Which is better?

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Which is better?


I have to agree with CNET, don't buy HD-DVD


Editor's note, January 5, 2008: Because of the recent news that Warner
Bros. Entertainment will be exclusively supporting Blu-ray, CNET
recommends refraining from purchasing an HD DVD player in the near
future. Exclusive support of Warner Bros. Entertainment gives Blu-ray a
large advantage in terms of studio backing, leaving only Paramount and
Universal as major studios releasing movies exclusively on the HD DVD
format. This guide will be overhauled after CES to reflect this and any
other news announced at the show.

Blu-Ray just sounds more cool.

--Mike

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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Which is better?


I have to agree with CNET, don't buy HD-DVD


Editor's note, January 5, 2008: Because of the recent news that Warner
Bros. Entertainment will be exclusively supporting Blu-ray, CNET
recommends refraining from purchasing an HD DVD player in the near future.
Exclusive support of Warner Bros. Entertainment gives Blu-ray a large
advantage in terms of studio backing, leaving only Paramount and Universal
as major studios releasing movies exclusively on the HD DVD format. This
guide will be overhauled after CES to reflect this and any other news
announced at the show.

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:50:34 -0800, "Mike" wrote:

Blu-Ray just sounds more cool.

--Mike

So did 'Betamax'!
--
John H

On Jan 4, 11:50*pm, "Mike" wrote:
Blu-Ray just sounds more cool.

--Mike

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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
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I have to agree with CNET, don't buy HD-DVD

Editor's note, January 5, 2008: Because of the recent news that Warner
Bros. Entertainment will be exclusively supporting Blu-ray, CNET
recommends refraining from purchasing an HD DVD player in the near future.
Exclusive support of Warner Bros. Entertainment gives Blu-ray a large
advantage in terms of studio backing, leaving only Paramount and Universal
as major studios releasing movies exclusively on the HD DVD format. This
guide will be overhauled after CES to reflect this and any other news
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it is, and has a lot more features than HD-DVD

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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Which is better?


I have to agree with CNET, don't buy HD-DVD


Editor's note, January 5, 2008: Because of the recent news that Warner
Bros. Entertainment will be exclusively supporting Blu-ray, CNET
recommends refraining from purchasing an HD DVD player in the near future.
Exclusive support of Warner Bros. Entertainment gives Blu-ray a large
advantage in terms of studio backing, leaving only Paramount and Universal
as major studios releasing movies exclusively on the HD DVD format. This
guide will be overhauled after CES to reflect this and any other news
announced at the show.

I am not too sure I would buy either. Format wars, changing tech, what you
buy today is likely to be useless in short order.

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

Did Betamax. Now I am a little more wiser and waiting for the format wars
to be over, the technology to stabilize and see if it is even accepted by
the public. Just because Sony/Warner says so...does not make it so.

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Which is better?





I don't have a clue.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
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Which is better?





I don't have a clue.

Eisboch



Pansy.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Which is better?

This depends on your definition of better.

Blue-Ray:
- Higher capacity
- More expensive technology (blue laser, disks)
- More obnoxious copy-protection technology
(there are already some players who can not play some movies)
- Much better Studio support (All, but 2 studios)

HD-DVD:
- Lower cost tech (existing DVD factories can be used)
- Was somewhat earlier on the market

More stuff to read on the topic:
http://arstechnica.com/search.ars?Tag=hd

The Sony PS3 makes good Blue-ray player. It's quite competitive
price-wise, too.

Markus

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:41:10 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Which is better?

I suspect Blue-Ray will win the battle.

Apple is supposed to install Blu-Ray disc readers in all new Macs
according to rumor. If that happens, it's over for HD DVD.