Blu-Ray Thread

HD Movies : What floats your boat?

  • Dont really care about HD Movies

    Votes: 3 16.7%

  • Have a Blu Ray player

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Have a HD-DVD player

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Have a PS3

    Votes: 11 61.1%

  • Have 360 HD-DVD

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I download all the movies I ever need

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • TV supplier and On Demand movies do me

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
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Man thats the funniest news I have EVER read. :roll: :-k
 
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Right....Okay.

I think this battle will be won in USA and Japan, not England as there is no HDTV really available in UK. It depeends what the consumers overseas buy. Blu Ray has some good backing, especially the studios supporting it like Warner Bros.
 
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Holio said:
Man thats the funniest news I have EVER read. :roll: :-k
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You need to following the information :roll:
NEC, Toshiba, Intel, IBM = HD-DVD

you understand now ? ](*,)
 
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Keep banging your head against that wall cuz its still not funny...
 
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Blu Ray will win because the porn industry has chosen for Blu Ray...
Same thing happened with VHS-Betamax in the video area...

Oh and i don't hate Xbox ...just like i don't hate a certain northern English football club.
 
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Yeah i read the same yeasterday that 2 of the big porn producers are to use Blue Ray, its not looking good for my DVD collection...
 
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ThomasGOAL said:
Normal you are a Xbox fanboy :roll:
Blu Ray win few points again...
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LMAO. I dont even have an Xbox. You're the only fanboy here, you Sony lover.
 
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RuneEdge, even though you called me a PSP Fanboy when Im not I actually do like the DS as well, You make a good point. ThomasGoal has done nothing but slam anything Xbox 360 related and has sung the full praises of Sony and PS3....

DJ
 
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djdavedoc said:
RuneEdge, even though you called me a PSP Fanboy when Im not I actually do like the DS as well, You make a good point. ThomasGoal has done nothing but slam anything Xbox 360 related and has sung the full praises of Sony and PS3....
DJ
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You only told me you like the NDS AFTER someone called you a fanboy, which if you read again, it wasnt me who originally made that accusation.
 
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Pretty cheap dont you think? As the Blu Ray standalone players will be $1000+
Anyway, this might be a cheap alternative, especially if you have a HTPC.

Anyway, the Blu-Ray Media must be very expensive.
 
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ashmufc said:
Pretty cheap dont you think? As the Blu Ray standalone players will be $1000+
Anyway, this might be a cheap alternative, especially if you have a HTPC.

Anyway, the Blu-Ray Media must be very expensive.
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Yes very cheap for the first burner
 
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Taken from a site:

If you're one of the first adopters who mortgaged the house to buy the earliest HDTV displays, don't expect to get full HD resolution when you take out a second mortgage for a high-def disc player when they come out later this year.

Today the copy-protection rules for Blu-ray or HD DVD — the two formats competing to be the standard for HD discs — are being unveiled. Called Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the rules clearly show the major movie studios are determined to stymie potential piracy, but their efforts may short-change people with older HDTVs.

AACS says the new players won't output a full-HD signal from their component-video connections, since those jacks are analog instead of digital and thus have no copy protection. The "down-rezzed" signals will be limited to a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels — exactly one-quarter the 1,920 x 1,080 pixels that you'll get through the copy-protected digital connectors on the players.

The potentially huge problem with this strategy is that the only HD inputs on a lot of older HDTVs are component video. Estimates vary, but it's believed 3 to 6.6 million such displays are in U.S. households. And the sun will set on analog video for good after Dec. 31, 2013, when AACS-licensed players can't be made or sold with any analog video outputs, including the familiar yellow composite-video jack.
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Regarding the mystery around the PS3 price:

No they are not releasing the price because if it is ANYTHING less than $1000 NO ONE is going to be a Samsung Blu-Ray player or any other stand alone Blu-Ray player. If I know right now that I can get a PS3 for $700 in November why in the world would I got drop $1000 on a stand alone Blu-Ray player that can only play movies?

The PS3 is actually what is going to kill the Blu-Ray format... it alienates too many of the other hardware manufacturers out there! Why do you think no one else make a UMD player?
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A very valid quote... It's a difficult situation: if Sony don't charge much for the PS3, they will alienate the hardware manufacturers - but if they charge the same as the hardware manufacturers, they alienate the PS3 consumers.

