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If you like true hi-def, support 1080p now in either format

Posted by 4season on June 24, 2007 at 13:27:03

In Reply to: Hi-def video war: folly of taking sides? posted by townsend on June 23, 2007 at 18:03:24:

I think the format war is less important than the survival of movies on 1080p as a whole.

Imagine this scenario: What if you could see into the near-future, and you discovered that the future was all about 480p video, which isn't even high-def. And that HD DVD and Blu-Ray offered the highest quality video you'd ever be able to own, only you couldn't own it anymore because both formats flopped because too many folks just sat on the sidelines waiting for one format to prevail over the other, and in the end, both got yanked from the market, with no replacements waiting in the sidelines?

I think this is a very real possibility, and it's already happened with Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, even the various flavors of AM stereo. Don't hold your collective breaths waiting for 1080p video on demand or available for quick and easy download anytime soon. THAT particular future is more likely to remain 480p, and maybe heavily compressed 480p at that.

So my current feeling is: If you really like true high-def, show your support by buying and renting HD DVD and Blu-Ray movies, and encourage others to do the same. Because these might just be as good as it gets for a long time.

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