Posted by Matthew Vaughan on 01/26/08 09:53

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
news:13pid6qnhhfdi26@corp.supernews.com...
> In alt.games.video.xbox Michael C <warped@warblyet.tyc> wrote:
>> NO-ONE CARES BECAUSE WE CAN GET HI-DEF FILMS AND TV PROGRAMMES ON DEMAND
>> FROM THE INTERNET AND CABLE COMPANIES YOU STUPID FUCKING DICKSPLATS.
>
> As for which is better...they're the same in my eyes. They use the same
> codecs, store the same sort of material, and the true differences between
> them are only important to computer users (blu-ray can hold more 1s and 0s
> than HD-DVD) or true home-theater fanatics.

First, I don't see how Blu Ray has any advantage for home-theater fanatics
(if that's what you meant), as HD DVD's capacity and bitrate are fully
capable of providing a fabulous movie experience that is indistinguishable
from Blu Ray, so that only leaves computer back-up as a Blu Ray advantage.

But the DISADVANTAGES of Blu Ray are many: more DRM, region coding, less
consumer-friendly features, reportedly far more time-consuming to encode
home movies for (for now), current and future incompatibilites, instability
and immature implementation, as well as persistently higher manufacturing
prices for both players and disc media, a price differential that will not
go away any time soon (it's largely invisible now due to competition).

I do think that if Blu Ray "wins" it will certainly doom hi-def disc media
to irrelevance sooner than it would if HD DVD "wins", due to all of the
above issues.

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