD DVD or $1,000 for a blu-ray, give me a break.

numbfoot · Posted: Nov 27, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

Bubb Rubb blu-ray. i'm so over sony. i am a complete dumby wumby for buying a PSP.

Jensen · Posted: Dec 05, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject:

Michael Bay: Microsoft wants both HD formats to fail
>> From movie director Michael Bay on his blog:

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Porn industry went HD-DVD.

Discussion over.

PimpinD2 · Posted: Dec 05, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject:

chavez, yep.

DRAGON88 · Posted: Dec 05, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

chavez nailed it. Pron is probably why Betamax failed against VHS as well.

logan · Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject:

J-Ro · Posted: Dec 07, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

DRAGON88, It was exactly why.

Jensen · Posted: Jan 05, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

Warner Bros. Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
>> From the press release:

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

Jensen, not only that, Blu ray isn't exactly dead when it comes to the Porn industry.

Sony opens up to Blu-ray porn
Stiff objections go flaccid in face of demand

Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 31 Jul 2007
Sony appears to be weakening on the role of Blu-ray in the pornography industry.

The company has said that it will not allow its media to be used for pornography, but a survey of sellers at the Adult Treasure Expo 2007 in Chiba, Japan has shown that while Sony claims this policy is unchanged it is supporting the production of Blu-ray porn in other countries.

"In Japan, there are some problems. Companies cannot press Blu-ray discs because they cannot touch adult-related contracts," Kiyotaka Konno, director of administration at Assist, a Japanese company that authors and replicates DVDs for the adult industry in Japan, told IDG News.

"So we asked some makers in Taiwan to do the work, and then we import the discs back to Japan. The Taiwanese company was able to obtain a pressing machine from Sony and will start mass production in August."

The first films, 'JK,' 'Sex Vacation in Guam' and 'Eroist', are already being shipped back into Japan.

Blu-ray has already lost the market for the pornography industry in the United States, with most producers standardising on the HD DVD format, as it is cheaper to use.

Experts believe the decision of the porn industry to standardise on the VHS rather that Betamax format was a key factor in the last format wars.

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Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

All I know is that Blockbuster has Blue-ray and not HD DVD. That's not a good sign for HD DVD. You can find HD DVD players for around $200 now and I've almost bought one a couple times just because our DVD player seems to skip toward the end of discs.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Why, other than owning a PS3, would anyone invest $ in to either format right now?

We are seriously not far off of streaming HD, downloadable HD, etc. These silly shiny discs are going to be completely obsolete before you know it.

That said, when the winning format's players get in to the 100$ range, I would then invest. Until then, you are wasting your cash on early gen (read: bug prone) technology (exception given to PS3).

kdip · Posted: Jan 06, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject:

chavez, Damn, you said it before me.

If your going to get Blu Ray you might as well by the PS3 cause its way cheaper.

Is that the only difference between Blu Ray and HD DVD, 20 gigs more? And if those articles said something about it, I was to lazy to read.

Jensen · Posted: Jan 06, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject:

i only picked up a bluray player because it was priced good, 250 bucks plus 5 free movies. plus its too expensive to buy hddvd movies for the xbox 360 when you'll watch them maybe once or twice, i'd rather rent blu-ray from blockbuster.

and streaming HD sounds great, but not when only dial up is offered at my house Crying or Very sad

Jensen · Posted: Feb 16, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject:

and HDDVD dies Sad

Tyler T · Posted: Feb 16, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject:

Ugh. I hate Sony.

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

pyrocasto · Posted: Feb 16, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject:

Just for the record, Blu Ray kicks total ass!(not hd dvd's ass, just ass in general)

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

They had a clip on the news how Wal-Mart was discontinuing them. There was 1 guy in all of wal-mart in the HD section and everyone else getting blu-ray. The reporter went up to him and said they were discontinuing it and he was like "whaaaa!??" Laughing

Erik · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 6:24 am Post subject:

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Erik, do you have HD or something??? I didn't mean to offend anyone with that little story. Laughing

It was just funny cause he was the only guy in the store shopping for HD and everyone else was in the blu-ray section.

microman · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 10:47 am Post subject:

I wonder if this guy is still loving his tattoo?

http://modblog.bmezine.com/2007/05/03/takedown-this/

Tyler T · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

Erik, why did you delete your response to ontrider?

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

??? I haven't read any of the HD threads and I don't know anything about either format, all I own are regular dvds... but I have a feeling that I hit a nerve with Erik maybe for some reason??? Erik you can pm me if you have a problem... I have no beefs with you.

Jensen · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

theres rumors stirring that microsoft may incorporate bluray players into their systems as soon as may 2008.

IMO i'd push HD streaming since that is the true future.

Erik · Posted: Feb 20, 2008 6:38 am Post subject:

Ontrider no beefs on the HD thing. HDDVD RIP.

This was another matter. PM sent.

spyd4r · Addict Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 701

Yay Blu-ray!

Blu-ray FTW, love it.. have 30+ BR movies.

Finalflash25 · Addict Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 531 City: Hendo