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Re: Is HD DVD losing the fight?

Posted by Arch Stanton on 05/29/07 14:35

Can these be played on any HD-DVD players, or any players for that matter ??

Cheers
Arch


"Mister_Bukkake" <Mister_Bukkake@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gunther Gloop wrote:
>> "POD {ҿ}" <DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9935F56E47BWeLovePOD@195.188.240.200...
>>> My local HMV now has a HiDef rack that holds 10 rows of 8 compartments,
>>> each compartment holding about 7 discs. There were 8 rows of Blu-Ray
>>> and
>>> only 2 rows of HD DVD.
>>>
>>> Three months ago the new version of Blade Runner was to only be on DVD
>>> and
>>> HD DVD, now it is also going to be on Blu-Ray too.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think both formats are in danger of suffering the same fate as DVD-A
>> and SACD (remember those?).
>> While there's still some hope for all of these formats (!?), I think Joe
>> Public is more interested in more downloadable-sized files for the
>> moment.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the corporate big boys are doing their darndest to stop
>> audiophiles/film buffs/technobuffs from enjoying their HD purchases to
>> the fullest with stricter region locking, tighter controls/agreements and
>> copy protection that stops people gaining easy-access in a manner that is
>> now a little more common on the non-hd formats.
>> If/when Joe Public ever cottons on to HD, he won't care too much about
>> that kind of thing, but for now, it seems the studios/coporations are
>> going out of their way to annoy their target audience.
>>
>> If Blu-Ray has a larger share at the moment, my guess is it's because the
>> PS3 ensures a somewhat-guaranteed hardware population (even if PS3 sales
>> are well-down on what were expected/hoped).
>>
>> -Kevin.
>>
>>
> I think the 720p x264 Esir .mkv files are the new HD Format :)

 

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