Will you be buying HD-DVD or blu-ray for movies?

Of course the stuidos will change.

They will go with whichever format sells their films.

Hardly good business sense to support a failing format.

Fox and Disney did exactly the same with DVD when it launched.

Both were later than many of the other companies and they both continued to support LD in the US and VHS over here.

However even if their tenth floor money men could not see the future the majority of the movie buying public could,just as they can now.

The future is NOT good for Blu-Ray and its definitely not certain.

While the gaming world sees releases on all formats the consoles are similar prices.

With BR v HDDVD the cost side is completely against BR both from the manufacturing side and the consumer side.

But Sony will not abandon BR as its the format for PS3 games

ANY CHANCE OF A LINK TO THE BLURAY STORY?
 
There are going to be now dual players AND now dual disks avaliable! Honestly, you could not make it up!

:rolleyes:

But what would be the point of HD-DVD30/BD50 on ONE disc. It's obvious which one I prefer and it would be laughable to use different codecs!
 
I've gone for an HD-DVD player, got 4 HD Movies so far. Not hugely impressed on a 32" TV and 720p. Maybe when I get something a bit bigger and can watch in 1080p I will see more of an improvement.

As it is I think I will stick with DVRAB which are much cheaper.
 
As 50% of the movies you want are going to be unavailable unless you buy both formats ,they are both destined to disappear.

It seems logical that by next Xmas a dual format player will be necessary for them to survive
 
My mum just got her first DVD player this xmas. According to the salesperson in the shop where she bought it DVD players are still selling extremely well.
 
Of course both formats are selling ,but in very small numbers and only to the techheaRAB who are buying both.

Mass market consumption of either is nowhere on the horizon yet and never will be if things remain as they are now.

Like I said,with neither format having a significant lead over the other there's no need or outlook that studios will switch camps ---at the moment.

The only way that the formats will coexist is if dual format players appear and once there's at least one dual format player the market for single format players will die immediately.

If something else occurs in favour of one format then whichever format the studios support will change if they want to sell movies.

But if the format race continues as it is now then the HD disc movie market will never go anywhere beyond the enthusiasts market.
It will have a lower market share than Laserdisc had in the US
 
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it's only the end-buyer that gets shafted with the dual-formats, being left with a medium that
 
There was a story in the paper yesterday that Toshiba (or some other company from Japan I think) had already made a DVD player that plays both formats, so I guess the war's over...
 
i had hoped that something along the lines of a sdvd format would be produced in china, similar to their svcd from a few years back. based on x264, it would be perfect, whilst still allowing itself to be portable over the net (which is the way forward, rather than solid mediums like hd-dvd, imo).
 
I'm sticking with my DVD upscaler, which does a reasonable amount of picture enhancing of standard DVD discs. I've compared picture quality between by standard DVD recorder / player and the 1080i output of the upscaler and can see a definite improvement. Accept that this probably will still be some way short of true HD quality, but until the format war is sorted and a dominant format emerges, then that's what I'm sticking with. I still don't think the jump from standard DVD to HD / Blu-Ray is enough of an evolutionary leap, as it was from VHS to DVD, to justify replacing an existing collection or shell out on more expensive discs for just some fancy interactive features and a slight enhancement in PQ.

Standard DVRAB (via my upscaler) on my Sony LCD look pretty damn fine. I think HD discs will be the preserve of true Home Cinema enthusiasts as it was for Laser Discs, despite Sony's back-door plan to get mass market Blu-Ray in via the PS3.
 
Unlikely to be Toshiba as they are the company behind HDDVD.

The technology is there for dual format players ,but currently neither Toshiba nor Sony are willing to allow any manufacturer to market one even though its reported that prototypes are to be demonstrated at a US show next week
 
Its an interesting ad .

But with Sony and Toshiba both unwilling to give a licence to a dual format player any sales of it would be illegal.

I think the ad is wishful thinking from BB and LG.

The player is still only a prototype demo at CES, unless someone knows different?!!?

And its far too early for either of them to do it as a dual format player would give advantages to the competition and the market for their own single format players would die overnight.

Be interesting to see just how long COMING SOON really is.

Be great though wouldn't it?
 
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