Home audio & video: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance?
- 1/29/08 10:02 PM
Better alternatives
by okipedro - 1/31/08 5:21 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD? Maybe, but as I see it, for watching movies at home, there may be better options for the average person. For example, Apple TV, which will let me download regular-def or high-def movies at the click of a button. Sure, the resolution won't be as high as Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, but it will be quite good. And, with software updates, such devices easily upgrade themselves to offer new features or better performance.
Once the Apple TV Take 2 software comes out in the next couple of weeks, I will be able to rent movies from my sofa in high or low def (with 5.1 sound) in addition to what I can do now: stream music, videos, movies or TV shows from my computer library, watch theatrical trailers, and view photos. This small box does a lot, takes up little space, and wirelessly interacts with my network. And I'm only using the Apple TV as an example; similarly oriented options from other manufacturers exist now, and I predict more will come.
Why should I spend money for yet another dumb, one-trick-pony disc player, continue to go to the rental store for the discs, and run the risk that the stupid thing is obsolete in a year? (Or, if not obsolete, broken, as manufacturers cut quality to cut prices). New technology, yes, but old methodology. How many of us have plain old DVD players that are gathering dust, broken after just a couple of year's service?
I, for one, won't be adding either to my system for a long time. For the hard-core video collector or high-def addict, there's probably value, but I think even for those people, disc-based systems will eventually be surpassed by other technology.
Sorry...
by badqat - 1/31/08 5:23 AM In reply to: Better alternatives by okipedro...but movies you rent from iTunes, despite being labeled as such, are NOT high def...not even close...
Better Alternatives?
by DocCasualty - 1/31/08 5:55 AM In reply to: Better alternatives by okipedroSomeday downloading HD movies will be a widely employed, viable option, but not any time soon. At present download speeds with an infra-structure that certainly won't support everybody downloading this much info simultaneously, this is a limited option at best. It takes 16+ hours to download an HD movie over XBoxLive, not to mention the amount of HDD space this occupies. Permanent storage media is going to be the norm for quite awhile, IMHO. New advances in technology will certainly change this. Those of us with high def HT's will continue to seek out good source material and both HD DVD and BD are the best that is available. I am not excluding OTA, cableTV and satellite HD, but that is a separate discussion.
AppleTV
by okipedro - 2/28/08 4:37 PM In reply to: Better alternatives by okipedroOK, so the update finally came. I installed it. I have a 55-inch high-def TV. Indeed, the HD movies I rent may not be quite up to Blu-Ray. But don't sell it short. It's excellent, and with my 5mb cable connection, was able to start watching a movie in 20 or so minutes. "Standard" movies don't look as good, of course, to my eyes, but the family found them fine. No complaints.
Don't knock it until you try it.
I really don't give a crap.
by Professor Curt - 1/31/08 5:27 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
HD-DVD v/s Blu-Ray - who cares! It's only as good as the TV you watch it on. If all you have is an older 25" analog Magnavox it really doesn't make much difference.
A War that matters to very few
by jaypugh - 1/31/08 6:08 AM In reply to: I really don't give a crap. by Professor CurtYes the war is over and blue ray won, as some have said due to marketing and certainly not truly due to better technology (I know that this is arguable but to deny the problems of blue ray would be simply lying to you). The problem is that blue ray and HD-DVD don't provide a leap in picture quality that some people make it out to. As I posted somewhere else on CNET, I’ve seen tons of people who can't tell me the difference between a good up converted DVD and a blue ray movie. Now if you tell them to look intensely and they squint and get closer to the TV (better be a 55" or bigger to tell at any distance IMO) then they will say, "Yeah, I see this is a little better." The problem that I have and I think most people have is the price of the media. You routinely see new release DVDs on sale for under $15 for many titles. What is the price on blue ray? $25! How about rentals? Blue ray even rents at a higher price at BB!! If blue ray really packed on tons of extras that mattered then maybe it would be worth the price but they don't. My brother bought a PS3 for the blue ray technology. He has regretted it ever since and said he wished that he had waited. It simply isn't worth the investment at this time. Simply put, what you gain in blue ray doesn't match the cost. People love DVD and I can't imagine the masses turning to blue ray for quite some time and therefore this is a war that mattered to very few.
