Who are you rooting for in the DVD High Def format war?

[mpompey]

Are you in the Blu-Ray camp, or HD-DVD camp?

Which one should we be rooting for?

[j_garcia]

I think there are a few threads on this already. I don't really care which one wins to be honest, as they both look pretty much the same to me so far. My support currently goes to BluRay though.

[AVRat]

Denon UNIVERSAL player!!!

[darien87]

I'm voting for Blu-ray simply because I have a PS 3. I hate Sony though.

[Clint DeBoer]

I want them both to die - quickly - so we can get on with our lives and someone can come up with a truly universal solution that REPLACES DVD. Right now they are creating a niche market and confusing consumers.

[highfihoney]

I agree with clint,both formats are a dead horse.

[Bluesmoke]

I don't think there's a noticable difference between the two, but Id rather take the 50gb disc than 30gb.

I think consumers would more likely flock to a disc that's 8cm or so and offers 50gb-100gb. That would be cool.

[j_garcia]

HD-DVD already announced 50G capability also, just not ready for consumer market quite yet.

[GlocksRock]

I HD-DVD to prevail.

[Pwner_2130]

Blu- Ray is superior and i love it, but i think both will be replaced by a newer, cheaper, mass storage media like say...jump drives? Small jump drives are getting bigger and bigger, and are very cheap to make. Flash is better than writing to a disc, and offers higher encryption capabilities.

[j_garcia]

Dowloading media from the web will replace most or all physical media. Get used to it.

[avaserfi]

I want them both to die - quickly - so we can get on with our lives and someone can come up with a truly universal solution that REPLACES DVD. Right now they are creating a niche market and confusing consumers.

definitely behind this one and j_garcia with the growing accessibility of high speed internet and decreasing prices of large hard drives the solution will most likely be nonphysical media.

[furrycute]

I am sick and tired of these shiny optical media that can get scratched so easily.

I want something more along the lines of solid state media, that you can step on it, jump on it, throw it out the window of your high rise apartment building, and it will be playable.

[Buckeye_Nut]

Are you in the Blu-Ray camp, or HD-DVD camp?

Which one should we be rooting for? I hope they both die a miserable death for putting me through this nonsense. Because of that nonsense, I refuse to buy either............. they can both rot in hell for all I care.

I'm holding out for the universal player.....

[Buckeye_Nut]

I want them both to die - quickly - so we can get on with our lives and someone can come up with a truly universal solution that REPLACES DVD. Right now they are creating a niche market and confusing consumers.

Hahahahah....


Great minds think alike:D

[mischa316]

I am a dual format supporter!! I have had my Toshiba HD-A1 since last August & my PS3 since launch day!! My Blu Ray's have actually passed the HD DVD's I own!! This comming month is going to be awesome though!! July 3 Dantes Peak HD DVD, The Patriot Blu Ray July 10th, Purple Rain, Deep Purple, Santana, & Yes Live at Montreux all July 24th, July 31 300!! That's going to be awesome!! Also the Jack Ryan Collection which will have The Sum of All Fears, Clear & Present Danger, Patriot Games & The Hunt for Red October which will be comming out on September 25th. Then the next week Ocotober 3rd Top Gun will be comming out as well!! Plus there will be a bunch I will be putting in my Netflix Queue as well to see how they are like Bulletproof, Mystery Men, Flatliners, Arlington Road, Out for Justice, new TMNT movie, Hot Fuzz, Darkman. So It's going to be an expensive year!!
Mischa.

[highfihoney]

Im rooting for VHS,the whole format war is silly & is fleecing consumers.

[mike c]

I was supposed to support both. (I was ready to order an HD DVD player as well) but I couldn't find a movie that I'm that excited about.

so I just ordered some blu-ray discs, and I will order a PS3 when they arrive.

so, technically, I'm now a BD supporter.

and I hope Universal would support BD already so I get a full assortment of movie choices.

[Seth=L]

and I hope Universal would support BD already so I get a full assortment of movie choices.
You can bet once that happens that will pretty much close the deal.:)

[avaserfi]

Blu-ray all the way. PS3 made that happen for me.

[davo]

Im rooting for VHS,the whole format war is silly & is fleecing consumers.

On the contrary, I believe it is helping to push prices right down. Imagine what we would be paying if Toshiba and Sony had agreed to one format from the start?

j-garcia
Dowloading media from the web will replace most or all physical media. Get used to it.

