Bye bye HD DVD??

Post by **smgreen20** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:39 pm

A friend sent this to me today. I found it interesting as my PS3 doubles as a Blu-ray player.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea637496-bd8d ... ck_check=1

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:04 pm

Yeah thats what I heard on G4 tv they are live at the CES on Dish network all day long looking and comparing some of the goodies on show....C

Post by **Wakeup** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:27 pm

http://www.pcmech.com/article/warner-pi ... -dvd-dead/

eyesofra · Post by **eyesofra** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:34 am

shit man....my aunt wanted a HD player and i had bluray in mind till we walked into one of aussie biggest hi-fi chain JB Hi-Fi.

The sales guy recommended HD DVD sayin its winning the war with more than half of the big studios supporting it and increasing sales ....
i thought he had a point and we ordered the Toshiba's flagship model ...caused my aunt AUD1200! comes with HDMI 1.3, 1080p upscaling for DVD and a high-tech DAC for Video processing.

http://www.toshibaav.com.au/spec_hdxe1.html

not faulting the salesperson, just bad timing for us.

dedlyjedly · Post by **dedlyjedly** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:16 am

Warner Bros. exclusivity was the biggest advancement so far for blu-ray in the HD format war and Paramount following suit is definitely another major blow, but I don't know that I'd consider the outcome of this war as definitive yet. Hell, I'd love that to be the case as Blu-ray definitely has more potential, but the superior format has fallen before in other format wars.

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:33 am

Yeah I remember when Beta fell to VHS and beta was better by a huge percentage....Oh my god i'm old

Post by **VW337** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:41 am

is blu-ray the first Sony design to win the format wars.......LOL

Beta - loser
Mini-disk - loser
Atrac - loser

hmmm, does PS3 have something to do with it.....

Post by **stipud** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:44 am

What's funny is that HD-DVD is a much cheaper technology as well. Blu-ray is superior, but costs a hell of a lot more to produce. Seems like consumers are used to spending $1000 just to watch videos these days, what with RCAs costing $150 apiece.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:31 am

I'd rant here, but it's redundant. See my rants on Blu-ray/HD-DVD over on my site:

http://techslaves.org/index.php?topic=225

Post by **smgreen20** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:25 pm

eyesofra wrote:shit man....my aunt wanted a HD player and i had bluray in mind till we walked into one of aussie biggest hi-fi chain JB Hi-Fi.

The sales guy recommended HD DVD sayin its winning the war with more than half of the big studios supporting it and increasing sales ....
i thought he had a point and we ordered the Toshiba's flagship model ...caused my aunt AUD1200! comes with HDMI 1.3, 1080p upscaling for DVD and a high-tech DAC for Video processing.

http://www.toshibaav.com.au/spec_hdxe1.html

not faulting the salesperson, just bad timing for us.

Blame the salesman. BR has had the most support from the get go not HD.

Post by **smgreen20** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:27 pm

VW337 wrote:
hmmm, does PS3 have something to do with it.....

Very much so. BR is going to remain wether HD wins or not. ALL PS3 games are coded in BR format.

Post by **smgreen20** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:28 pm

stipud wrote:What's funny is that HD-DVD is a much cheaper technology as well. Blu-ray is superior, but costs a hell of a lot more to produce. Seems like consumers are used to spending $1000 just to watch videos these days, what with RCAs costing $150 apiece.

Superior yea. My main reason was on this alone.
HD-DVD= 40 gigs of info
Blu-Rau= 50 gigs of info

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:47 pm

smgreen20 wrote:
stipud wrote:What's funny is that HD-DVD is a much cheaper technology as well. Blu-ray is superior, but costs a hell of a lot more to produce. Seems like consumers are used to spending $1000 just to watch videos these days, what with RCAs costing $150 apiece.
Superior yea. My main reason was on this alone.
HD-DVD= 40 gigs of info
Blu-Rau= 50 gigs of info

That 10GB difference is going to look mighty puny compared to holographic media that will start becoming more commonplace by the time there's a clear winner in this next-gen optical media format war.

Post by **smgreen20** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:19 pm

I haven't been there myself, but my uncle was telling me about my cousins house. He has a $41,000 audio/video system. Said it was 3-D like. Not sure if that's what you're refrencing.

Here's the outside of the house. Wish I had some pics of the home theater room.

dedlyjedly · Post by **dedlyjedly** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:24 pm

fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:I'd rant here, but it's redundant. See my rants on Blu-ray/HD-DVD over on my site:

http://techslaves.org/index.php?topic=225

Damn, you might have doubled your traffic over there with that one link!

Smgreen, I'm pretty sure Fuzzy wasn't referring to a type of holographic display technology but some sort of new media storage format.

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:43 am

1moreamp wrote:Yeah I remember when Beta fell to VHS and beta was better by a huge percentage....Oh my god i'm old

Wasn't that because the porn industries supported VHS - as far as i know they support Hd-DVD

Edit: you're not the only old guy around here

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:28 am

Actually, the porn business has gone to Blu-Ray

Post by **Eric D** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:04 am

Francious70 wrote:Actually, the porn business has gone to Blu-Ray

Exactly.

When I heard this same info a month or two back, that is when I went out and picked up a Blu-Ray player.

Not so much was I interested in hi-def porn, but I realize how big of an impact the porn industry has, and my feeling is this will seal the deal on Blu-Ray.

But I must say, porn does look much better in high-def…

Post by **stipud** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:34 am

Eric D wrote:But I must say, porn does look much better in high-def…

Yep. What's porn without 1080p herpes scabs?

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:35 am

From wikipedia, in reference to porn and formats:

It had been reported by various sources (PC World, Ars Technica, CNN, et al) that pornography had been disallowed on Blu-ray Disc, which may have had an effect on the success of the format.[84] However, this is inaccurate, as both formats have said they fully support all material, including porn, and have no control over what companies release with their license.[85] Blu-ray is currently exclusively backed by several adult-movie studios/publishers,[86] including Taisei Co. Ltd. and Total Media Agency Inc. Contrary to many internet blogs, it has been reported by ABC News that the porn industry will not be a factor in the current format war.[87] The main reason is that many pornographic websites have movie downloads as an option, thus making the disc format less important.

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:18 am

As much as techie's like us hate to admit it, I'd say more people still use DVD's over internet porn.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:55 am

Francious70 wrote:As much as techie's like us hate to admit it, I'd say more people still use DVD's over internet porn.

Really?!?

Buying porn is so passé. In the future all porn will be free and everyone will be a pornstar.

Post by **Bfowler** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:58 am

thats the kind of future i want to live and star in.

i have NEVER bought porn.

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:08 am

I've RENTED porn on a few occations

Post by **smgreen20** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:34 am

My wife and I bought our first porn last October to "Spice up" the sex life.