People can argue that this was the same with the PS2 and DVD players (which were highly priced back then). But it's a bit more complicated in that the Blu-Ray is Sony's own technology - and manufacturers won't take this kindly as it can be seen that Sony is wanting to create a monopoly.
 
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Very true, but AV fanatics like those who will be buying the HD-DVD and Blu Ray players at launch may choose the standalone playerfor a few reasons. Take the PS2, the DVD player on that was rubbish compared to other standalone and so bought a DVD player alongside the PS2, but this is only AV fans, not the average Joe.

If the same thing happens, which is likely as $ony will want to cut costs and also will promote people to buy a BR Player as well. The same thing with M$ 360 HDDVD add on.

The difference between this and the PS2/DVD saga is that DVD was solid technology and was around for a few years, but this time High Deg players are just new.
 
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HD-DVD is coming to Europe/UK 10th November I think.

Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD Player
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Looks okay, no news yet if it is 2nd gen model or not.

Anyway, news on the actual quality of the format, HD-DVD is better so far than what Blu-Ray has offered which is worrying as I am backing Blu-Ray due to them having a lot more manufactureres on their side.
 
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Old thread revival(!)

Bumped into this, the top ten sales of both "next gen" formats so far:

http://www.thedvdwars.com/top.cfm

That is so confusing(!) Are stores gonna have a separate section for HD-DVD and another for Blu-Ray?

Both formats have a couple of decent movies...it wasn't as one sided as I thought it would be.

To make things worse, most movies aren't released in both formats....so say if I wanted to buy X-Men 3 but have a HD-DVD player, then I'm screwed(!). Likewise, it's similar if I wanted Batman Begins but only had a Blu-Ray player.

It just seems like a corporate pissing match which is likely to end up with no clear winner, and the consumer will end up being the loser :(
 
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Thats right! We just have to see how it goes. Let USA decide LOL!

It is like the DivX vs DVD war, but that was very small. Most parties supported DVD, but like Disney were backing DivX, but soon everybody went to one side.

I am backing HD-DVD due to its great price on hardware and region-free. Universal are currently backing HD-DVD, but Fox are supporting Blu-Ray. That means no Casino Royale on HD-DVD.
 
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HulkWogan said:
Whatever makes my x-rated movies look better will be the one I purchase.
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And think of how much porn these babies can hold.

As far as the competition between the two goes I have no idea? Probably end up with Blu-Ray though because of the PS3.
 
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Blu-Ray Vs HD-DVD: Facts and Fiction

Myth: Blu-ray has more capacity.

Reality: Follow me carefully here, because the distinction I’m going to make does not rule out the possibility that Blu-ray will indeed, ultimately offer more storage capacity.

While Blu-ray is (theoretically) capable of delivering a dual-layer 25GB disc for a total of 50GB’s, the truth of the matter is, the Blu-ray (movie) titles Sony has shipped thus far are on single layer 25GB discs.

So in reality as of today Wednesday the 28th of June 2006, HD-DVD discs at dual-layer 15GB for a total of 30GB offer more capacity than Blu-ray, I’ll repeat that, as of right now HD-DVD is delivering more capacity than Blu-ray. That kind of flies in the face of everything we’ve heard about Blu-ray thus far huh?

The HD-DVD camp has even reported the development new window of a 45GB (3-layer) disc. And while I’ll have to take a ‘believe it when I see it’ stance on that one, I’m a lot more likely to believe someone who promised less capacity (It was assumed the first HD-DVD’s would be single layer 15GB) and delivered more, over someone who promised more capacity and delivered less.

Of course Sony could trump all of this by delivering their dual-layer 50GB discs, or even their 4 layer (yes four layers!) 100GB discs, but until it’s on the store shelves and playing in Blu-ray players, you’ll have to forgive me for being less than convinced.
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So hold on, can the soon-to-be-released dual layer Blu-Ray discs run on the current Blu-Ray players (inc the PS3)?

EDIT: Just found a link :) - apparently it does ;)

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/report-50gb-dual-layer-blu-ray-discs-will-play/
 
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Ahhh! That is annoying, sill Fox! They will also release Day 6 24 on Blu-Ray as well. Bu atleast Smallville/Sopranos is on HD-DVD as well.
 
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