BluRay Vs HDDVD

[Domsz06]

thanks for the info guys.

[ragboy]

no, they are not closeouts, just the cheaper hd players don't go to 1080P. This is HD-DVD getting cheap players out there to try to kick bluray's ***.

I think Sony thought the PS3 was going to be thing that won it for them, now that it isn't, they have to come up with another game plan.

Walmart had a sale back in early November, they went really fast. My brother found out about it online. They were 1080i players, my guess is that they were getting rid of them since all the new TV's are 1080p. The 1080p model was closer to $200 I believe.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34650/97/

[da.bell]

The Harry Potter movies are coming out next week on HD DVD.... $120 will be worth every penny.

[ragboy]

where are you guys getting $98 HDDVD players?

Walmart, and the like, a bunch available on black friday. Keep looking.

[ragboy]

Ah, Disney is big but the pornographic industry has which format? I thought it was HD DVD...

HDDVD, because bluray has snubbed them.

[ragboy]

We recently got the entire matrix trilogy on HD, and rewatched. That was fun.

[Domsz06]

where are you guys getting $98 HDDVD players?

[da.bell]

Newest support for movies is about 50/50. The link above is from 2005. Many have jumped ship or gone cross platform. The bigger studios are HD-DVD. Sony has Disney, and so far is its only saving grace.

Ah, Disney is big but the pornographic industry has which format? I thought it was HD DVD...

[Lucky 275]

The cool thing about the $98 HD-DVD is that if you use HDMI, it will upconvert Standard DVDs, and the Xbox will as well. Not that my kids care, but our Disney DVDs look much better with the upconversion than on my older Toshiba Tivo/DVD player.

Lucky,
I am getting the $98 HD-DVD for christmas from my family as well. Glad my brother saw that, it was a great deal. For $98 I am not concerned about making the "wrong" decision. Should be interesting to see how much better it is on my 1080i TV than normal DVD's.

BTW - Netflix rents HD DVD's, The first one we watch will be "The Borne Ultimatum".

Should be interesting to see how this all shakes out though.

[sparky216]

I work for Toshiba, and you would think that I support HD-DVD right.











Well I do

[Graham Morris]

"The huge difference between this go around and the VHS Beta formats was that there was actually a difference in the picture quality on tape"

And look who won. VHS the inferior product won.

The sooner a combine Bluray HDDVD player comes out the better. If not I will have to get both. Currently have blue ray player and hddvd player attached to xbox 360.

Look awsome on my 120" full HD front projection screen or the 60" plasma

Graham

[dogbert]

BTW, Blockbuster stopped carrying HDDVD. It think it sucks. Especially since they polled their customers and the overwhelming majority had HDDVD. Makes you wonder what they are thinking.

[ragboy]

HDDVD has a triple layer 51GB capability, and even can create hybrid discs with dvd and hddvd on same disc.

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