Posted by DH on 06/14/06 10:58

Quagmire aka DinZ wrote:
> "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

I'm on the fence, but I still think at the back of my mind that BR will be used for
games more and HDDVD will be used for films...

But to hijack slightly -

I'm STILL waiting to see live Sky HD !

My local Currys/Dixons/Comet whatever stores seem to be having an arguement about
contracts cuz they want to show Telewest HD as well as Sky and Sky do NOT like it.

I think Sky are running scared in areas like ours cuz Telewest's HD box is free, not
300 bloody quid !

Having said that, at the end of the day (footie is getting to me), the HDD HD
generator LG are using is showing some bloody nice pictures... AND its all done via
component into the LG TVs !!! HDMI can get stuffed if I can achieve that on my
system from my PC.

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Cheers
David Harris

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