Posted by afiggatt on 12/08/05 14:17

nospam@nospam.com wrote:

> Blue Ray and HD DVD are here, so I am making a move to dump my entire
> DVD collection on Ebay. Few Observations:

They are? I doubt if we will see any Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players before
the spring of 2006 and even that is uncertain. I hope your HD TV has a
DVI/HDCP or HDMI port because it is likely that the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD
players will only send the 1080i HD signal out the copy protected
digital port. The component will likely be good for 480i/480p only.

I don't understand why anyone would dump their DVD collection just
because of BR or HD-DVD on the horizon. It will be years before many of
the DVD titles will be available on BR/HD-DVD. And will the modest
improvement in picture quality for many older movies (those in poorer
condition) be worth buying it all over again?

I don't expect to buy either a BR or HD-DVD player for at least 1 or 2
years after they hit the market and possibly even longer, depending in
part on how draconian the copy protected requirements are.

Alan F

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