MS and Intel back HD DVD over Blu-ray - Page 8

I purchased my hdtv 3 years ago. I got it because I knew that I would be upgrading to a cable hd package as soon as I could. For about the first year, the only hd content going into my tv was from my xbox. Now I have hd via comcast, and I want more. I love my hd pvr, and I record a ton of primetime in hd.

I am currently a senior in college, not making uber amounts of money, and am completly supporting myself. I would love to buy a first gen high def dvd player, and will probably save money for one. I want hd content, and as much as I can get of it.

I have no problem repurchashing some of my dvds (such as lotr, star wars, matrix, etc). I am not going to repurchase everything. And all my future purchases (once available) of new releases will be high def disks.

I think it is naieve to say that next gen dvd format will fail completly. There is such a drastic difference quality wise between sd and hd. Yes, I know you need a hdtv to see this, but hd is taking off. It seems like more and more people I know are making hdtv purchases for their next tv purchase. They like the wide screen aspect for movies, and love the sports they have seen at my place. Hd isn't dieing, and it needs a major distribution medium. Broadband in the us isn't there yet to handle ondemand hdtv. I want to be able to watch a certain movie at a certain time, in hd. High def dvd can do this for me in short order.

Sorry for any misspellings or other oddities. I am typing this up on my sidekick (I love technology)

Let's slow down here. I never once said that HD is dying. HD is the future. We'll get to 1080p then we'll get past that, even.

But we're not going to be there tomorrow or even in 2006. This will all take time. In the meantime, I think it behooves the smart consumer to make wise decisions with their money. I think EDTV has a lot of room yet left for growth.

But I am usually wrong when I try to crawl into the mind of the American consumer. I do know that a $2500 (at least!) hurdle to Blu-Ray/HD-DVD access is far higher than most Americans are willing to go.

$2500? I think the average consumer could get by with a $1499 rear projection HDTV set. Still more than the typical tv set, but quite a bit cheeper than $2500. Perhaps you meant $2500 for the player and the tv, in which case first gen will cost that much. But first gen dvd players were equally expensive. New tech takes time to come down in price.

Best Buy currently has a Toshiba 57" Widescreen Rear-Projection HDTV w/HDMI Input for $1499. They also have a $599 flat tube hdtv available (30"). Granted, these aren't top of the line by any means, but they will produce pictures that blow away a SD set (using an HD source of course), and they don't demolish your bank account.

i give props to groverat for
1. shakespearean reference ("full of sound and fury, signifying nothing...") IIRC mi high skool literachure correktly
2. sensible plasmatv buy of a 480p set and being clued-in on SED
3. yeah, bluray vs hdvd is, like most wars, pointless at the end of the day

all that money and energy could be channeled into digital distribution and storage of 240p(ipod etc), 480p, 720p and 1080p content (just to stir the pot i will state again that 1080i is a dirty hack that's just used because of the old-skool thinking style of old-skool analog TV. interlacing is so last century )

These are TV monitors, they have Hi-Def tuners built-in. And they will show current Hi-Def video from a computer. Next year may be different. But they will work for OVA broadcasts.

Bill Gates gates talking about the future of dvd's

http://www.planetxbox360.com/?view=article&article=392



Sony seems to be pushing for blu-ray so hard because if they lose this they are totally f&*cked.

if the video ipod truly takes off this could leap frog next generation dvd's.

Sounds fishy - one minute they are frantically trying to back HD-DVD and derail Blu-ray, and (after they lose the battle, for all intents and purposes) "the physical format no longer matters".

sour grapes...

well gates did say this was the last gen of this type of format, doesn't mean he is completely abandoning it.

blu-ray hasn't won yet

HP is pressuring them to add some content HD-DVD already incorporated.

Yes HP is coming to their senses and realizing that iHD is better than Java for making menus. Maybe if they think harder they'll realize that there is no need for blu ray's "superior" capacity. In a decade if many of the movie purchases or rentals are electronic space issues for a delivery medium are moot.

I would agree if the only issue was the recorded content, but it's also the recordable nature that's important.

You don't think that BR's much larger capacity in that area matters?

No. I simply don't think DL recordable media will ever have the time to lower enough in price to make people care.

Bill is right. Physical discs are going bye bye. I'd rather jack in a flash drive to a HTPC download my video and carry that with me for playback rather than fret on if my buddies Playstation will track my video just right.

The tolerances that will be required for stable blue laser recording are a great deal higher than red laser and even today some burners aren't producing flawless discs.

a decade ago hard drives were prohibitively expensive. A 1GB Seagate drive would run you roughly $850. Today $800 buys you a terabyte of hard drive space. A 1000x improvement. So now let us assume that the growth of hard drives increases at only half the rate in the next 10 years. We'd still be looking at 250 Terabytes of hard drive space in 2015. Even today Seagate could easily ship a 650GB+ drive but why rush?
Thus for once I have to agree with Billy G. The advent of flash and the increases in drive technology really make the need to shuffle around polycarbonate discs a trend that isn't likely to last. Within 5yrs flash drives will hold 20GB+ right around your neck. That's much hipper than the 12cm shiny disc that scratches a wee bit too easily.

Bring on the HD..although I don't think either format will live for a decade before being usurped by a better delivery medium.

I remember prices much higher than that for HD's.

I also remember that when they first came out that CD-R recorders could only record at 1x and cost $6,000. The disks had to be used in a cassette (I still have some), and cost over $75.

It's likely that someday, disks might be replaced for content produced professionally by content producers. But it won't eliminate the need to put either backups or home made content on something other than HD's, no matter how cheap they get.

They still fail. I've had that happen several times the last year alone.

Besides, if you want one recording to take with you, a disk is still safer and cheaper than even a 1" HD.

As either format will be 100% compatable with what came before, I just don't see a problem.

And I think it will be around longer than you think. Enough time for the disks to come down in price. RE is part of the original standard here, so the disks can be reused.

Uh oh

Warner signs up to deliver Blu-Ray movies

I think HD-DVD just lost. I don't know how they'll be able to surmount this. All hail the new King. Blu Ray!!! Come kiss the new King's DRM.

Two things missing. One is whether they will contunue to plan to release movies on HD DVD.

Two. If you look at the Board of Directors listing you will see that Apple's name is not there. I read it twice to make sure I didn't miss it.

When I went the the Blu-Ray assoc site, Apple's name is still there.

Strange. Typo? Or something else?

Why do HP care? They are not content creators.

Gates also forgets a vital thing, people LOVE actually owning movies, music, games etc. Content on demand is nice, but I still buy the movies I like.

Ok, so now Warner announced, the NYT said this morning that "Universal Studios, ...is expected to follow".

Also


"Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox and Lion's Gate have sided with the Blu-Ray group, but have not shown any inclination to make DVD's in Toshiba's format."

That say's it all, I guess.

at the risk of being bloody annoying, all your base are belong to bluray. game over.