Community weekly poll: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars?
- 3/7/06 3:37 PM
Fully aware CRTs are available in HDTV...Just to clarify...
by doomed_marine - 3/7/06 7:46 PM In reply to: Both formats offer plusses and minuses... by mak99Just to respond I'm aware that there are HDTVs available in CRT. Not many, but they are out there.
What I was saying was the majority of people do not own an HDTV or otherwise(LCD, Plasma, DLP, etc). They mostly own the old analog CRT tvs and won't see any additional benefit to these new formats.
Interested in HD-DVD, but Blu-Ray interests me too...
by bren384 - 3/7/06 5:59 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
Currently, we are interested in both formats, but think it would be foolish to jump into the pool just yet. We'll more than likely stick with standard DVD for now and upgrade to an HD-DVR after the tech matures a bit there, then after HD-DVD has had a couple years to grow into itself, upgrade there too.
Currently running a 60" HD with UltimateTV DVR.
blu ray or hd dvd who cares
by avist - 3/7/06 6:08 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
If i had time to watch a move I may care but at this time backing up my wife work at home computer is a more pressing need. being able to dump her RAID 10 setup on to 1 dvd disk every week would be nice if the cost was with in reason. so i will wait. i donot like bleeding edge tech after spending 30years in large frame computers. whose company management chased every star leaving people like myself working late into the nite and most weekend while they(management) chased the sun and wondered why their dwarfs were so pale. ps: with a 5 disk sony dvd player going to the next disk give time unload and refresh the beer and popcorn snaks anyone
I'm going to wait
by jimpierce - 3/7/06 6:13 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
I going to wait it out for two reasons, 1st to see which format wins but more imporantly because I can't watch HD on either format if they use the downrez flag. My older set only has component inputs and I'm not going to buy a new set for HD Dvd's until my current set dies.
The Standard answer?
by agg9900 - 3/7/06 6:26 PM In reply to: I'm going to wait by jimpierceWho has all the technical advances to make a coherent choice in the matter? I've got the tv but who wants to end up with a boat anchor? Wait and see, I'm with you all the way.
Fools rush in where Wise men save their hard earned dollars
by Redhats Q - 3/7/06 8:28 PM In reply to: The Standard answer? by agg9900When the Videos are on the shelf, the Games all need the hardware and the old gear needs replacing people will move. Early adoptors will probably miss out on the dual standard unit (yep it may even have 2 drives in it like the dvd/vcr combos of today) at half the price they were on day one and with extra features that have yet to be invented.
With no compelling reason to move, and many reasons (like the Content Restrictions And Protectionism [C.R.A.P] which keeps everything encrypted right into the TV set) I'll wait for the companies to get desperate and start adding features that users want, rather than what the RIAA and its ilk want. and get a better unit
Of course make a compelling reason to switch like the PS3 with really cool games AND access to hi-def movies and maybe I'll get used to a standard sooner rather than later.
After All I got my first dvd writer before I brought my first PC with a DVD player. Since I was doing video editing going didgital made sense. As of today I have no such reason to spend my dollars.
Toshibas' HD-DVD over Sony's Blu-ray
by Neo22 - 3/7/06 6:18 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
Simply because sony sucks! I'm one of several million CD buyers who had thier comeputer screwed-up after downloading that blackmail/Big Bother software... And becuase of that EVERYTIME I get slam Sony I do! I'm warning consumers to stay away from all thing Sony-The Digital Anti-Christ! Go Toshiba!
Bluray versus HD-DVD: Not interested
by Peterbkz - 3/7/06 6:18 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
It is not a matter of technology, but a matter of marketing. The world settled for VHS instead of Betamax the "last time", and the world got an inferior product because of marketing, NOT technological superiority. Shall we end up once more with the better marketing instead of the better technology? Hence the discussion is irrelevant. As consumers we have no way to defend ourselves at this stage.
