blue ray sux,hd dvd rawks

**custard** · 12-11-2007

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07314...d=business.xml

I enthusiastically recommend HD DVD because it's a better product and a better proposition for consumers. Signs are showing it is going to trounce Blu-ray, and soon. Surprised? Read on.

For those looking for a single sentence explaining why go with HD DVD: It's a better thought-out, more solid product than Blu-ray, it is half the price, and picture and sound quality are identical. At less than $200 including seven or more movies, HD DVD players are a stunning value. Why pay twice the money when Blu-ray has serious issues and the movies look and sound the same?

I smile when I see people buying HD DVD players based on bargain pricing, because they are unknowingly getting the Ferrari as well! Despite its purported superiority and much higher cost, Blu-ray is the emperor with no clothes. HD DVD has been superior since day one.

On the other hand, at launch Blu-ray's picture quality was horrible, generating barbs such as "needs to go to the scrap heap" and "who in their right mind would ever like this?" Though they have since closed the picture quality gap, almost all Blu-ray player models announced or existing are already obsolete. They conform to an early player profile that does not support upcoming disc features. Profiles should have been finalized before product launch! Blu-ray's record has been spotty at best, and if you say it sounds like they have been fixing it as they go along, I'd say you are right.

ChrisUK · 12-11-2007

Totally agree with that. Any propriatary format is doomed from the start anyway. Sony Minidisk anyone?

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**custard** · 12-11-2007

in the US ,hd dvd players are getting uber cheap.
there was a special deal on a toshiba model for $99
best buy ran out of stock so fulfilled orders by giving the next model up in the range for $99!!!

vtec · 12-11-2007

wasnt there problems with the blueray discs detereorating aswell? think i read that somewhere.,

ChrisUK · 13-11-2007

Originally Posted by vtec

wasnt there problems with the blueray discs detereorating aswell? think i read that somewhere.,

Wouldn't supprise me

. Can remember how annoying minidisks were

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vtec · 13-11-2007

Originally Posted by ChrisUK

Wouldn't supprise me

. Can remember how annoying minidisks were

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i used to have a minidisc player in the car and then a few of the later stereos, they drove me to being a sony-hater.,lol

ChrisUK · 13-11-2007

Originally Posted by vtec

i used to have a minidisc player in the car and then a few of the later stereos, they drove me to being a sony-hater.,lol

Yeah Tell me about it I had a player in the car and a top Spec Portable MD player which set me back just shy of £300 only to find out 3 months later there releasing a 1gb version

. Thought it was ****e anyway and just bought an MP3 CD Player which has better compression anyway

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**custard** · 13-11-2007

for me the big issue is sony changing the specs of blueray litteraly pushing a whole series of machines out of date.
okay some maybe open for firmware updates but its not the way to win customers over as most prefer not to run firmware updates on 'basic' electronic goods

Besbie · 13-11-2007

my cheap digi box updates its software from time to time. our old one did too. why's this a problem

As for blue-ray/hd-dvd i don't care too much. PS3 games aren't anymore expensive than PS2 games used to be. if blue ray wins i've got a player for them already, if it loses i've still got a good games console.

**custard** · 13-11-2007

the digibox recieves a signal via the signal.
who says the blue ray player will given it doesnt have a tuner?

Randomman · 13-11-2007

Plus Blu-Ray dont allow porn...

Betamax anyone?

**custard** · 13-11-2007

im going to say that without ps3 blueray would be dead already.
its only the ps3 influencing studios but unless they can drop hardware prices then i see hd dvd gaining favour

Mickey2002 · 20-11-2007

Transformers director was mad as hell that it was going to be on hd dvd only and not blue ray aswell (turned down job for the 2nd movie) We need few more companys to help back hd dvd to really kill off blue ray, it's joke having too different types of media which basicly do the same job. How about HD-Ray ? xD

**custard** · 20-11-2007

just to show im neutral

From gamesindustry.biz:

Sega's director of artists and repertoire agrees with analysts who think that the PS3 is going to catch up to, if not surpass, the Xbox 360.

It isn't just the recent PS3 price cuts which will certainly help bridge the gap, but the availability of big titles, Noah Musler told GamesIndustry.biz.

"Microsoft has done a good job of closing the gap between the platforms. I don't think they are in the situation they were in with the PS2 and Xbox 1, but it is still too soon to say," Musler remarked.

fiatdrivingfan · 20-11-2007

Sony come up with good products, I wouldn't say their products were significantly better than their nearest rival but then Sony prices them so they are totally uncompetitive. Its like Betamax v VHS, VHS won because Betamax was overpriced and IMO overrated.

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