HD-DVD are all REGION FREE and ARE FOR THE CONSUMER!
BLU-RAY is ran by the studios and are not in the best interest of the consumer or technology.
There is a reason why movie studios CAN'T own movie theaters!
They were caught manipulating the system.
Its a monopoly if they control the distribution as well.
This is really bad for consumer.
GO WITH HD DVD, they will make the technology better.
Already by HD DVD putting out all DVDs are REGION FREE, is a clear sign that they are there for the consumer interest along with the cheaper prices.
Blu-Ray is not the answer, I'm telling you.
It will be ran to the ground, overprices, undeveloped and we will have ourselves an industry that is going to be corrupt and ran by the same people who create the films.
Blu-Ray discs are higher quality, cheaper, and have the same DRM as HD DVD for the most part. In addition, if customers want region-free so much, only buy region-free discs! About 2/3 of Blu-Ray discs made so far are region-free, so studios do seem to be responding.
The only thing advocating HD DVD does is make people buy neither format. No sane person is going to spend money on HD DVD these days... at this point that camp just wants to lash out and hurt Blu-Ray as well.
You have forgotten that the BlueRay format can hold over twice as much data as HD format. In fact BlueRay has a theoretical limit of 200gb whereas HD has only 60gb. That alone makes it a winner in my book. Who cares if they are region free. I buy my HDs here in the US as do most consumers; I don't order them from other countries so it's not an issue. On another subject, you really must learn to write better English if you expect your comments to be taken seriously. There are more than six grammatical errors in your comments and I find that embarrassing for you.
Maaan, If I tell u that single layer Blue Ray can contains 20Gb data/video, and can be layered until 5 layers, which means can contain 100Gb in one single disk, Will you still agree with what you just said, Man? will you still pround with your 2Gb thumb drive?? how many Blue-Ray quality movies can u store in your 100-500 Gb ?? If you're happy with your VCD or 700mb video streaming movie, that stick with it, but don't expect other people to blind themself like u.
While they are having their battle at the consumer's (not mine) expense. New optical technology has come out that has the capability of storing 500GB and 1TB, and DRM will pass them by as newer and better methods are available to the studios.
Content is King, not the mechanism that delivers it.
Some of us actually want a crisp picture and sound that hasn't been compressed so much that it sounds like it was recorded in a tin can.
I've tried the latest internet techs. They, nor the internet itself, is ready for prime-time to replace disc media.
Once I can get 1080p without artifacting and uncompressed 7.1 sound on demand...then I'll switch. But I hope you're ready to wait, the internet isn't up to the challenge in its current state.
okay. so HD-DVD has standard deff on one side, and hd-dvd on the other. why is that a big deal. why would i buy a HD-DVD disk to watch standard deff. clearly i want a high def disk if i am buying a HD-DVD.
also in reguards to your claims on up converting. the PS3 is one of the best up converting players on the market. and it is also a blu ray player, not HD-DVD. the quality is based on the player, not the players chosen HD standard.
HD DVD has very few recording aspecs and for a consumer of a new format recording is the most important. The DVD+/- battle was for recording not playing the format. The HD market is young but if HD DVD is to survive it has be consumer viable. The consumer wants to upgrade thier own content more than view studio made movies. Blu-ray is in video cameras HD DVD is not. You can't author a HD Dvd with much ease. Blu-Ray is in the most popular recording software. The HD Dvd recorders are hard to find and have very limited recording space.
HD, not discs people want - Apple TV could be the solution
Networked HD is much better than discs -- people are tired of dealing with all those discs, just as they were tired of cassette tapes and 8-track players...
The Apple TV or Mac Mini are good examples of the likely future - - discs are old hat... ;-)
Perusing the Web and Sunday newspaper supplements, the high price of Blu Ray players and 1080p televisions look prohibitive and will slow down adoption of any new format. A possible looming recession will not help matters. I predict $100 up converting standard DVD units will trump $400 HD players, $1800 LCD and Plasma televisions in the foreseeable future.
Why would anyone spend money on an HD format when you can upconvert your existing DVD's to 1080p? I really have no idea on this, does someone know a bit more than I do about upconversion?
When you have a HD DVR, you don't really need either one of these devices. I actually might buy a Sony Blue Ray player some day in the future if they incorporate it into a "Jukebox" format like my current Sony DVD Jukebox. I wouldn't even think about getting a single disc DVD Player. The only thing that I would get in a DVD today is Concert Videos. I haven't bought a DVD for well over a year, and can't imagine any DVD purchases in the near future. I'm sure that Blue Ray will be major player in the future, but the total market for one of those might be fairly weak!!!!!
Since the Warner decision to go exclusively Blu-ray many have been following suit.