Sony? Marketing problems with Beta? as if!
by JawsOGRE - 3/7/06 6:34 PM In reply to: Bluray versus HD-DVD: Not interested by Peterbkzmarketing? is that what you think doomed Beta? Umm... no... it was greed. Pure and simple capitilistic greed. Sony charged too much to license their Beta standard, and JVC charged next to nothing for VHS.
Sony shot themselves in the foot because they got greedy (why do you think that Apple has such a small share in the computer market... the same licensing issues).
And yet they continue... with Memory Stick... Not one of the fastest or most robust memory products in the world, and yet... what do you know... Sandisk, Lexar, and others have to pay royalties to Sony to produce them... as do camera manufacturers wishing to use the slot for storage... and thus... not hardly anyone uses Memory Sticks (except Sony of course).
And now... I'm sure Blu-Ray will work the same way... Sony will charge too high a royalty for the production and sales of Blu-Ray devices and, the other standard will probably win (and with Microsoft on HD-DVD's side... how can that not help bring it along... if Windows accepts only HD-DVD for a format... what chance does Blu-Ray have on the computer...).
It will surely be a fur-flying, barn burning fight... and myself, and many many many others are probably just going to sit back, plug in their up-converting DVD players, and let it play itself out.
No new system needed (yet)
by nikanika1 - 3/7/06 6:42 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
Unless you are watching a DVD at a home theater, or on a gigantic screed, there really is no need for a better format. The quality is more than optimal, and staying with this system will keep prices down. There really isnt a big need to move on. When something revolutionary comes along I might take a look.
Not interested in another dvd format.
by mustangcp2 - 3/7/06 6:42 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
I am sick and tired of having to keep buying new equipment. Dvds are much better than vhs and I'm satisfied with it. I would rather see more work done with printer longivity, make PCs work like they are supposed to when they are supposed to, software that does what its supposed to do, a more stabile computing system. Windows XP (Media Edition sucks) isn't perfected and now Vista is coming out. Don't make it work right, put out a new model.
Both are betamaxes because holograpgic is coming
by kimaw1313 - 3/7/06 6:46 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
Holograghic is coming in 2006 or 2007. Capicity is 100 gigs/disk (single layer). I like blu-ray, but it will be obsolete in less than one year, unless you buy a PS3. For everybody else, including computers, holographic will win.
Wait it out.
by pcrx_greg - 3/7/06 6:48 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
Another new technology, you better wait because until an industry standard is set, if not you run the chance of being stuck with a quickly obsolescent piece of equipment. Or maybe worse, two years down the road you end up paying $5 or more per disc for your technology while the other technology costs a few cents per disk.
Just look at all those people stuck with PC's with RDRAM memory, which was going to be the next "new" memory technology. Now it costs $250-$300 for a 512MB upgrade compared to $50 for DDR memory. While getting the newest stuff first is cool, waiting a little while until the standard is set can make you look brilliantly cool.
Consumers are tired of Format Wars
by cgkama - 3/7/06 7:02 PM In reply to: What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars? by Marc Bennett
I think consumers are tired of format wars period. I'm in the A/V business and this is the last thing we need right now. From what I've read,it seems like Blu-ray will have more movies when it comes out but HD-DVD is hoping that it's fast start will give it a big lead over Blu-ray. As a consumer and someone who works in the A/V business I can't wait for someone to bring out the ultimate Universal Player- one that can play both Blu-ray and HD-DVD as well as regular DVD's and SACD/CD/DVD-Audio. If this product can be made for a fairly reasonable price then that's the product that I will wait and pay for. I will take a wait and see approach and see what happens in this format war.
Early Adopter no longer
by tandy4 - 3/8/06 4:58 AM In reply to: Consumers are tired of Format Wars by cgkamaAs the owner of Beta from the beginning, laserdisc(hundreds) and DVD I've had enough of the idiotic format wars. I'll buy after Sony has lost another format war with a superior product.
DVD has become so pervasive because of the price drops that have made owning a movie almost cheaper than copying. I don't see this format debacle being worth my dollars.
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