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Who Will Win the Disc Format War?
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Blu-Ray 2 14.29%
HD-DVD 7 50.00%
The Greedy Corporations 0 0%
Do I look like I f***ing care? 4 28.57%
Nintendo....?! 1 7.14%
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The Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD Format War
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Draco69
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The Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD Format War

God in heaven. I'm sticking with DVDS until this ridiculous brand war between movies studios and manufactuors like Sony and Microsoft dies down.

Oops! I can't play my recently bought Harry Potter movie! Apparently it violates some zany copyright law I didn't know existed....


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I have 180 DVDs. No way in hell am I getting a Blu-Ray just to have them collect dust.


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quote: (post)
Originally posted by Sin Harvest
I have 180 DVDs. No way in hell am I getting a Blu-Ray just to have them collect dust.


laughing out loud

You can still view them on the Blu Ray player.


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When is Blu-Ray set to hit the market?

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i'd prefer it if they brought out boxsets on one blu-ray or hd-dvd disc, no more changing discs after episode four of a season.

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I will wait for a couple years until there is a clear victor.


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I think its gonna take a long ass time before people accept blu-ray on a 'common' level


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Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
I think its gonna take a long ass time before people accept blu-ray on a 'common' level


Exactly.

Just look how long it took DVD's to take over the far inferior VHS.... anybody remember LaserDisc? BETA?

Now that DVD's are the mainstream, the casual movie buyer isnt going to spend another $500 for another disc player. Or spend all thier hard earned money on HDDVD movies that they already own on DVD.

I'm going to say 5-10 years before it comes close to even coming near DVD's. They're too mainstream to up end them.

The funny thing is that alot of casual moviegoers dont even like High Def movies....."it's too clear".

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Originally posted by El_NINO
laughing out loud

You can still view them on the Blu Ray player.


Yeah, but what's the point of buying an expansive Blu Ray player if your not going to watch your favourite movies in High Def on it?

Those DVD's will collect dust because you would want to buy them again for the High Def, the reason why you bought the player in the first place/

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Originally posted by Smasandian
Yeah, but what's the point of buying an expansive Blu Ray player if your not going to watch your favourite movies in High Def on it?

Those DVD's will collect dust because you would want to buy them again for the High Def, the reason why you bought the player in the first place/


Its like the first generation iPOD holders, they have an iPOD but the new ones have color a better click wheel video and its a heck of a lot smaller.

Simply because a few years ago Hif Def DVDs were not available.. come on... I dont necessarily think Blu Ray is a must have product but that too me is a weak excuss not to buy Blu Ray.


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how's it a weak excuse?.. he's saying you'd have to replace your entire dvd library with HD-dvd to get the best possible enjoyment out of the newly purchased hardware.. thats really impractical... what would you propose to do to get rid of all of those dvd's? (assuming he's a movie fanatic)


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Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
how's it a weak excuse?.. he's saying you'd have to replace your entire dvd library with HD-dvd to get the best possible enjoyment out of the newly purchased hardware.. thats really impractical... what would you propose to do to get rid of all of those dvd's? (assuming he's a movie fanatic)


My point is you cant change the past now can you?... of course not, you buy the new product because of future use in mind.


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I think its better to do that 'after' the hardware drops in price... future use serves no purpose in the present


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I say HDDVD, mainly because I have a 360 and will prolly pick up the add on. roll eyes (sarcastic)


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Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
I think its better to do that 'after' the hardware drops in price... future use serves no purpose in the present


Exactly.

Nino, High Def movies wont become mainstream until 5-10 years.

It took DVD's to hit mainstream over VHS in 6 years, thats because DVD's offered much better visual quality, sound quality and accesibility.
The new format offers better visual quality and sound, but its still the same thing as an DVD.

The casual moviegoer isnt going to be swayed by it. It also doesnt help that you need an HDTV to actually use the hardware, so really, you think are going to be an HDTV and a HDDVD player?

That's asking alot of people.

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by Smasandian
Exactly.

Nino, High Def movies wont become mainstream until 5-10 years.

It took DVD's to hit mainstream over VHS in 6 years, thats because DVD's offered much better visual quality, sound quality and accesibility.
The new format offers better visual quality and sound, but its still the same thing as an DVD.

The casual moviegoer isnt going to be swayed by it. It also doesnt help that you need an HDTV to actually use the hardware, so really, you think are going to be an HDTV and a HDDVD player?

That's asking alot of people.


Like I said, I dont think Blu Ray or HDDVD is a must have thing but simply because you cant watch your old movies in Hi Def isnt a valid excuse, if thats the case then you shouldnt ever buy it.


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And that's my point to begin with.

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Blu-Ray is quite expensive to develope on. I bet developers will go with HD-DVD more than Blu-Ray.


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What does HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have going for them, space-wise?


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30 GB for Dual Layer HD-DVD and 50 GB for Dual Layer Blu-Ray.

You guys should check this out though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

3 TB storage!!


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