Announced Blu-ray exclusive:
FS Films goes Blu-ray exclusive Kaleidescape goes Blu-ray exclusive Saturn (Largest German electronics retailer) goes Blu-ray exclusive 02-07-08 SF Films (Sweden) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 02-07-08 Scanbox (Sweden) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 02-07-08 Filmax Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 02-04-08 BAC Films (France) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 02-04-08 Manga Films Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 02-01-08 ADV Films Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 01-31-08 Highlight Video (Germany) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 01-30-08 National Geographic Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 01-30-08 EMI (Japan) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 01-30-08 Sonic Solutions Scenarist Goes Blu-ray Exclusive 01-28-08 Woolworths Retail Outlet (UK) goes Blu-ray exclusive in store. 01-22-08 Grant's Appliances to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008. 01-16-08 Senator Entertainment to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008. 01-16-08 Digital Playground to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008. 01-11-08 Constantin Film goes Blu-ray exclusive. 01-10-08 HBO goes Blu-ray exclusive. 01-05-08 New Line goes Blu-ray exclusive. 01-04-08 Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive.
Announced Blu-ray support (not sure on exclusivity):
Micro star (MSI) EMI music Bandai Visual Surround Records Singulus Technologies Image Entertainment Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Imation/TDK Adobe Products
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STICK WITH HD-DVD !
HD-DVD are all REGION FREE and ARE FOR THE CONSUMER!
BLU-RAY is ran by the studios and are not in the best interest of the consumer or technology.
There is a reason why movie studios CAN'T own movie theaters!
They were caught manipulating the system.
Its a monopoly if they control the distribution as well.
This is really bad for consumer.
GO WITH HD DVD, they will make the technology better.
Already by HD DVD putting out all DVDs are REGION FREE, is a clear sign that they are there for the consumer interest along with the cheaper prices.
Blu-Ray is not the answer, I'm telling you.
It will be ran to the ground, overprices, undeveloped and we will have ourselves an industry that is going to be corrupt and ran by the same people who create the films.
DANGEROUS!!!!!
The only thing advocating HD DVD does is make people buy neither format. No sane person is going to spend money on HD DVD these days... at this point that camp just wants to lash out and hurt Blu-Ray as well.
If you're happy with your VCD or 700mb video streaming movie, that stick with it, but don't expect other people to blind themself like u.
Content is King, not the mechanism that delivers it.
Just get everyone to switch over to a simple movie download system like Apple TV or XBox or whatever.
I've tried the latest internet techs. They, nor the internet itself, is ready for prime-time to replace disc media.
Once I can get 1080p without artifacting and uncompressed 7.1 sound on demand...then I'll switch. But I hope you're ready to wait, the internet isn't up to the challenge in its current state.
so HD-DVD has standard deff on one side, and hd-dvd on the other.
why is that a big deal. why would i buy a HD-DVD disk to watch standard deff. clearly i want a high def disk if i am buying a HD-DVD.
also in reguards to your claims on up converting. the PS3 is one of the best up converting players on the market. and it is also a blu ray player, not HD-DVD.
the quality is based on the player, not the players chosen HD standard.
about any of this blasted format war anymore.
I know it's not going to happen, but I can still dream. Or hope for
the next best thing - that the 'format war' goes on forever with no
end in sight.
dealing with all those discs, just as they were tired of cassette
tapes and 8-track players...
The Apple TV or Mac Mini are good examples of the likely future -
- discs are old hat... ;-)
Announced Blu-ray exclusive:
FS Films goes Blu-ray exclusive
Kaleidescape goes Blu-ray exclusive
Saturn (Largest German electronics retailer) goes Blu-ray exclusive
02-07-08 SF Films (Sweden) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
02-07-08 Scanbox (Sweden) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
02-07-08 Filmax Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
02-04-08 BAC Films (France) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
02-04-08 Manga Films Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
02-01-08 ADV Films Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
01-31-08 Highlight Video (Germany) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
01-30-08 National Geographic Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
01-30-08 EMI (Japan) Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
01-30-08 Sonic Solutions Scenarist Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
01-28-08 Woolworths Retail Outlet (UK) goes Blu-ray exclusive in store.
01-22-08 Grant's Appliances to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008.
01-16-08 Senator Entertainment to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008.
01-16-08 Digital Playground to go Blu-ray exclusive in 2008.
01-11-08 Constantin Film goes Blu-ray exclusive.
01-10-08 HBO goes Blu-ray exclusive.
01-05-08 New Line goes Blu-ray exclusive.
01-04-08 Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive.
Announced Blu-ray support (not sure on exclusivity):
Micro star (MSI)
EMI music
Bandai Visual
Surround Records
Singulus Technologies
Image Entertainment
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Imation/TDK
Adobe Products