Posted by asjbiotek on 01/17/07 21:13

you do know you have a finite lifespan and it'll take years to resolve
this right?

read the reports...hybrids aren't going to solve the problem since they
would necessarily COST more (and are probably more prone to
defects)...another hype...

why waste your time? buy the playstation, you get to play games AND
watch blu-ray (and 80% of playstation owners say they will buy blu-ray
titles)...best of both worlds....

a couple years from now this discussion will be moot, and HD-DVD will
have gone the way of extinct formats ;-)

Doug Jacobs wrote:
> In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 asjbiotek@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Nowadays, I look at logic and long trends, not superficial short term
> > hype, and almost everything points to Blu-ray burying HD-DVD.
>
> > Points:
>
> > 1. There are already more movie titles in Blu-ray than HD-DVD
>
> Hybrid players make this moot. Consumers no longer need to choose which
> format to back.
>
> > 2. Blu-ray discs are outselling HD-DVD discs right now by more than
> > 3x... why? See next point:
>
> Hybrid players make all single-format players on the market obsolete (not
> that many people actually BOTHERED with either...)
>
> > 3. Because of the playstation 3, there are several times more Blu-ray
> > players than HD-DVD players in the market, so the potential customer
> > base of blu-ray is already several times larger than HD-DVD (about 80%
> > of playstation buyers say they will start purchasing blu-ray movies)!!!
>
> Are people really using the PS3 for movies? I guess that'd make sense
> since there's only one decent game for the PS3 right now - and that's
> Resistance. But again, with the hybrid players coming out, there's no
> reason to buy the PS3 as a blu-ray player.
>
> > * plus, Blu-ray player/recorder manufacturers include HUGE companies
> > like Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Philips, etc, all of whom are much
> > bigger than Toshiba (which produces HDD-DVD). You think these guys are
> > gonna lose?
>
> All of them. No one's going to bother with a burner/recorder until you
> handle both formats. It's the DVD-R/+R thing all over again.
>
> > 4. FIVE big movie studios are releasing ONLY in blu-ray, including
> > DISNEY, SONY, and 20th Century Fox.
>
> And porno studios are choosing HD-DVD for cheaper discs and players. 6
> of one, half a dozen of the other.
>
> > Can you imagine anyone buying an HD-DVD player that will never play The
> > Lion King, Toy Story, or any other Disney movie? What about Sony and
> > Spiderman? or 20th century fox and Star Wars? Etc Etc.
>
> Can you imagine anyone buying a Blu-ray player that couldn't play
> HD-DVDs? I can't. Hybrid players are the future. Consumers don't like
> having to make choices.
>
> > 5. There are now 200 GB blu-ray discs in research and 100 GB discs in
> > commercial development...HD-DVD will not even come close to this.
>
> HD-DVD developers have announced they're developing multi-layered HD-DVDs
> with 250-500GB in capacity.
>
> I'd expect this sort of tit-for-tat competition to go on for some time
> between both camps. The average consumer isn't going to care though.
> Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have the capacity to present a movie in HD.
> Beyond that, who cares?
>
> > So, if toshiba runs out of money and gives up on HD-DVD what happens to
> > all the people who bought HD-DVD? ;-)
>
> Same thing that happens if Blu-ray loses the fight. Which is why only
> idiots are buying either now.
>
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