BLUE RAY vs HD DVD

[GUEST]

What do you prefer to watch your films on ?

Blue Ray or HD DVD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friS4OOcdgQ

I've always favoured blue ray for its storage capacity and the techy name.

Blue Ray

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

HD DVD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hd_dvd

And Back To The Future ??

Holographic Versatile Discs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

[Niven]

looks like he took it badly!!! lol

Its a modern day version of beta verses vhs

[autodork]

With one of these you can watch both - and you can write Blu-Ray:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LG-GWH20LO

...and this is the DVD +/- RW with Blu-Ray and HDDVD ROM:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LG-GGCH20L

:mrgreen:

[Ashoof]

why ever thing has become blue blue blue ........ blue tooth blue ray ... blue olorian ??? whats happning

[Niven]

blue movies!!!!

[GdanishG]

Well i´m hoping that HD DVD wins here is some of my resons:

1. No region code
2. Much cheaper media/players
3. no sudden change to anti-piracy software so i have to get new firmware by sending it back to them and wait weeks for getting it back.
4. HD DVD have got a approval for a 3rd layer making it 51 GB thus making Blu-ray Obselete

so to sum it up

HD DVD Cheaper more user friendly company that is not only thinking about how to make a pirates life any worse but at the same time teh consumers.

[iamspeedcrazed]

I can't tell the difference, so what ever is cheaper is what will win in the end

[f1rest@rter]

i think none of both will win.
the nomal dvd will stay till a brandnew storage medium comes.
or perhaps we will just download the movies we like to a harddisk like apple tv.
will be interesting. let´s see.

[coolchrisyorks]

Well I just got rid of my Xbox 360 HD DVD Player on Ebay. Firstly because of the,now, lack of support and secondly..I only played it 3 times in 8 months. Eh, got 50 quid for it anyway. Im satisfied.

[GUEST]

Some recent news on Toshiba's HD DVD.

Toshiba may drop support for its own high-def format
Perhaps not wanting to be the last off a sinking ship, Toshiba could soon be abandoning the HD DVD format it helped bring to market, if the Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib77125d96b22e86027d0bfb0c25aa58d) is to be believed.
According to the report’s sources, Toshiba will be pulling the plug on its HD DVD format sometime in the coming weeks. The official word from Toshiba, predictably, is that it is still behind HD DVD as the format of choice.
"Based on its technological advancements, we continue to believe HD DVD is the best format for consumers, given the value and consistent quality inherent in our player offerings," said Jodi Sally, Toshiba’s VP of marketing.
Interestingly enough, Toshiba didn’t completely put to rest any ideas that the company could change its stance in the format war. "Given the market developments in the past month," continued Sally, "Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players."
Possibly urging Toshiba to drop HD DVD are the recent events transpired since Warner Bros. announced at CES 2008 that it would go Blu-ray Disc exclusive (http://www.dailytech.com/Update+Warner+Bros+to+Become+Bluray+Exclusive/article10233.htm) this summer. Most recently, online rental giant Netflix announced that it too would be dropping HD DVD stock (http://www.dailytech.com/Netflix+Picks+Bluray+Disc+as+Exclusive+HD+Format/article10637.htm), while Best Buy would begin to push Blu-ray Disc (http://www.dailytech.com/Best+Buy+to+Push+Bluray+Titles+Hardware/article10652.htm) as the preferred format.
In what could be the final nail in the coffin for the format, Wal-Mart today announced its plans to drop HD DVD players and software stock (http://www.dailytech.com/WalMart+to+Give+HD+DVD+the+Boot+Sides+With+Bluray/article10716.htm) starting this June.

[scorer_uk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm

Toshiba has dropped HD DVD, only blue ray is left. Finally I can buy a HD player :D

[GUEST]

Yeps...

TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba (http://www.techpowerup.com/#) will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.

[daveraver22]

Anybody fancy buying a PS3?

[scorer_uk]

Nope my son has one, not impressed. I'm just waiting to nick it off him when GT5 comes out.