If u really didn't care then..
by ViroCMN - 1/31/08 6:37 AM In reply to: I really don't give a crap. by Professor CurtIf u really didn't care then.. u won't of added your opinion. At the end of the day I want the options to exist. Just like in the PC world. I want options!
Will HD DVD survive?
by stumacp - 1/31/08 6:22 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I replied "don't give a crap", not really because I don't - I like HD and have an HD satellite box and flat screen TV. But I remember the Beta/VHS thing years ago - paid dearly for Beta and of course -----
So I'm going to wait until the matter is decided, along with millions of others, I'm sure -- sad to see this thing lingering on, and frankly I simply hope HD DVD dies soon so I can buy a box that will last!
yes it has a chance
by rcappeillo - 1/31/08 6:47 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I own both formats,just recently purchased an Hd-dvd h30 player for $165 and I'am very impressed with the picture quality and sound,the price is right,they have 2 studios combined that are owners of 46% of movie titles out there today,so i believe that Hd-DVD will be around for a long time.
No
by Mikebiker - 1/31/08 6:55 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The sales of high-def players is slow to begin with. The media is more expensive than plan DVD and the enhanced picture quality is not enough to make people want to pay more for the media.
At most only one high-def format will survive, and that will not be HD DVD. Sony is aggressively advertising Blu-ray and Toshiba is in the fire sale mode. I'm sure that the two remaining big studios are renegotiating with Toshiba to get out of their commitment to HD DVD before the contract expires. Toshiba has done a great job of getting the price down on their players, but they couldn't get enough studios to commit.
Do you think HD DVD has a chance?
by RJWilson37 - 1/31/08 7:09 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I really don't give a crap!
I would just like it to go one way or the other, so I can buy the one that is going to be the standard. I am thinking a lot of people want this, so they can start watching/buying DVD's of there favorite movies in the best possible way.
Don't really care anymore
by Technogeek24 - 1/31/08 7:26 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
We have thousands of great movies from the past 50+ years. Some of these are worth seeing over and over again. Most of the crap that is being churned out by Hollywood now is so perverse, gory, or just plain filth. Why spend hard-earned dollars to see blood and guts in HD when I don't wnat to see it in low-def. I have a storage shed filled with outdated and obsolete equipment. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars buying into new technology. I'M Done, I will sit this one out.
I don't give a crap.
by McKinley234 - 1/31/08 8:12 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This reminds me of the VCR vs. Betamax wars. I didn't buy a player until the war was over. Again, the same thing happened with CD+R vs CD-R and DVD+R vs DVD-R. At least with this one, the players eventually handled all formats.
I don't have an HiDef TV so the HD formats don't concern me. I'm sure that the format war will be resolved by the time I aquire an HD TV.
does HD DVD have a chance
by zman2121 - 1/31/08 8:31 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
nope... As an ex employee of sony,,, the A-HOLES that run the company will spend hundreds of millions to prove they are right,,, even though they are wrong...
C'mon, Who Cares? I just got rid of VHS & Am Going Sailing!
by SinbadSailor - 1/31/08 8:56 AM In reply to: Poll: In your opinion, do you think HD DVD has a chance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'll wait, just like I did before I bought my first 8-Track or VHS (against BETA) I remember asking if 45s would ever replace 33-1/3 lps. They never really did ---the quality sucked but they were great to bring to your girl friend's house and play with hers (on her 45 player, that is).
I have 6 DVD players $ one recorder BUT no screen bigger than 27". My favorite is my 10" combo on my sailboat on which I can watch (and listen to) music DVDs while gently trying to catch a breeze on the lake. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO SIT AND WATCH AND MUCH LESS CARE WHETHER THE QUALITY IS GOOD, BETTER OR BEST. The ads are abounding with discount TV/DVD ads which tells you it's all stuff that just is not going to be around long.
AND what are you worried about watching in "hi-def"? Most of the movies out stink, new TV is on hiatus until after the strike and the Packers are out of Super Bowl contention. The only thing worth watching are the girls on the red carpet for the awards which also may not make it on because of the strike. AND, having spent time in Hollywood, I can guarantee you they look MUCH BETTER IN PERSON if you get to see them around and about. The only improvement to TV viewing will be when they add "Smell-A-Vision" so the tantilizing aromas of their perfumes will come over while you are trying to decide how those dresses stay up!
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