Comments on: Filming studios give HDDVD another chance

By: Mannerheim

Mannerheim — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:24:45 +0000

I agree with AlphA.

I lived throuhg the 80’s and remember VHS vs. Beta “Format-war” very well. Then also Beta was ahead first but as we all know kids today dont even know what betamax is.

So its like:
HDDVD=VHS
Blu-Ray=Beta

at least thats how I feel like…

By: AlphA

AlphA — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:43:01 +0000

Awesome, I hope HD-DVD wins and we can all put this Pathetic BETA.. sorry I mean BlueRay thing behind us and move on.

By: Cameron Wildsmith

Cameron Wildsmith — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:05:15 +0000

3d tv is less than a decade away anyway, which is what blu-ray is gonna be shut down by.

By: Cameron Wildsmith

Cameron Wildsmith — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:03:20 +0000

the thing is sony has put so much money into blu – ray but like all of sony’s new formats, they’ve all been a big hype for a few months or year or so. and then it just dissapears, and the latter always wins. betamax lost, mini disc dissapeared, umd, has anyone actually baught a umd movie for there psp. their new music formats ATRAC and OMg, are absolutly terrible and the software to use them are absolute ram destroyers. i mean really there are no blu-ray tv’s out there, so no ones even seeing its full potential. and can you imagine how expensive a blue ray tv is gonna cost. i mean if a dvd player alone started a $1000, and tv is ganna be atleast $6000 – $10,000+. hd tv’s are already here, hd dvd’s are already here, and so are the dvds, and i mean you could buy and full hd entertainment set for under $4000. which is absolutly amazing. hd dvd will win theres no doubt about, its too early for blu-ray, and something else would have came out by the time its time for blu-ray.

By: jdizzle1337

jdizzle1337 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:12:27 +0000

@ #1 ……. PWND !

Ummmmm yes format wars suck ballz and SONY is always in the middle of this shit, the customer doesnt win in a format war….. the customer has to buy 2 of everything. I originally went Blu-Ray by default because my PS3 is a BR player, but then i also got the HD-DVD add on for the XBOX so now i have both. With this stupid format war going on you basically have to get both if you want to see all of your favorite movies in HD with the extra content.

Personally i pirate most of my stuff and DVDRip quality is generally good enough, but if people come over to your house they dont want to see DVDRip quality on your 60” HDTV……. it just dont look right (gg artifacts).

By: Will

Will — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:14:15 +0000

Surprised no one mentioned the other reason for why HD-DVD is better than DVD.

It’s not always about quality but content.

For example many HD-DVD titles will and have included multiple angles of each scene. Some include games, hours of behind the scene extras, bloopers and cut scenes, etc. All in wonderful Hi-Deaf.

So yeah HD-DVD allows for way more content than a DVD. Most DVDs I have bought lately have under an hour of total extras. Some have none.

For me image and sound quality is a plus but really the extra content is why I buy in HD-DVD instead of just DVD.

By: AceHBK

AceHBK — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:12:48 +0000

I could care less. I am going to hook up a pc to my 50 inch Pioneer Elite Plasma and have my movie collection on the hard drive. Who cares who wins…really? As long as I can rip it and save on my Hard drive..I don’t care.

Im not getting paid for any of this.

By: J

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:31:38 +0000

People who claim to be happy with the quality of DVDs don’t have decent HD capable sets – and if they do, one has to ask, why did you buy it? I agree that DVDs look great on those 19″ CRTs that you can pick up at Best Buy for fifty bucks, but when you stretch that tiny 720×480 image across a 60″ TV with 1920×1080 pixels, it looks pretty terrible.

By: Blobsters

Blobsters — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:12:03 +0000

Everyone who says their happy with just DVD; the DVD didn’t start out cheap, people spent large amounts on DVD players when they first came out, as a result DVD technology flourished, so now you people can enjoy cheap entertainment. The same thing will happen with Blu-ray/HD-DVD…but once the players fit your bill…you’ll be too old and too blind to notice the difference in quality.

By: Blobsters

Blobsters — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:03:23 +0000

Now, all paramount needs to do it release to theater and HD-DVD at the same time and HD-DVD will win this format war!

By: sycho

sycho — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:00:02 +0000

IF you have get used to hd quality movies then there is no turning back. I’ve d/l 720 versions of matrix, Star Wars:ROTS into the blue etc and no freaking dvd can even come close to it. Luckily i hv an xbox360 and can stream wmv vids to my 50″ LCD Tv. I’m rooting for HD-DVD to win cuz i hate sony for their forcing BD on us via ps3.

By: b&s

b&s — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:54:57 +0000

You know blu-ray and hddvd both support identical video and audio standards. I hope blu-ray dominates so I can store more data using a burner, but otherwise it doesn’t matter who wins.

By: Jhonny

Jhonny — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:48:31 +0000

They probably made the move because they got paid by microsoft for sponsoring the format. This is to support their xbox360 hddvd player.

Over here in europe hddvd is not available in most stores and if it is, it is cerntainly not cheaper than blu-ray.

By: theo

theo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:45:15 +0000

U guys, I understand that this is a new technology and like always ppl are afraid and skeptical, it is totally natural to get that reaction, but let me ask u a question for those saying they are satisfied with their dvd quality, have ever watched a full hddvd/bluray from beginning on a high quality 1080p tv before? Believe me even if u have seen the movie a 100 times on regular dvd, as long as your eyes and ears function well, you can clearly tell me they are not selling us the same crap, I mean I just saw Pirates of the Carribean in Bluray for the 1st time bluray after seeing on dvd alot of times and believe me, it was like a different movie, especially with the older movies that have to be remastered from scratch, dvd quality sucks ass with so many artifacts that u cant enjoy that movie u used to watch as a kid with decent quality, that is not the case with hd,
there is a HUGE difference and like every addiction, once you go HD, its so beautiful with bright colors, u want more HD and hence have to feed ur addiction, I personally recomment HD DVD bcos its easier on the budget and quality difference with Bluray is almost non existent. The first time I saw a high def movie was a bluray one and I almost crapped my pants, I started saving since then and now have a beautiful 1080p monitor, prices are dropping for those tvs,

By: jvb

jvb — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:15:26 +0000

Cool.
HD DHD is a lot easier to rip