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Posted by Aaron J. Bossig on 03/10/07 00:02
Derek Janssen <ejanss@comcast.net> wrote in
news:euednRu8i4nCS23YnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com:
>>
>> Oh, I wholeheartedly agree. I was originally going to be format-
>> neutral, buying into both while I waited to see which format won
>> out...
>
> For me, the studio-war was only over Warner releasing "Robin Hood",
> "Excalibur" and "Forbidden Planet" in HD--But now that those're going
> dual-format with the rest of Warner, I can let Disney/Pixar movies
> sway my judgment also...
> And Universal's Microsoft-tied HD support seems to be isolating itself
> in the industry, so Apple will probably stand their ground with
> "their" BR codec. And anything Apple does is Always Right. :)
There's just too much industry support for BRD (be it official or de
facto) to see Bluray die overnight, IMO. HD-DVD has Universal, but
Universal hasn't released many movies that interest me lately, and
they're not in a hurry to release their crown jewels. I also have a
gut feeling that Microsoft is only in this game to try out their video
codecs, and will bow out as soon as they have whatever results they
need.
>> it doesn't
>> make financial sense for me to buy both players or LG's combo at this
>> point in time.
>
> I'm going on the assumption that LG's Big Mistake scared most other
> companies out of trying to make licensed dual-players, as if such a
> thing could be negotiated with two jealous factions--
> Besides, just about every major company is committed to one side of
> the battle or the other, and without LG there's almost nobody left who
> *could* try to go double-agent, unless HP makes a stab at it.
I'm astonished that other companies aren't scrambling to announce dual-
format players. Thus, I've come to the same conclusion... LG ruined it
for everyone. Of course, based on the above, the only reason to
worry about HD-DVD is Universal.
>> I'm doing the same thing-- investing in BluRay simply because it's
>> providing a better overall package. In a year, I'll revisit that
>> decision and see if there's a compelling reason to buy a second
>> player for a second HD format.
>
> If I make my second format-war mistake in my life (I'd won a Sega
> machine in college), and HD pulls ahead, it should be at least a year
> before we see it pull far enough ahead to affect sales--
> That's more than enough time to save up to correct mistakes.
I'm not sure which Sega you won, but most every system except for the
Saturn had a pretty good run.
> I was hoping to get some specific theater-tech arguments about HDI
> being so much more manageable for disk content, etc., but that does
> emphasize one of the points:
I did mention to him before that Bluray-Java wasn't all it was cracked
up to be for a format that's primarily meant for movie playback.
> HD has the support of the theater-techies who watch the movies on
> respectable home-theater equipment in their living rooms...But apart
> from studio support, the most "advantage" that Blu has going for it
> right now is Rabid Fanboy Loyalty by PS3 gamers, who want to
> "woof!woof!woof!" that "they're winning" because they didn't have to
> buy the add-on and can watch it for free. And who, well, end up
> sounding like Blu-Boy.
It reminds me a lot of when the PS2 was released, and suddenly a whole
bunch of people got introduced to DVD in a hurry.
> Which IS doing more public harm to their arguments than good, and, as
> the videogame groups complained, reducing the format war to yet
> another Gamerz Shoutdown. Joy.
The best thing to do to kill a video game advocacy discussion is to ask
for logic and reason. Discussions tend to die quickly when you mention
that "dis iz tha shizzle, yo" isn't a strong argument.
> But, it'll probably end up being whichever player was going down to
> $599 by fall...Did I mention, I bought my first DVD player when I
> thought I could get a reconditioned-DiVX on the cheap?
You can already get closeout Sony and Samsung units at that price.
--
Aaron J. Bossig
http://www.GodsLabRat.com
http://www.dvdverdict.com
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