Blu-ray WINS!!
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Aaaaand this just in! lol...
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-987...=1203520032105
Blu-ray beats HD DVD... Now get ready for the next format war
the heir apparent to HDTV is what's called "4K"-- that is, a display resolution with about 4,096 horizontal pixels and 2,160 scan lines. Sony already makes projectors that support this resolution. Red Digital Cinema makes 4K cameras. Director Peter Jackson has made a short film in 4K, and the "Final Cut" of Blade Runner was remastered in 4K.
So 4K is coming, and it isn't far away.
But why should there be a format war?
Well, there's always a format war.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-987...=1203520032105
Blu-ray beats HD DVD... Now get ready for the next format war
the heir apparent to HDTV is what's called "4K"-- that is, a display resolution with about 4,096 horizontal pixels and 2,160 scan lines. Sony already makes projectors that support this resolution. Red Digital Cinema makes 4K cameras. Director Peter Jackson has made a short film in 4K, and the "Final Cut" of Blade Runner was remastered in 4K.
So 4K is coming, and it isn't far away.
But why should there be a format war?
Well, there's always a format war.
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I wouldn't say BluRay "wins." They defeated HD DVD, maybe, but they have a long way to go before they "win" anything. Now they have to compete with standard DVD to become the official format. I don't know about you, but I never pay more than $10 for a DVD. I typically spend $4-$7 per movie. When was the last time you saw a $4-$7 BluRay disc?
I'll take a standard $6 DVD and a $65 upconvert DVD player anyday over some insanely overpriced BluRay nonsense, and well over 90% of the market agrees with me on this one. Sony has a long way to go until they win anything. Sony has been padding their BluRay player sales with PS3 numbers for a long time now to try and convince the industry to side with them. They're desperate because their upcoming fight with DVD looks bleak.
They better start cutting prices HARD and FAST. Oh, and load times? There's something about the insanely long load times to load a BluRay disc that drives me nuts. Plus, most of the players can't play the BRD without the remote. The buttons on the front are useless. Insanely high prices, low availability, high load times, unfriendly players...they're fighting an uphill battle.
I'll take a standard $6 DVD and a $65 upconvert DVD player anyday over some insanely overpriced BluRay nonsense, and well over 90% of the market agrees with me on this one. Sony has a long way to go until they win anything. Sony has been padding their BluRay player sales with PS3 numbers for a long time now to try and convince the industry to side with them. They're desperate because their upcoming fight with DVD looks bleak.
They better start cutting prices HARD and FAST. Oh, and load times? There's something about the insanely long load times to load a BluRay disc that drives me nuts. Plus, most of the players can't play the BRD without the remote. The buttons on the front are useless. Insanely high prices, low availability, high load times, unfriendly players...they're fighting an uphill battle.
well, i just got the add on for the xbox 360... for 130 bucks you can't go wrong, a GOOD upconverting dvd player will cost close to that if not more ne ways. and i know someone said there isnt a big difference between a SD upconverted dvd and a HD blue ray or hd-dvd disc, and that is completely wrong. with the proper setup, the difference will be night and day... you may not see how much different it really is unless you watch the same movie upconverted then switch to hd, but there is a big difference.
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Aaaaand this just in! lol...
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-987...=1203520032105
Blu-ray beats HD DVD... Now get ready for the next format war
the heir apparent to HDTV is what's called "4K"-- that is, a display resolution with about 4,096 horizontal pixels and 2,160 scan lines. Sony already makes projectors that support this resolution. Red Digital Cinema makes 4K cameras. Director Peter Jackson has made a short film in 4K, and the "Final Cut" of Blade Runner was remastered in 4K.
So 4K is coming, and it isn't far away.
But why should there be a format war?
Well, there's always a format war.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-987...=1203520032105
Blu-ray beats HD DVD... Now get ready for the next format war
the heir apparent to HDTV is what's called "4K"-- that is, a display resolution with about 4,096 horizontal pixels and 2,160 scan lines. Sony already makes projectors that support this resolution. Red Digital Cinema makes 4K cameras. Director Peter Jackson has made a short film in 4K, and the "Final Cut" of Blade Runner was remastered in 4K.
So 4K is coming, and it isn't far away.
But why should there be a format war?
Well, there's always a format war.
Well, for a while, sure. But remember, DVD and Blu-ray were separated by only five or six years, so presumably we're due for yet another format three or four years from now. And a new format means the potential for a new format war.
The 1st CONSUMER Blu Ray device hit stores on April 10, 2003, but really had not hit the market until I want to say late 2006/ early 2007 when the format was finalized.
Just like DVD Phillips and Sony backed 1 format and a host of other companies backed another were priming up for a Format war but agreed before hand to accept one format. So we havent see this since the VHS/Betamax wars of the 1980's. The specs were finalized in 1995 and it was at least 2 years before we started to see affordable commerical units. I myself dont beleive we got ours until xmas of 2000.
You wont see 4k for a while for 2 reasons. A no one has a tv that uses it and there is no player out there that uses the format.
Also BD doesnt require you to change to a new format, they off an alternative for people resistant to change. DVD will be phased out where for a time, i.e. now there will be 2 formats offered but you will see a transistion to primarily BD. THEN in the future, I would say 5-8 years MAYBE see another change due to the current advancement in technology.
CHeck amazon.com, I searched for VHS, ALOT of hits, ALL USED, nothing new.
boooo lol
I bought a Toshiba HDDVD back in october for $200, came with 9 free hddvd's, they were struggling at the time but I had hopes it wouldn't go downhill in 5 months, oh well I plan on buying a PS3 soon anyway.
-Bill
I bought a Toshiba HDDVD back in october for $200, came with 9 free hddvd's, they were struggling at the time but I had hopes it wouldn't go downhill in 5 months, oh well I plan on buying a PS3 soon anyway.
-Bill
HELL YEAH! I'm glad i have my PS3 as well, sucks for all the people who have already bought HD DVD players and movies, hahaha...we'll probably see a bunch of them on Ebay and Craigslist now
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