[ale] OT: Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD

[Ned Williams]

This reminds me more of DVD vs DIVX (the old not the new divX) all the
studios except 20th century released on DVD and 20th went DIVX....and we see
how well that format did.

Ned


On 6/18/07, Sid Lane <jakes.dad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> you know, I'm something of an AV/HT buff (have 2 DLPs & a few $K worth of
> audio eq) but I have totally stayed on the sidelines for this.  not so much
> for fear of picking the wrong horse, just shear/utter disgust w/the studios
> (DRM, writing/buying laws, re-buying titles AGAIN, etc.)...  I'm going to
> hold out as long as I can (will-power wise) but I'm afraid if I ever hear a
> title w/a good audio track delivered lossless to a good system I'm going to
> totally cave (I'm probably more of an audio buff than video).  a coworker
> (w/HD-DVD) has about convinced me that I can almost rationalize it w/Netflix
> vs. buying but I'm still holding out for now.
>
> FWIW, I don't see how HD-DVD could possibly not win - the manufacturing
> costs are way less & the process is far more flexible.  the only prayer I
> see blueray having is if HD-DVD's DRM is totally broken & blueray's survives
> in which case the studios won't care about the mfg cost & will just pass it
> along.  if they are able to stop the bleeding of HD's DRM then greed will
> inevitably lead them to the (significantly) cheaper medium.
>
> just my 2c/never 2bHO...
>
> On 6/18/07, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
> >
> > I see that Blockbuster has jumped on the Blu-Ray Bandwagon (see:
> > http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,283774,00.html)
> >
> > According to that article...  "All major studios except one are
> > releasing films in Blu-ray, with several, including The Walt Disney Co.,
> > releasing exclusively in Blu-ray. Only Universal Studios, which is owned
> >
> > by General Electric Co., exclusively supports HD DVD."
> >
> >
> > So... how does everyone think this is going to end up?  (those of you
> > who still own Betamax players are requested not to provide input :-) )
> >
> >
> > -Jim P.
> >
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