Posted by manitou910 on 04/05/06 22:59

I agree that both sides will lose the current battle. While the market
realities have few parallels to the old VHS/Betamax wars, enough people
remember this that many will resist taking the leap, aside from a few
technophile early adopters.

Blu-ray's higher storage capability is a non-issue for home theatre
people (the primary market), since both formats have enough room for
high-quality hi-def movies. Home theatre and the PC market are two
totally different ones.

BTW, bonus features likely will not be hi-def for either format.

The down-rezing, for copyright reasons, will be the kiss of death for
both. As others noted, this means most HDTV displays acquired more
than two years ago will not display full resolution from either HD-DVD
or Blu-ray.

And ditto, BTW, for anyone with a high-end CRT front projector (still
considered the best video display format in existence).







CPJ

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