HD vs Blu-Ray

[Pikachu256]

Hey guys which one do you think is better the all expensive Blu-Ray or the decent priced HD DVD?

Most HD DVD players are $300-$500 USD

Most Blu-Ray players are $600+ USD

Of course most people would go for the Blu-Ray for the new technology but money is very important also.

History Lesson:

Remember the war against VCR and Sony Betamax?
(The Video Tape Format War)

Betamax:

VCR:

Price is important. Sony were selling their 4 Hour Betamax tapes were $10 and VHS were 8 hours for $5.
Sony sold their Betamax at around $100!
VCR could be found less than $50!

Find out more about the Video Tape Format War at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war

SONY BETAMAX LOST AGAINST VCR/VHS
[Back on Topic]

So now what do you think about the Disc Format War?
Well I guess only time and price will tell....

What do you think about the disc format war?

 

[JAKE196]

I wish movies weren't exclusively on one format. . .

thats all my thoughs on the issue.

 

[Pikachu256]

Lol yeah same here so we can get any movie we want..... and if you buy the loser in the Disc format war your doomed =/ wasted all that money

 

[Skippy]

Most HD DVD players are $300-$500 USD
Most Blu-Ray players are $600+ USD

The PS3 is the best deal for a Blu-Ray player at the moment.

Of course most people would go for the Blu-Ray for the new technology but money is very important also.

Blu-Ray is no more "new" technology than HD-DVD. The structure of the HD-DVD disc is more similar to the current DVD discs, but that doesn't really matter.

Sony sold their Betamax at around $100!
VCR could be found less than $50!

I don't think so. Our first VHS that we got when Betamax was still available was over $800 (top loading with a wired remote!). Betamax were not far from that. Betamax was out of the market before prices got down to $100 (except for possible clearance sales of leftover units).

So now what do you think about the Disc Format War?
Well I guess only time and price will tell....

I wouldn't buy either of them until things are settled. And this is pretty much the last gasp for physical media. Whichever wins will eventually replaced by digital downloads.

 

[Pikachu256]

Forgot to point out to you guys that Blu-Ray is selling out HD DvD. Ratio is 2 for Blu-Ray, 1 For HD DvD. So its like 2:1....

hopefully VHS will come back lol, I love VHS because discs gets scratched up a whole lot easier than VHS but VHS poorer quality =[

 

[blueovalboy7]

Forgot to point out to you guys that Blu-Ray is selling out HD DvD. Ratio is 2 for Blu-Ray, 1 For HD DvD. So its like 2:1....

hopefully VHS will come back lol, I love VHS because discs gets scratched up a whole lot easier than VHS but VHS poorer quality =[

It's not like, it is if your figures are correct.

Essentially how I had it explained to me is that the Blu-Ray discs have more space on the discs than the HD-DVDs do. They're almost exactly the same picture quality and really the difference are the companies pushing for one to do better than the other. I think both will last for quite a while, 2:1 is nowhere near a big enough margin for one to get pushed out. They have combo players that will play both formats, and regular dvds, but they're fairly expensive the last time I checked on those.