Comments on: Microsoft lowers price of HDDVD for Xbox 360 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/ Hot info about new scene releases! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:15:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The One http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-233128 The One Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-233128 PS3 is sooo Cool. Streaming my divx movies to it. No mods or anything. And it supports the format well. Fast forward/rewind work without a hitch. ANd it upcoverts to 1080p! PS3 is sooo Cool. Streaming my divx movies to it. No mods or anything. And it supports the format well. Fast forward/rewind work without a hitch. ANd it upcoverts to 1080p!

]]> By: PEDON http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232825 PEDON Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:32 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232825 Yes, halo 3 is better than sucking old farts c0cks for breakfast and having excess man's milk in my mouth. It's just insane how the price of cemon is going up! Yes, halo 3 is better than sucking old farts c0cks for breakfast and having excess man’s milk in my mouth. It’s just insane how the price of cemon is going up!

]]> By: Anth http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232652 Anth Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:35:13 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232652 sorry, but nothing is better than halo 3(and no...not even COD4) sorry, but nothing is better than halo 3(and no…not even COD4)

]]> By: Johnny http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232580 Johnny Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:19:08 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232580 Hmm, HD-DVD is dead, it already was dead when invented. On HDDVD writer prices for PCs vs BluRay writers..... They are already selling PCs with BluRay combo writers in them at supermarkets over here for next to nothing... so I guess, it's too late there also. And what do you do with that copied BluRay game for the PS3?Burn it on a HDDVD? Hmm, HD-DVD is dead, it already was dead when invented.

On HDDVD writer prices for PCs vs BluRay writers…..
They are already selling PCs with BluRay combo writers in them at supermarkets over here for next to nothing… so I guess, it’s too late there also. And what do you do with that copied BluRay game for the PS3?Burn it on a HDDVD?

]]> By: Man not a myth http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232433 Man not a myth Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:42:16 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232433 @26 The 360 was and is cheaper because they left out features they said it would have. and the fact they knew youd be sending it back to be fixed repeatedly. Yes there really is a good reason for games to come on BD(not BR like some here think) just like it was a good reason to put games on cd when the alternative was a floppy disc. @26 The 360 was and is cheaper because they left out features they said it would have. and the fact they knew youd be sending it back to be fixed repeatedly. Yes there really is a good reason for games to come on BD(not BR like some here think) just like it was a good reason to put games on cd when the alternative was a floppy disc.

]]> By: Peter Parker http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232271 Peter Parker Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:34:36 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232271 Where are these HD DVD writers that some of you are talking about? I have done a good search and still can't find any. Can someone post a link? At CES 2007, Toshiba said that they would have internal HD DVD burners in the shops within a month. A year on and I still haven't seen one for sale. @37 I doubt HD DVD will take over as a storage medium because it offers much lower space than Blu-ray. HD DVD is currently limited to a maximum of 170GB. The hardware specification cannot read/write beyond this (that's a 10 layer disc at 17GB per layer). Blu-ray can support 250GB per disc and possibly more. The sooner that HD DVD dies, the sooner that Blu-ray hardware will/media will come down in price. As for the Blu-ray profiles, you're correct. The PS3 is the only player on sale at the moment which is fully upgradeable to 2.0 - BD Live. I don't think that the current Blu-ray stand alone player owners will be any more annoyed than the 1st lot of HD DVD player owners were when Toshiba stated that 1080i was better than 1080p, only to release their 2nd wave of players several months later which could now output to the better 1080p. Many people don't remember that for some reason. Where are these HD DVD writers that some of you are talking about? I have done a good search and still can’t find any. Can someone post a link? At CES 2007, Toshiba said that they would have internal HD DVD burners in the shops within a month. A year on and I still haven’t seen one for sale.

@37

I doubt HD DVD will take over as a storage medium because it offers much lower space than Blu-ray. HD DVD is currently limited to a maximum of 170GB. The hardware specification cannot read/write beyond this (that’s a 10 layer disc at 17GB per layer). Blu-ray can support 250GB per disc and possibly more. The sooner that HD DVD dies, the sooner that Blu-ray hardware will/media will come down in price.

As for the Blu-ray profiles, you’re correct. The PS3 is the only player on sale at the moment which is fully upgradeable to 2.0 – BD Live. I don’t think that the current Blu-ray stand alone player owners will be any more annoyed than the 1st lot of HD DVD player owners were when Toshiba stated that 1080i was better than 1080p, only to release their 2nd wave of players several months later which could now output to the better 1080p. Many people don’t remember that for some reason.

]]> By: ssrat http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232255 ssrat Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:20:18 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232255 The weirdest thing about Blu-Ray is the fact that the cheapest player is STILL the PS3, Blue ray PLUS a free game console. Also the PS3 "appears" to be upgradeable to v1.1 all the way to v2.0 just with a software download, unlike a lot of the current 1.0 versions out there. Looking around I can HD taking over the data storage area, but they have to do it quickly, Faster than x1 and they MUST allow the full capacity of the medium (15G-PLEASE, it should be 50!) If they do that and bite the bullet on prices ($100-$150 for pc burner, $4-5 per disc) then they can salvage the tech and keep it alive and making money (after a while)until the next storage medium comes along (holographic?-compressed flash drives-new tech adds multiples of data storage ) The weirdest thing about Blu-Ray is the fact that the cheapest player is STILL the PS3, Blue ray PLUS a free game console.

Also the PS3 “appears” to be upgradeable to v1.1 all the way to v2.0 just with a software download, unlike a lot of the current 1.0 versions out there.

Looking around I can HD taking over the data storage area, but they have to do it quickly, Faster than x1 and they MUST allow the full capacity of the medium (15G-PLEASE, it should be 50!)

