The Blu Ray vs HD DVD war...looks to be over

[Oldbury]

Just found this info guys, may interest some of you out there :

Just a little info for any of you guys who are interested in the war between the HD media formats Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. I know a few people are sitting on the fence and holding back until the war is over.

It looks like it is now.

As many of you may know, last week Warner ended it's dual format support, and has gone Blu-Ray exclusive. The deal will mean that between now and june, DVDs and Blu-Rays will be released with priority, with limited HD-DVD releases following. From june, HD-DVD will be dropped completely.
This move now gives Blu-Ray over 70% of the market share with the studio support.
Before this news, Blu-Ray was outselling HD-DVD by a ratio of between 3 and 4 to 1. The gap is expected to increse drastically in the following weeks. Even the share prive of germany's biggest manufacturer (the name escapes me) of Blu-Ray disks has jumped my over 20% since the announcement.

HD-DVD was supposed to holding a press conference and the CES show in the States on saturday, but cancelled it. Toshiba, the main backer of the format, is standing firm, insisting "HD-DVD is not dead. It has been said before and we are still here..."


Rumours are abound that Paramount, who decided to go HD-DVD exclusive a few months back, are considering using a 'get-out clause' they signed and announce a switch to Blu-Ray any time soon.

Anyway, what does all this mean? For those of you who were waiting for a winner before getting into HD movies, it is starting to look like a winner is emerging.

Anyone who has already plumped for HD-DVD, it is not all bad news. People are selling their collections of films is a panic all over the place (think e-bay), and many retailors are getting ready to clear lots of stock for peanuts. Many HD-DVD bargains are just round the corner.

[Lf-final[XII]]

i think the ps3 gave the bluerays a big boost, ps3 will also gain from the increase of blue ray disk dvd's sells. It's a win win situation

[Frantic.ie]

rofl I'm never gonna buy any DVDs in HD format anyway. I have a cinema grade screen in my basement, doesn't make a huge difference if its in HD or not.

[Evo]

I agree with frantic i bought into this whole hd scene new tv and dvd players etc i just find that its mae as the consumer thats lost out as it all still seems the same to me maby its just my eyes getting old lol

[Punis[XII]]

u know wat i win muahaaaaaaaa, i got a ps3 gooooooo blu ray

[Evo]

ive had 2 and got rid of them both times feeling dissapointed and depressed they are nothing special xbox 360 will always out supass the ps3 exept for the bluray

[[2] F/1|LCpl.KillerGopher]

It doesnt really matter who wins the war, HD isnt all that great. I mean for certain movies there is a small increase in picture quality. How ever there is a pretty big increase in overall quality when it comes to sporting events. I have a 60" HD TV and an HD box, and when I watch football and baseball games I noticed a huge increase in quality, cripser cleaner pic, you can auctually see there faces and the color of there eyes. Its awesome.

[Raptor[XV]]

It doesnt really matter who wins the war, HD isnt all that great. I mean for certain movies there is a small increase in picture quality. How ever there is a pretty big increase in overall quality when it comes to sporting events. I have a 60" HD TV and an HD box, and when I watch football and baseball games I noticed a huge increase in quality, cripser cleaner pic, you can auctually see there faces and the color of there eyes. Its awesome.

The difference from regular digital TV to HD TV is the same jump in resolution as from DVD to a high definition DVD. 480i/p to 720p or better. You probably notice a bigger difference in sports because it's real, where movies are shot with many filters and effects to make them realistic.. but not too real(more pleasing to watch this way, it seems.) And not all movies are shot with HD equipment, so that throws off the comparison as well.

http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/

[Webster[XV]]

One way or another, both pretty much kick ass. It's all a matter of preference, no matter which one is superior.

I am going with Blu-Ray pretty soon; then I'll have the best of both sides. Then I'll stack the PS3 and X360 on top of each other with the help of a little duct tape. We'll call it the PS360.

[[USAC]S|Cpl.TinFoil]

Keep up with the technology news; I knew this in early December. >_>

[Oldbury]

Keep up with the technology news; I knew this in early December. >_>

[Zer0-Darker[IX]]

one thing about blue ray that annoys me is that a blue ray dvd player or disc drive is soo expensive and a ps3 isnt cheap either......im not saying that HD DVD's are good (i find them fairly pointless tbh - a slight increase in brightness and sharpness for almost twice the cost) i mean why would you pay more for that? = just change ur tv settings lol(im joking there XD)

[FalcoNNN.ie[XVI]*]

Heh...Tin has a point..Although last time I heard the entire porn industry has gone HD-DVD and I'd imigine they hold a nice share of the market...Also with the Xbox360 far outselling the PS3 and its horribly overpriced machine,thats also a victory for HD-DVD..I'd say this is far from over..

The fact of the matter is you notice Blu-Ray for the 1st 2 to 5 minutes you see it and after that its standard...

HD-DVD ftw..

[[1]P/1|Rya.Scurry]

HD DVD:

• Paramount
• Universal
• entire porn industry added for falcon

Blu-Ray:

• Warner Bros
• Sony Pictures
• 20th Century Fox
• Buena Vista
• New Line

[FalcoNNN.ie[XVI]*]

Never heard of Buena Vista or New line...Add the entire porn industry to HD DVD :P