The internet is a contentious issue in Australia because it is so slow and a viable solution is years away. Down loading high def movies is a non-issue for the forseeable future.

[Steelheart1948]

I'm rooting for a video version of 8 track tape. :D Seriously, I don't care which one wins, as long as one of them wins. The longer this "war" goes on, the greater the likelihood that these 2 formats will suffer the same agonizing fate that happened to sacd and dvd-a.

[emorphien]

I'm so annoyed with Sony these days that I root for HD-DVD.

In reality I think both are more or less destined for failure.

[Bryce_H]

I'm rooting for a clear winner and clear loser.

Stupid format war :mad:

[rgriffin25]

I find it interesting that this format war is compared to SACD and DVD-A. While the comparison can be justified there is a couple of major points left out. First lets talk about HDTV. Oh yeah there is some deadline coming in 2009. I realize this has nothing to do with HD or Blu-ray, but this has a lot of people out shopping for new HDTVs. Well when they get their new flat panel home, most people are not happy with the amount of HD programming available. So this is one reason once prices fall that people will buy into these new formats.

Secondly, SACD and DVD-A were poorly marketed and came at a time where napster offered free music in a format where you can put several hundred songs on a single CD. Then came along the iPod and hundreds of other portable devices. While there are a few of us that like to sit at home and listen to music on our stereo, most people like to take their music with them. Also, you could never find a SACD or DVD-A at stores like walmart or target, unless it was a SACD hybrid.

So that leaves us with HD DVD and Blu-ray. Will both formats survive? Probably not, but it does give consumers and home theater people like us an excellent picture and improved sound. I also think that DVDs taught us that people like to have movies at their fingertips, not from a download. While downloading HD movies will probably be very popular in the future, I think we are still aways off.

Well to answer the question Blu-ray or HD DVD? I am picking Blu-ray, there are far more blu-ray movies available, especially ones that I want to watch. HD DVD simply does not have enough content to survive at this point regardless of how cheap you can buy a player.

[SamW]

I am a dual format supporter!!.

I'm gonna take the "I hope both survive" route too. If the movie studios would produce their movies in both formats then having more player options in the market is only going to drive prices down more for consumers.

Currently I have both...I can't tell image differences between either.

[Johnd]

I find it interesting that this format war is compared to SACD and DVD-A. While the comparison can be justified there is a couple of major points left out. First lets talk about HDTV. Oh yeah there is some deadline coming in 2009. I realize this has nothing to do with HD or Blu-ray, but this has a lot of people out shopping for new HDTVs. Well when they get their new flat panel home, most people are not happy with the amount of HD programming available. So this is one reason once prices fall that people will buy into these new formats.

Secondly, SACD and DVD-A were poorly marketed and came at a time where napster offered free music in a format where you can put several hundred songs on a single CD. Then came along the iPod and hundreds of other portable devices. While there are a few of us that like to sit at home and listen to music on our stereo, most people like to take their music with them. Also, you could never find a SACD or DVD-A at stores like walmart or target, unless it was a SACD hybrid.

So that leaves us with HD DVD and Blu-ray. Will both formats survive? Probably not, but it does give consumers and home theater people like us an excellent picture and improved sound. I also think that DVDs taught us that people like to have movies at their fingertips, not from a download. While downloading HD movies will probably be very popular in the future, I think we are still aways off.

Well to answer the question Blu-ray or HD DVD? I am picking Blu-ray, there are far more blu-ray movies available, especially ones that I want to watch. HD DVD simply does not have enough content to survive at this point regardless of how cheap you can buy a player.

Good points. I would augment by saying that the vast majority of people are visually provoked...few people are aurally provoked. So whilst it does not take an afficionado to appreciate sacd, its' superiority is lost on most ears. Another reason why the analogy is unfair to the current format war. My $0.02.

[renegade87]

... with the growing accessibility of high speed internet and decreasing prices of large hard drives the solution will most likely be nonphysical media.

Tough to disagree with avaserfi here. I'd personally like to see a universal high definition disk recorder/DVR with a 500+GB hard drive with HDMI 1.3+ (meaning whatever is the latest standard at time of intro) ... from the Denon's, Onkyo's, Sony's, Yamaha's ... of the world at a sub $500 price point.

Given the fact that 1TB drives are available in retail and 500GB drives can be had (in etail) for under $110 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 it shouldn't be too much to ask. But $2000 for a Denon Blu-Ray player is just out of control.