Blue Ray wins

jetmonkey

jetmonkey

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Vince said:
And would someone explain to me how this is a big victory for the comsumer? :confused:
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The regular DVD format is probably good enought for most comsumer's needs. HD offers better picture and sound, and but you have to buy some expensive hardware to get the benefit of it. The disk storage capacity is greater, too, but frankly most of the special features aren't very special. One exception; always watch the Eli Roth extras, usually very entertaining.
 
GWguy

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Vince said:
And would someone explain to me how this is a big victory for the comsumer? :confused:
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jetmonkey said:
The regular DVD format is probably good enought for most comsumer's needs. HD offers better picture and sound, and but you have to buy some expensive hardware to get the benefit of it. The disk storage capacity is greater, too, but frankly most of the special features aren't very special. One exception; always watch the Eli Roth extras, usually very entertaining.
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Did you see my post in the other blu-ray thread about prices going UP, not DOWN? There is no longer any competition, and overseas markets cannot quickly reproduce the sophisticated bly-ray technology.

Consumers are not wining.....
 
Kerad

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Vince said:
And would someone explain to me how this is a big victory for the comsumer? :confused:
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:yeahthat:

It's a victory for Sony...that's about it.

Blu-Ray players are much more expensive than HD-DVD, and aren't capable of doing as much (yet). And if you already bought a Blu-Ray player (that isn't a PS-3) it's already obsolete.

If you want to access all the features available on Blu-Ray discs, you should wait until the version 2.0 machines comes out. They probably won't be very affordable...without competition, there's not much incentive for them to be.

Of course, by the time the fully functional Blu-Ray players are affordable enough to become commonplace in homes, HD downloads may have taken over as the preferred format.
 
jetmonkey

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GWguy said:
Did you see my post in the other blu-ray thread about prices going UP, not DOWN? There is no longer any competition, and overseas markets cannot quickly reproduce the sophisticated bly-ray technology.

Consumers are not wining.....
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I figure it will play out the same way DVD did; prices will fall gradually until it eventually replaces DVD and then will be shortly overtaken by the next format. The disks are mostly priced @ $29.99 with some @ $34.99. There are a lot of Buy One Get One sales and $19.99 sales. I know I've basically stopped buying anything at this point.

A lot of people are saying that HD downloads are the wave of the future, I just don't see it what with download speeds being where they are and ISPs starting to try to charge people for access based on activity instead of the traditional AYCE model.
 
mainman

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jetmonkey said:
A lot of people are saying that HD downloads are the wave of the future, I just don't see it what with download speeds being where they are and ISPs starting to try to charge people for access based on activity instead of the traditional AYCE model.
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Direct tv now has an "on demand" platform available currently in beta format. I networked my DVR the other night just to check it out. I have comcast 6MB cable internet and it took 2 hours to download a regular 480 movie. I'm sure the time will be triple to download an HD formatted movie...:jameo:
 
jetmonkey

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mainman said:
Direct tv now has an "on demand" platform available currently in beta format. I networked my DVR the other night just to check it out. I have comcast 6MB cable internet and it took 2 hours to download a regular 480 movie. I'm sure the time will be triple to download an HD formatted movie...:jameo:
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That and #### on my DVR gets pixelated all the time, I'd be bent if I downloaded an HD movie and it had pixelation in it because of HW issues like that.
 
GWguy

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Toxick said:
If you bought into HD-DVD, never fear:

Convert Your HD DVDs to Blu-Ray - Wired How-To Wiki
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My thought is: don't bother to re-write it to a blu-ray. If you've already ripped it, save it and play it from the hard drive, save the cost of the blu-ray player. I have about 1.5 Tbytes of ripped DVDs now, was looking to experiment with ripping HD disks. Problem tho is that some disks can't be ripped, like the Disney DVDs. I haven't had success with them at all yet.
 
Kerad

Kerad

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jetmonkey said:
A lot of people are saying that HD downloads are the wave of the future, I just don't see it what with download speeds being where they are and ISPs starting to try to charge people for access based on activity instead of the traditional AYCE model.
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It's already started with the rental market. HD movie rentals are currently being offered via Comcast On-demand and over the XBox 360 live service. Apple TV and other HD download services are soon to be up and running, as well, if they aren't already.
 
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