If they do that and bite the bullet on prices ($100-$150 for pc burner, $4-5 per disc) then they can salvage the tech and keep it alive and making money (after a while)until the next storage medium comes along (holographic?-compressed flash drives-new tech adds multiples of data storage )

]]> By: azngamerboy http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232240 azngamerboy Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:33:02 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232240 wasn't it 200 bux before? wasn’t it 200 bux before?

]]> By: Quagmire FX http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232207 Quagmire FX Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:23:56 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232207 @33 Here you go, the tech specs. Notice they both use blue laser. http://www.emedialive.com/articles/readarticle.aspx?articleid=11630#ia @33 Here you go, the tech specs. Notice they both use blue laser.

http://www.emedialive.com/articles/readarticle.aspx?articleid=11630#ia

]]> By: Quagmire FX http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232192 Quagmire FX Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:36:19 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232192 @33 Dude they both use blue lasers. @33 Dude they both use blue lasers.

]]> By: Blue-Rule http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232175 Blue-Rule Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:59:28 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232175 Why are you guys still have hopes for HD-DVD - We all know the Blue-ray is far more advance Technology. it using the blue laser to read disce compare to hd still using red laser. in the color spectrum Blue is Thiner than red by comparison hence the same size od disce data can be read in thiner lines that is why blue ray is holding more information. so ijust the matter of advance technologu taking over.heheh Why are you guys still have hopes for HD-DVD – We all know the Blue-ray is far more advance Technology. it using the blue laser to read disce compare to hd still using red laser. in the color spectrum Blue is Thiner than red by comparison hence the same size od disce data can be read in thiner lines that is why blue ray is holding more information. so ijust the matter of advance technologu taking over.heheh

]]> By: mikecafs http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232119 mikecafs Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:18:07 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232119 400 dollar blu-ray? definitely bought one for 250 the other day, and they had a bunch at the store. 400 dollar blu-ray?

definitely bought one for 250 the other day, and they had a bunch at the store.

]]> By: Peter Parker http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232012 Peter Parker Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:24:57 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232012 @11 Internal Blu-ray burners have been out for over a year and are constantly dropping in price. HD DVD burners have not. I think they have only just gone on sale if at all. Toshiba only released details of their FIRST HD DVD burner last month. Here are 2 popular UK sites and they don't have ANY HD DVD burners. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=10&sortby=nameAsc&subid=314&mfrid= http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=12&FilterCategories=439&Thumbnails=yes For a format that likes to boast how it came out first and how it has a triple layer 51GB disc ready, the fact that you can't even write to the media for storage purposes is lame, especially seeing how long it has been out. HD DVD = FAIL @26 Lets look at PC games. 2 currently games available are bigger than 8.5GB and had to be sold on 2x DVD DL. They are BlackSite Area 51 and John Woo Presents Stranglehold. Both games are around 11GB. Games will get bigger and bigger until Blu-ray is formally adopted in home PC's. Games will come out on BD soon. As for console games, developers are finding their limits with DVD DL's capacity (UT3 - stated by Mark Rein), especially with multi platform games that are being led with the PS3 which is how it should be. Porting a 360 led game to the PS3 leads to bad results (e.g. Madden NFL 08). Porting a PS3 led game to a 360 leads to good results. This has been stated by Epic (with UT3) and EA (with Burnout Paradise). Most developers are now starting to adopt this method and lead development on the PS3 as it's the most sensible approach. @28 One of the reasons why Toshiba walked away from the new HD format was because the BDA refused to use M$'s HDi, choosing to go with Sun Microsystems' JAVA. JAVA won the vote over HDi 10:4. Toshiba weren't happy with this and took their ball away. @11

Internal Blu-ray burners have been out for over a year and are constantly dropping in price. HD DVD burners have not. I think they have only just gone on sale if at all. Toshiba only released details of their FIRST HD DVD burner last month.

Here are 2 popular UK sites and they don’t have ANY HD DVD burners.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=10&sortby=nameAsc&subid=314&mfrid=

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=12&FilterCategories=439&Thumbnails=yes

For a format that likes to boast how it came out first and how it has a triple layer 51GB disc ready, the fact that you can’t even write to the media for storage purposes is lame, especially seeing how long it has been out.

HD DVD = FAIL

@26

Lets look at PC games. 2 currently games available are bigger than 8.5GB and had to be sold on 2x DVD DL. They are BlackSite Area 51 and John Woo Presents Stranglehold. Both games are around 11GB. Games will get bigger and bigger until Blu-ray is formally adopted in home PC’s. Games will come out on BD soon.

As for console games, developers are finding their limits with DVD DL’s capacity (UT3 – stated by Mark Rein), especially with multi platform games that are being led with the PS3 which is how it should be. Porting a 360 led game to the PS3 leads to bad results (e.g. Madden NFL 08). Porting a PS3 led game to a 360 leads to good results. This has been stated by Epic (with UT3) and EA (with Burnout Paradise). Most developers are now starting to adopt this method and lead development on the PS3 as it’s the most sensible approach.

@28

One of the reasons why Toshiba walked away from the new HD format was because the BDA refused to use M$’s HDi, choosing to go with Sun Microsystems’ JAVA. JAVA won the vote over HDi 10:4. Toshiba weren’t happy with this and took their ball away.

]]> By: alreadydotcom http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-232002 alreadydotcom Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:11:13 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-232002 @4 my burner is already capabale of burning hd dvd's just need dual layer discs such as memorex brand or etc. @4 my burner is already capabale of burning hd dvd’s just need dual layer discs such as memorex brand or etc.

]]> By: Cedge http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/comment-page-1/#comment-231973 Cedge Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:39:37 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-lowers-price-of-hddvd-for-xbox-360/#comment-231973 HD-DVD is still way cooler than Blu-Ray. HD-DVD is still way cooler than Blu-Ray.

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