Just purchased HD-DVD drive

[gekko]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Well, you should've resisted. Looks like you just missed out on the DEAL OF THE CENTURY:

They were pretty much forced into it. You can but the HD-A3 for the same price on Amazon. The Xbox player used to be an amazing deal, but now Toshiba had dropped prices and Microsoft hasn't. I'd buy a standalone any day.

But they will definitely continue to drop.

[GameMaster]

Still happy with your purchase, Crash?

[Angrist]

HD-DVD canned.

[gekko]

HD DVD rocks. Still has features Blu-Ray isn't scheduled to get until August.

EDIT: I didn't sat August, I said October... really. October, month 10. Auto-correct must've changed it to August

[Bond]

Fuck.

[Jason1]

Even though I know fairly little about the actual differences between the 2 formats, I was rooting for HD-DVD. Because its not a Sony product.

[gekko]

Why the potty mouth?

Blu-Ray and HD DVD combined made up < 1% of total DVD sales. Losing HD DVD, Blu-Ray now gets 0.66% of disc sales. HD DVD dropping out of the war does not mean Blu-Ray has won, it's just now uncontested. DVD still get 99.33% of sales. Once again, 99.33% of all disc sales belong to the out-dated DVD platform.

Less than 50% of homes in America (much less the world) have HDTVs. Of those 50% tech junkies... very few even cared about this new format. Blu-Ray has a long, long road ahead before it matters, and your HD DVD player still works. Hell, all my HD DVDs I either have on DVD, or are combo discs. Win-win for me.

But really, there's still a very, very high chance of Blu-Ray never taking off. So enjoy your HD DVDs, definetly don't take another gamble and buy Blu-Ray, and sit back and wait. Also, some companies are continuing to support HD DVD, because some people have huge collections. As the priced go down, and with licensing out the window, you may see many players allow playback on HD DVD in a few years.

Or we may all lose be watching movies via digital distribution. Or another format may come out and be even better. It's not the first Sony product that didn't take the market by storm... Beta-Max, Memory Stick, UMD, MiniDisc. All are either dead, or used exclusively by Sony, and Blu-Ray has yet to succeed. Their track record is great!

[Ginkasa]

Originally Posted by gekko

HD DVD rocks. Still has features Blu-Ray isn't scheduled to get until August.

EDIT: I didn't sat August, I said October... really. October, month 10. Auto-correct must've changed it to August

What features are these?

[gekko]

Secondary audio and video decoders (picture-in-picture), and an internet connection. And that's only because they finally got interactive menus working, which albeit was very late (also a HD DVD launch feature).

[Dyne]

Hahaha. Oh gekko.

[Perfect Stu]

Wow.

[manasecret]

I never understood why it was even a contest, i.e.

Bluray Capacity = 50 GB
HD-DVD Capacity = 30 GB

50 GB >> 30 GB. End of story. I'm glad they finally figured out Sesame Street number comparisons.

[KillerGremlin]

Blu-Ray sounds cooler.

Both formats fail as a medium to back yo shit up. You can buy a 500gig Seagate external drive for like ~120 dollars. By the time a Blu-Ray burner and Blu-Ray discs are as cheap as DVDs, 500gig hard drives are going to be like 30 or 40 bucks.

[Angrist]

The differences between Blu-ray/HD-DVD and DVD are too small. Much smaller than VHS and DVD. Back when DVD was new, everybody was amazed by it and wanted one. Not with a Blu-ray.

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by Angrist

The differences between Blu-ray/HD-DVD and DVD are too small. Much smaller than VHS and DVD. Back when DVD was new, everybody was amazed by it and wanted one. Not with a Blu-ray.

I think it's a bigger jump if you've got an HD set, but maybe that's just me. DVD was a nice jump, but it wasn't that huge.