Ready for another injection of Truth Serum? I know you are and I have something in dire need of the injection. Because of the recent news about Warner Bros. (and supposedly New Line Cinema) opting to support Blu-ray, I thought I’d write another dose of Truth Serum to let people know this war is teh suck. So for all of you rejoicing in the so-called “end of HD DVD”, allow me to shed some light on just how your checking account will suffer.
First let’s start with the defintion of the two. Blu-ray is a new high-definition video disc standard that offers up to six times the visual detail of traditional DVDs. HD DVD is a new high-definition video disc standard that offers up to six times the visual detail of traditional DVDs. Wait a second Deacon, that sounds the same. That’s because they are the same! Beyond the storage capacity (Blu-ray) and a few additional features (HD DVD), these formats are mirror images.
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January 8th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I LOVE the Truth Serum segment!
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January 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Yes Deacon, it sucks for us. Blue-Ray players are twice the price of HD-DVD players and the discs cost more to.
However this was a blessing in disguise for the HD-DVD camp. Sony spent Billions to win this format war and basically ruined their PlayStation market share in the process. Now that would be ok if Blue-Ray was the standard as long as DVD reigned, but I can guarentee with 100% certainty that won’t be the case. Hell some PC Hard drives already less than 200 dollars for 750+ gigs. With fiber optic Internet service speeds are increasing 500%.
Everyone is going to go digital distribution with in 5 years. Things like Itunes and Live MP will trump any discs, especially when anything you purchase can stay “attached” to your account for life and be re-downloaded. The only thing that needs to happen for this to become really mainstream is lower prices to purchase movies online. Once these stuido’s start passing on the savings of not having to buy Blue-Ray discs, manufacture, package, ship, retail profit share, etc… Then Blue-Ray will be finished and Sony will not recover those Billions they lost and might not recover from wrecking their playstation brand.
January 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I figured SirHarper would be all over this by now
Anyway, I agree Deaconblade, HD-DVD is IMHO the superior format and is why I bought the HD-DVD add-on. I will be disappointed if it doesn’t come out on top, but there is nothing else I can do about it.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
“Blue-Ray players are twice the price of HD-DVD players and the discs cost more to.”
The majority of Blu-ray movies are the same price as the majority of HD-DVD movies. As for the players, Sony’s 1080p Blu-ray player is $399. Toshiba’s 1080i HD-DVD player is $299 and their 1080p player is $399. So I really don’t see how it sucks for us.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
HD DVD has failed in the movie wars but it’s so cheap and if I’m not mistaking it reads/burns faster than the B ray disc. It should be the next main stream computer drive thingamabob to store tings on! Hopefully Micrsoft stops with the movies and pushes the computer tings. Tings rock!
January 8th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
LOL sirharper…
January 8th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Xbox 360 let the HD DVD down.. if the HD DVD Drive came standard then the format war would be a deadlock.. IMO.. there aren’t many people who would go out and plop down 160 bucks for a HD DVD drive for their 360 on top of what they’ve paid already… but if it would have came standard, you would have all those people as possible supporters. It dramatically changes the outlook.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
yep i agree DJ. had it been installed, it would be a different story.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I would hate to invest in either Blue Ray or HD-DVD right now because both formats has exclusive rights to certain movies.
So if I own a HD-DVD player and I wanted the Matrix Trilogys (which is by Warner Bros.) but I can’t get it because its exclusive to Blue Ray.
At the end of the day we the consumer actually have the last word in this war because if we don’t go out and support either Blue Ray or HD-DVD then nobody wins.
Until then I’ll stick to regular DVD’s.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
@NuAngel, thx man
i like to have as many original features as possible so it adds some change up to the site.