cdanteek Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 The sale of 1 million HD DVD players has long been seen as a tipping point where studios previously only supporting Blu-ray will have no choice but to support HD DVD as well. One million customers is too much money to turn down, the thinking goes. article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Still looks like Sony didn't learn much from the Betamax vs VHS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dave Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I'm not bitting on either format at this time. I'll wait until more manufacturers come out with dual format players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Is Lyn still rooting for Blu-Ray ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinsinger Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Is Lyn still rooting for Blu-Ray ?? Brendon, if I had seen the story about the 45gb HDDVD, I would have posted this year old story. http://www.betanews.com/article/TDK_Develo...Disc/1157125164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Yes, but the first story was from 2005 while the TDK prototype was from 2006 (but doesn't seem to have gone anywhere commercially since then). I think it reinforces the view that you have to keep studying diligently to keep up with what developers are doing, and that the optical market is still in such a state of flux that it doesn't do to bet too heavily on any one format over another yet. - Especially when it involves a big investment in hardware which might be out the window next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I think the answer will be coming from here "...Horizon Semiconductors announced the availability of the a universal System-On-a-Chip (SoC) solution enabling dual channel native 1080/60p decoding, encoding and transcoding for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players/recorders. ..." Or maybe this one "..."Dual-standard players will help expand the market for next generation DVD players," says David Mercer, VP and Principal Analyst at Strategy Analytics. "But owners of the LG device will likely choose Blu-Ray over HD-DVD for the same title because the player does not support the full range of interactive features available on HD-DVD discs."..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Those aren't answers, they're just leaves on a big tree at the moment. The answers will come when you see which way the wind of commerce decides to blow. Like VHS vs. Betamax it doesn't matter how nice the leaf is, most of them will land downwind. You (the consumer) need to wait to see which way it goes. Brendon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinsinger Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yes, but the first story was from 2005 while the TDK prototype was from 2006 (but doesn't seem to have gone anywhere commercially since then). I think it reinforces the view that you have to keep studying diligently to keep up with what developers are doing, and that the optical market is still in such a state of flux that it doesn't do to bet too heavily on any one format over another yet. - Especially when it involves a big investment in hardware which might be out the window next year. Agree you have to keep studying, but if you never make a choice, you never see any benefit. I made they choice after looking at both, spec wise and picture/sound quality, and am glad I did. Now I can watch DVDs with the same picture quality I can get over the air or satellite. The difference between 480P and 1080I (only because my TV does not support 1080P and I am not ready to buy another), is amazing, and worth the cost. at least to me. Back in the VHS/BETA wars, I chose VHS, only because it seemed the only one doing BETA was Sony and the were not licensing the technology much. Now it seems it is the other way around. Toshiba is not licensing the technology for HDDVD while BluRay is being done by just about everyone. If I chose the wrong one, so be it, but I will enjoy what I have until the war is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Fairy 'nuff. I can't argue with that if you have the means to do it, and I hope you thoroughly enjoy what you have. I'm forced to be more conservative through lack of disposable income, so I wait for developments and save up in the interim. Regards, Brendon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinsinger Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Fairy 'nuff. I can't argue with that if you have the means to do it, and I hope you thoroughly enjoy what you have. I'm forced to be more conservative through lack of disposable income, so I wait for developments and save up in the interim. Regards, Brendon Yes, it always helps to have just about everything payed off. As for enjoying them, I am. PS. A second more recent article on the 100GB versions. Per Hitachi, the only thing needed to read the 100GB version is a FW update. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=559 I also suspect that the only reason we haven't seen a lot of the larger HDDVD and BluRays is there has been no need for them. Until you start adding a lot of extra features, or go higher than 1080P, you will not need them or things like HDMI 2.3. DVDs did not need to go higher than 9.4GB until you started getting into things like HDTV of 720P or 1080i. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Harry Potter, Dec 11, on HD DVD. What I find interesting is how the movie companies are split between HD camps. I can understand why Sony releases Blueray only, but why would the other take sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Harry Potter, Dec 11, on HD DVD. What I find interesting is how the movie companies are split between HD camps. I can understand why Sony releases Blueray only, but why would the other take sides? Warners Bros is not taking sides - it is releasing Harry Potter in both formats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinsinger Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Harry Potter, Dec 11, on HD DVD. What I find interesting is how the movie companies are split between HD camps. I can understand why Sony releases Blueray only, but why would the other take sides? At least some of it is money. At one time Paramount was producing both. They suddenly changed to just HD-DVD. There is some stories going around that MS coughed up $100 million for them to just support HD-DVD. Supposedly MS doesn't want either format to succeed. They have their own idea. And yes Warner Bros is one that does both formats. I already have the 5 Harry Potters on order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Warners Bros is not taking sides - it is releasing Harry Potter in both formatsIf they are , they didn't advertise it in the commercials. It only mentioned DVD and HD DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 If they are , they didn't advertise it in the commercials. It only mentioned DVD and HD DVD. Propably because Warner is putting special features on the HD which are not on the BlueRay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 But not very good marketing by not mentioning Blueray at all. Perhaps they favor HD DVD and trying not to appear that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dave Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 I recently read that BluRay media is out selling HD DVD 2:1 in the US. What I haven't seen is the player sellings ratios in the US. Has anyone seen that information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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