Help the masses choose the right high def dvd format

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If you really want to help people you'll follow the lead of
Blockbuster and The Digital Bits and not recommend the inferior HD DVD
format to anyone.
http://www.homemediamagazine.com

The numbers are all there, Blu-ray is holding a 68:32 lead in 2007.
More bandwidth, more capacity, more studios, more companies, more
consumers; the obvious choice.

Yes, but you failed to mention other things that BluRay has "more of".....

More expense for the player by a huge margin...

More copy protection....

More arrogant studio policies...

More frequent changes to firmware / HDCP, perhaps obsoleting your BluRay
player entirely...

Take a look at the present releases from Sony Entertainment Pictures on
standard def DVDs to get a glimpse of their BluRay HD futu

They are loaded with ever-"improving" AARCOS protection which fills the disk
with bad sectors and leaves a remaining bit rate for the movie of about half
the available encoding rate (4 Mbits/sec) even though stand def disks should
/ can deliver over 9 Mbits/sec. Wonder why the newer standard def disks they
release look so soft? Simple answer: Sony wins big if they simultaneously
protect their disk and motivates / forces you to get high def if you want a
decent picture.

I, for one, say that the rootkit mentality and non-consumer focused attitude
of BluRay makes me sick, and they certainly have much "more" of this than HD
DVD as well.

Smarty


"ninphan" wrote in message
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If you really want to help people you'll follow the lead of
Blockbuster and The Digital Bits and not recommend the inferior HD DVD
format to anyone.
http://www.homemediamagazine.com

The numbers are all there, Blu-ray is holding a 68:32 lead in 2007.
More bandwidth, more capacity, more studios, more companies, more
consumers; the obvious choice.

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Neither of them look better than SD DVD players on my XBR3.

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"MuahMan" wrote:

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Neither of them look better than SD DVD players on my XBR3.

Wow, I see that in the mac groups, you show no taste, and now in a DVD
group you show you are blind...

Both HDDVD and Blu Ray look much better when loaded with disks that
actually took advantage of the format.

Neither of them look better than SD DVD players on my XBR3.

You have something set wrong then.
6 times the resolution natively on a full 1080p screen and you think
tinkly little DVD's look better? Ha! Good joke.

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ninphan wrote:


Neither of them look better than SD DVD players on my XBR3.

You have something set wrong then.
6 times the resolution natively on a full 1080p screen and you think
tinkly little DVD's look better? Ha! Good joke.

Give him a break. You know that not all the HDDVDs and Blu Ray releases
are taking advantage of the format. Hell, I'd say the majority of them
don't

For Blu Ray, with all that space, there is not excuse for not having 7.1
LPCM audio on them, and the video should be almost as eye-popping as the
demo disks the stores use.

For HDDVD, TrueHD should be on all of them, ditto on video, same as Blu
Ray.

Shame the studios aren't doing that. Along with prices, I think that is
another factor in the low acceptance in the consumer market.

"Lloyd Parsons" wrote in message
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"MuahMan" wrote:

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Our site is geared toward the majority of technology buyers aged 35-65
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Neither of them look better than SD DVD players on my XBR3.

Wow, I see that in the mac groups, you show no taste, and now in a DVD
group you show you are blind...

Both HDDVD and Blu Ray look much better when loaded with disks that
actually took advantage of the format.


Sorry. It's a case of the emporer has no clothing. HD TV channels bury the
HD DVD's i've watched. I'm not gonna say it's mind blowing just because I
paid too much for a high def DVD player. I'm not a mactard.

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"MuahMan" wrote:

"Lloyd Parsons" wrote in message
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"MuahMan" wrote:

wrote in message
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Our site is geared toward the majority of technology buyers aged 35-65
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informed, involved, interested in the Blu Ray vs HD DVD please take a
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Neither of them look better than SD DVD players on my XBR3.

Wow, I see that in the mac groups, you show no taste, and now in a DVD
group you show you are blind...

Both HDDVD and Blu Ray look much better when loaded with disks that
actually took advantage of the format.


Sorry. It's a case of the emporer has no clothing. HD TV channels bury the
HD DVD's i've watched. I'm not gonna say it's mind blowing just because I
paid too much for a high def DVD player. I'm not a mactard.

Good lord, with rare exception my HDTV channels aren't even close to the
visual quality of HDDVD and BluRay. Of course, I guess you're getting
those HDTV channels via OTA? 'Cause if your getting them from
Satellite, they've been compressed to hell and gone...

On Jun 19, 7:14 pm, "
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The masses don't give a rip. People are sick of all the changing
formats.
The'll buy if the player plays all the formats and costs $100.
Besides, the future's in downloading content. HD/BluRay is already a
dinosaur.