In Reply to: he mostly posts sales figures posted by Jazz Inmate on December 16, 2007 at 19:33:04:
Last time I checked, both formats used the same video and audio encodes. I have never yet watched a movie on Blu-ray and said to myself: "Self, that Blu-ray movie was far superior to the one I watched on HD DVD". Plus, the interactive features on HD DVD were complete when the first machine hit the shelves. Blu-ray is a work in progress. It was rushed to market.
And please don't bring up the old Blu-ray has more space argument, or the Blu-ray has better bandwith argument. Neither of these "advantages" has been a factor so far. What are the Blu-boys going to do when the 51GB HD DVD starts getting used?
The only true advantage Blu-ray has is more CE support. Studio support at this point has been a wash since Paramount and Dreamworks jumped ship. It's funny how all the BD supporters want the war to end. Personally, I could care less. Hardware prices are less than half what they were at this time last year.
The only solution will be a merger of sorts. Dual format players that will play a unified disc format, but the consumer will not know if he's getting a BD disc or an HD DVD. Either disc could be used by the studio depending on what suits the film. A renaming to High Definition Disc (HDD) or something along that line.
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Follow Ups
- Inferior?? That's a load of bull - at least it's complete - TK421 06:03:44 12/17/07 (4)
- "... Neither of these "advantages" has been a factor so far..." - oscar 07:14:17 12/17/07 (3)
- RE: "... Neither of these "advantages" has been a factor so far..." - Jack G 09:04:45 12/17/07 (2)
- You are correct the percentage of HD DVD with lossless is rising (but still not close to 100%). - oscar 18:25:06 12/17/07 (1)
- Re: - Jack G 04:52:56 12/18/07 (0)