In Reply to: Blu-Ray needs to win this fight. posted by oscar on April 14, 2007 at 06:29:58:
That's a lot of crap. The extra space isn't needed unless one wishes to use MPEG2, which seems to be Sony's preference. Newer, more efficient codecs like VC-1 or AMV use much less space and require less of a bitrate. For all of BD's technical "superiority", they can't produce a picture better than HD DVD. At best they can equal it. As far as space goes, Universal got Jackson's king kong,3 hrs. 8 mins, on a disc, and it is considered by many to be reference quality.>>>I've just started this game, but so far, Blu-Ray whacks HD-DVD based on all three (3) HD-DVDs<<<
Then do your homework. The only way to compare them is with the same movie-Warner's movies look the same on both formats. Same codec and transfer for both.
Most people who own both consider them comperable, or prefer HD DVD for PQ and BD for AQ.
In the mean time, BDA still hasn't even finalized the specs for Blu-ray. It was supposed to be done by June, but they pushed it back until October 31. That's why BD isn't getting all of Warner's movies. BTW, this may also mean that many/ most BD players will be obsolete by Oct. 31.
enjoy,
Jack
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Follow Ups
- Nonsense - Jack G 06:56:59 04/14/07 (15)
- no lossless or uncompressed pcm - Joe Murphy Jr 13:04:50 04/14/07 (4)
- I'd want the HD video with uncompressed 24/192 or SACD 5.1 audio tracks. - oscar 09:07:26 04/16/07 (0)
- Re: no lossless or uncompressed pcm - Jack G 17:00:42 04/14/07 (2)
- audio quality - Joe Murphy Jr 18:06:09 04/14/07 (1)
- We are basically in agreement. - Jack G 08:46:02 04/15/07 (0)
- So you don't think the extra storage space is needed ? - oscar 07:20:33 04/14/07 (9)
- No - Jack G 11:15:45 04/14/07 (4)
- I don't expect "new" BD movies to NOT work on "old" BD players. - oscar 11:23:27 04/14/07 (3)
- Unknown - Jack G 11:47:19 04/14/07 (2)
- Re: Unknown - oscar 19:10:25 04/14/07 (1)
- Re: Unknown - Jack G 08:11:02 04/15/07 (0)
- BR MAY be theoretically superior, but I consider Sony the Microsoft of consumer electronics--a monopolistic bully... - jeffreybehr 10:42:30 04/14/07 (3)
- Easy solution: Just don't buy Sony hardware or Microsoft products. - oscar 11:16:18 04/14/07 (2)
- Re: Easy solution: Just don't buy Sony hardware or Microsoft products. - dbphd 11:34:22 04/15/07 (1)
- Since you brought it up, I've been blessed with having to work in a Unix environment. - oscar 16:37:39 04/15/07 (0)