Posted by Quagmire aka DinZ on 06/14/06 08:38

"higgy" <higgyslacker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97E2606CBE032higgyslackerhotmailc@84.92.1.12...
> "Tricky Dicky" wrote:
>
>> It seems to me that a lot of people are so distrustful of the consumer
>> electronics companies - and so confused as to what is considered the
>> best option - they are just sitting on their cash
>>
>> Anyone salivating at the prospect of hi-def disks? I remember the
>> early days of DVD and there was a frisson of excitement. As it stands
>> now hi-def has a whiff of quadraphonics.
>>
>> IMO, this new format war just stinks of marketing people hyping and
>> whipping things up now in order to sell as many Blu-Ray or HD-DVD
>> players now and at least recoup some of the R&D costs from the early
>> adopters before a unified format and Tescos start flogging them for
>> �29.99
>
> I agree - HD hasn't done anything to excite me. I won't go that way
> until my current telly and player break down and that's assuming the HD
> stuff is as cheap as, or completely replaced, non-HD.
>
> You've also got to consider the movies - how many early DVD releases
> were as bad as or worse than VHS? Quite a few, I seem to remember. Only
> the latest cutting edge stuff will benefit from HD, IMO. I expect a glut
> of "no better than DVD", back catalogue stuff, to add confusion and
> dilute the concept. It'll be back to the days of carefully checking
> reviews, to make sure a disc is *really* worth the investment.
>
> I probably will go for a higher capacity storage medium for my PC,
> because I can fill DVD's all too easily. I'd likely prefer BR, because
> I'd like to try an alternative, instead of sticking with something
> that's been less than perfect. Price (for both media and the drive) will
> still likely be the deciding factor, though.
>
> FWIW, I think the guy slagging blu-ray gave himself away as a console
> fantwat when he mentioned Microsoft releasing a HD-DVD drive (which, of
> course, is for the XBox 360) and slated the PS3 for being "too
> expensive".


Sky had a HD stand at Liverpool yesterday. I was not that impressed with the
out put and will wait till my current Tv is at the Knackers yard before I
jump on the bandwagon same with the new dvd format as well. I latched on to
Dvd around 2000. and thus paid what I think is now a heavy price for
adopting early for a device I now no longer use. Its far better to have tv
programmes fall on to your lap that you can watch at your lesiure where ever
you want ie pc pocket, laptop, streaming media player.

Not going to fall for the marketing hype this time round.

DinZ

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