Posted by Matthew Vaughan on 01/26/08 09:55

<Northern Deity> wrote in message
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> Doug Jacobs wrote: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Except that the stuff off the internet is highly compressed, and
>> neither cable or satellite are using 1080p right now. HD, yes, but
>> not quite as good as the quality you'll get with HD-DVD or Blu-Ray.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Except Blu-ray can do the codecs in a far higher bit rate (Blu-ray has
> a maximum bit-rate of 40 mbps while HD DVD offers a maximum of 28
> mbps), add to the the larger disc space, making for better quality.

In theory. Since we actually live in "practice", it turns out that HD DVD
has more than enough capacity and bitrate for the purpose, and in the real
world, HD DVD encoded movies are indistinguishable from Blu Ray encoded
movies, so this is a non-advantage "advantage".

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