Posted by Alpha on 02/11/07 06:59

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
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> In alt.games.video.xbox MassiveProng
> <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
>
>> Bullshit, and wrong on both assertions.
>
>> HD DVD IS better as their sound IS better. BluTurd doesn't cut it.
>
> *shrug* I can't really tell the difference, though I admit I don't have
> golden ears.
>
>> And it is AB-SO-FUCKING-LUTELY NOTHING like anything that happened
>> with a fucking lousy writable format DVD debacle.
>
> I say the situations are the same in that the consumer has been saddled
> with choosing between 2 formats that do the same thing. In this case,
> both present video in HD and 7.1 sound. Both can contain a full length
> movie, extras, bonus features, etc etc etc. There are differences - but
> they're insignificant to most consumers. Blu-Ray can possibly have larger
> capacities, HD-DVD has slightly better sound. To me, that's close enough
> to call them identical.
>
> Also, as we saw with writable DVD, combo players started appearing pretty
> soon. I'm not saying that LG's first attempt is worth buying, but it
> certainly shows that such devices are possible, affordable, and aren't
> nearly the "impossibility" other experts had claimed.

These devices are essentially two systems patched together as one. That is
why even cut-rate LG's first effort, if it happens (they keep changing their
tune), will be $1,400...I do not consider that at all affordable.

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