09-05-2006, 11:55 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Anyone get a HD DVD or Blu-Ray yet?
Anyone have any experience with these? I found a good deal ($363US) and just pulled the trigger and ordered the Toshiba HD-DVD. It seems like about half of the new releases these days are being released in the format, so that was good enough for me to buy it at that price. Plus, I hear it does a great job upconverting regular dvds.
Too bad there had to be a format war, and neither format has all the studios releasing movies.
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09-05-2006, 11:58 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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I have a HD Bell receiver and an XBOX 360 to go along with my HDTV, but I've completely been ignoring the DVD players. Damn, one more thing to spend money on.
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09-05-2006, 11:59 AM
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#3
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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No, but here's why I think Hd-DVD will win in the end. The name, try selling "Blu-Ray" machines to regular joe's compared to "High Definition DVD's"
I just get a Laserdisk vibe every time I read Blu-Ray.
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09-05-2006, 12:01 PM
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#4
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kryzsky
I have a HD Bell receiver and an XBOX 360 to go along with my HDTV, but I've completely been ignoring the DVD players. Damn, one more thing to spend money on.
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There's going to be an HD-DVD add on for 360 that'll be signifigantly cheaper then the player itself.
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/hd-dvd/02.jpg
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09-05-2006, 12:02 PM
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#5
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Scoring Winger
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Blu-Ray will win in the end.....just my prediction.
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Pleasing_u
Last edited by kdogg; 08-17-2011 at 03:39 PM.
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09-05-2006, 12:05 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I'm not too interested in upgrading while both formats are kicking around. I might upgrade when a clear winner emerges, but by then I expect there will be better technology than either format currently offers. I expect both will fill a laser disc niche of the market, and that neither will truly be a mass market format.
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09-05-2006, 12:15 PM
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My face is a bum!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kdogg
Blu-Ray will win in the end.....just my prediction.
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That's because you're in love with sony 
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09-05-2006, 12:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hulkrogan
That's because you're in love with sony |
Blue Ray is probably the front runner to win overall, only because they have better studio support (even if the studios are not currently releasing discs as fast as the HD DVD supporters). Neither technology seems to have a fundamental technological advantage over the other, it is just silly that there are 2 incompatible formats that are capable of producing the same result).
<$400 was the magic number that I was willing to spend to enjoy at least half the movies I watch in HD for the next year or 2 though.
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09-05-2006, 12:25 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Wow, thanks for the heads up. I had no idea.
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09-05-2006, 12:27 PM
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#10
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I'm hoping someone releases a player thats capable of playing both formats. What really sucks is that each movie studio seems to support only one of the formats. Imagine that you can't buy a movie because its only on blue-ray and you have an hd player...stupid. Customers are not going to like this. It seems that the movie studios are forgetting that the customer is number 1.
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09-05-2006, 12:33 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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PS3 going to be shipping with a built in Blu-Ray DVD player come November, IIRC. I don't know if that will have an effect on how many DVDs are released in Blu-Ray format.
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09-05-2006, 12:43 PM
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#12
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Lifetime Suspension
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I would never bet on Sony winning a format war. HD DVD all the way.
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09-05-2006, 12:46 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Ugh... another thing for nerds to battle over.
OSX vs Windows
XBOX vs Playstation
GSM vs CDMA
HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray
Whoever decides not to completely destroy my bank account will probably win for me. I love owning movies, but I won't pay through the nose to get them.
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Who is in charge of this product and why haven't they been fired yet?
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09-05-2006, 12:49 PM
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#14
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by White Doors
I would never bet on Sony winning a format war. HD DVD all the way.
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Took the words right out of my mouth.
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09-05-2006, 12:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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You want to know which format will win the battle of Blu Ray versus HD DVD?
The one the porno video industry embraces en masse.
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Don't fear me. Trust me.
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09-05-2006, 12:52 PM
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#16
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper
You want to know which format will win the battle of Blu Ray versus HD DVD?
The one the porno video industry embraces en masse.
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Wow, that's pretty funny, and probably pretty close to true.
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09-05-2006, 01:10 PM
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#17
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Can't find any info on the XBOX 360 add-on. When is it scheduled for release?
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09-05-2006, 01:35 PM
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#18
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kermitology
Ugh... another thing for nerds to battle over.
OSX vs Windows
XBOX vs Playstation
GSM vs CDMA
HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray
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You forgot:
Kirk vs Picard
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09-05-2006, 02:33 PM
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#20
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Jolt Cola vs. Red Bull?
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