Posted by Phisherman on 01/26/08 11:47

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:53:57 -0800, "Matthew Vaughan"
<matt-no-spam-109@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote:

>"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.
>


What about if both formats "lose?" Isn't that happening now? I see a
lot more regular DVDs for sale than other formats, plus Blu-Ray and
HD-DVD ROM drives are not practical due to cost.

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