09-05-2006, 02:33 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by White Doors
Star wars vs Star Trek?
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Lightsabers vs Tasers
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09-05-2006, 02:58 PM
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#22
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Flames vs. Oilers 
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09-05-2006, 07:06 PM
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#23
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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From what I've read. Blu-Ray has the potential to be the better technology, but HD-DVD will make it to the market first and be more affordable.
I think HD-DVD will win this one.. but I also haven't kept up to date with any progress on it in the past couple months
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09-05-2006, 07:26 PM
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#24
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
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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Where was the deal? Around $400 was the magic price for me too, but I've been too busy to follow it for the past month or so.
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09-05-2006, 07:29 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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I'm just going to buy a PS3, so I suppose its Blue-Ray for me.
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09-05-2006, 07:36 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Both are on the market right now. I have a feeling that HD-DVD will win this battle. Hopefully early 07 we will see the LG combo player that plays both formats. They ditched strictly Blu-ray to focus on the Dual format player. With no clear winner yet, I won't be running out and buying either. I may go out and buy an upconverting DVD player though.
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09-05-2006, 07:40 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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I saw a HD DVD setup in Best Buy with a HD DVD movie and nice TV, and it looked pretty impressive.
Not $1000 impressive though.
Whichever one gets cracked first will win 
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09-05-2006, 07:49 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by MattyK
Jolt Cola vs. Red Bull?
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nah neither are in the running anymore... its Bawls all the way.
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09-05-2006, 07:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Originally Posted by Draug
Where was the deal? Around $400 was the magic price for me too, but I've been too busy to follow it for the past month or so.
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I live in the US, but it was on the Continental Airlines rewards site. $363 +100 miles(which are worth about a dollar). No shipping or tax. At least $100 cheaper than anywhere else.
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09-05-2006, 10:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by photon
Whichever one gets cracked first will win |
That is so true.
And when that format becomes pervasive and "wins", turn on the ACS token.
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09-05-2006, 10:05 PM
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Franchise Player
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In order for a player like that to be effective, doesn't one have to own a 1080p TV? I don't even have a HDTV of any kind yet, I'm not about to make a massive jump just for DVDs.
Is there any chance in the near future, that a 1080p will be useful for anything BUT DVDs? In other words, is HDTV on TV going to support this?
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09-05-2006, 10:25 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Not really, the movies on the discs are encoded in 1080p/24fps.. So unless you have a native 1080p TV that supports 24fps (some projectors do), the content will be resampled anyway and going from 1080p/24fps to 1080i/60fps shouldn't look any worse.
Or at least that's what I've read.
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09-05-2006, 11:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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I'll wait until the players are < $150. Since the first gen players started at $700, it shouldn't take too long. By then one of the formats will have died out as well so it'll make the decision much easier.
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09-05-2006, 11:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Wow, that's pretty funny, and probably pretty close to true.
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It's funny until you take into account that the porn industry generates more money per year than the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and the movie industry combined. People will pay big money to get their rocks off.
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09-06-2006, 01:12 AM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Originally Posted by Reaper
It's funny until you take into account that the porn industry generates more money per year than the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and the movie industry combined. People will pay big money to get their rocks off.
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which baffles me as the internet is a treasure trove of free porn
er, so i've heard...
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09-06-2006, 04:21 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Welp, I too will be buying a PS3, so it's Blu-Ray for me as well.
But this isn't just Sony vs Toshiba. It's Microsoft vs Apple. It's Intel vs DELL. It's NEC vs HP.
Blu-Ray is better. Higher bitrate, greater storage (50 Gigs vs 30 Gigs)...
HDDVD is cheaper. They can use the same factories that created DVDs and convert the machines to create HDDVDs, while Blu-Ray is something completely different which need new machines.
VHS won out over Beta even though Beta was better simply because it was cheaper.
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09-06-2006, 07:18 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Welp, I too will be buying a PS3, so it's Blu-Ray for me as well.
But this isn't just Sony vs Toshiba. It's Microsoft vs Apple. It's Intel vs DELL. It's NEC vs HP.
Blu-Ray is better. Higher bitrate, greater storage (50 Gigs vs 30 Gigs)...
HDDVD is cheaper. They can use the same factories that created DVDs and convert the machines to create HDDVDs, while Blu-Ray is something completely different which need new machines.
VHS won out over Beta even though Beta was better simply because it was cheaper.
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Isn't Toshiba's storage actually 60 gigs when you take into account both sides of the disk?
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09-06-2006, 07:42 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper
It's funny until you take into account that the porn industry generates more money per year than the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and the movie industry combined. People will pay big money to get their rocks off.
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That seems hard to believe, do you have something to back that up?
Regardless, I doubt it has much of an impact on this format war. Unlike when VCRs were released, there are many, many outlets to get your porn these days.
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09-06-2006, 07:49 AM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Originally Posted by White Doors
Isn't Toshiba's storage actually 60 gigs when you take into account both sides of the disk?
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HD DVD is testing triple layer 45 gb discs now. Blue ray is testing dual layer 50 gb discs. I believe neither has been released yet, and there is some doubt as to whether these formats will work on the existing players.
Higher bitrate and capacity should not affect the quality of movies though. Both are capable of sending near perfect 1080p video and lossless 7.1 audio. For the current batch of movies, most people agree that the 15 gb HD DVDs deliver a better picture than the 25 gb BluRays due to better compression schemes.
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09-06-2006, 11:24 AM
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#40
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Lifetime Suspension
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So how much are these new DVD's going to cost? I've never gotten why people are so eager to spend 20-30 bucks to purchase a DVD. There's only a few movies that I would watch more than once or twice. It just seems like a big waste of money to me but obviously a lot don't feel that way.
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