majortom1981 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I really want an high def movie player but I dont want to buy one and have that fail. I really wish companies would make a dual player that was fully compatible with both and wasnt so expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted April 25, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2007 majortom... you could do what i did and buy a used Xbox HD drive from ebay... works great on the PC. cheapest and most ghetto solution right now. even so, if HD-DVD fails, i wont feel bad for the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Using my Xbox360 HD-DVD player, I've watched Mission Impossible 3 on DVD, HD-DVD and saw it at BestBuy on Blu-Ray (HDMI). Much more noise from the Blu-Ray movie than HD-DVD. The HD-DVD seem more clean and crisp. Funny thing is, watching both Blu-Ray and DVD version, the Blu-Ray was better because it did not have the compression artifacts, but the overall quality was about the same.... Weird. :wacko: But again, when going to FutureShop or BestBuy, I see much more Blu-Ray movies than HD-DVD.... And (to my taste), the better movies seem to be only on Blu-Ray... So, I'm waiting on a low-cost Blu-Ray player.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I feel very confident, maybe even more then ever that HD-DVD is a winner. Many are right, this war might be over by the end of 2007, and the winner is evident. HD-DVD. http://news.com.com/Blu-ray+besting+its+hi...3.html?tag=item Blu-ray took the lead in February, and its percentage of total sales accelerated to the point where it accounted for nearly three out of every four high-definition discs sold in March. What's more, when given the choice, consumers are going with Blu-ray. Warner Home Video released The Departed the same day, February 13, in both formats. Between then and March 31, consumers bought 53,640 copies of the film on Blu-ray Disc and 31,590 on HD DVD, according to Home Media's market research, which is based on studio estimates and Nielsen VideoScan point-of-sale data. Research also shows that eight of the 10 top-selling high-definition titles in the first quarter were on Blu-ray Disc. At the top of the list was Casino Royale, which sold through to consumers an estimated 59,680 units in the period. The Blu-ray Disc edition of The Departed finished second, while the HD DVD version of that Oscar-winning film placed third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 The only problem I have with movies is that I expected as many out there that hi-def movies would be proper aspect ratio. This means full screen movie on widescreen TVs. Instead we are still stuck with weird ratios and black bars on top and bottom in most cases. I mean what a hell. How hard it is for them to make it full screen.This goes for both BD and HD-DVD. Its not the movies; its the TV's screens. Just because they are 720p or 1080p doesn't' mean they show the full resolution of the image; just parts of it thus your black bars. As a consumer you need to check the TV before you buy to see if it is proper aspect ratio compliant with the HD spec. Both formats are worthless IMO. BluRay allows for more data with the greater possibility of better pic and audio quality but doesn't have the flexibility of "backing" up the data that HD-DVD has, yet atleast :whistle: But I hate Sony anyways so that helps... alittle. :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted May 17, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 17, 2007 While I do want HD-DVD to win, I just want something to win and not have both formats on the market. That would cause too much havoc and I'd rather pay less for a one-format player than a lot more for a dual-format player. It may come down to that, but I'd rather it just be one simple format to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Think about it... If the market was to be flodded with dual-format player, why the hell would we still need 2 format? Why not just use 1 and forget the other....? And since I think that's going to happen, it will be fun to see what format will be put on the side.... The only thing I hate is the price.... Dual-format are well above $1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 The only reason why we don't have one format is the politics surrounding piracy protection the Big studios and the PC world. While the industry is having their "my penis is better than yours" battles, consumers get to fend for themselves picking what scraps have been thrown, hoping one doesn't die once they have invested so much cash in either platform. I'm holding out for another 6 months, but once LOTR in HD comes out, I may bight the bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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