Blue ray vrs HD format.

[ron7885]

Here in Canada and the US,blue ray is taking over. The giant retailer,Wal-Mart and Best Buy have stated that they will abandon the HD format in favour of the Blue ray. Large dvd rental firms, Blockbuster and Nexflix are going to abandon the HD format. Just recently one retailer here was offering 8 free HD movies if you bought one of their HD players. Rumours are circulating that the first blue ray recorders will be available for sale here. I just purchased,a Samsung pdb1000 blue ray player for 149.00 dollars,about two years ago,this same machine was being sold for around 1000 dollars. I have a HD telly,and the picture quality and colour and sound is better. Regular dvd's can be viewed with this dvd player and have a better picture,the only problem,all dvd's from home,UK region two,cannot be used on this player,so far their is no hack available for the region one Samsung blue ray player. But,I am sure the hackers will be able to hack these machines in the near future.

[David Brent]

Word is that Toshiba are planning to ditch the HD DVD format completely.

That leaves Sony Blu-ray as the clear winner.

How long will it last though? Even better technology is said to be just around the corner.

Dave.

[Arthur Linden-Jones]

Discussion this afternoon on one of Sydney's radio station with a guest "expert".

WBros have indicated they are not making any more HD DVD; Walmart are no longer stocking HD DVD devices (apparently Walmart sell 40% of all DVD players/recorders in the U.S.), and Toshiba are closing down their HD DVD production

[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by David Brent Word is that Toshiba are planning to ditch the HD DVD format completely. That leaves Sony Blu-ray as the clear winner. How long will it last though? Even better technology is said to be just around the corner. Dave.

I'm sitting on my hands on this one - the hike up in picture quality between an upscaled DVD on an HD TV and a Blu-Ray is not that great IMHO. I feel at the moment that this will be that last disc system and that everything will be Hard drives and downloads in a subsequent system.

[Tony Pendrey]

The reason for all this is the sheer, mind-boggling scale of the corporate GREED going on.

So HD-DVD seems to have lost out before getting truly out of the starting stalls.

And we all know that in just a few short years we will be buying blu-ray players and disks at the local boot fair.

Suits me. I am getting loads of pefectly good VHS tapes for 10p or less.

I found a huge box of tapes just left out for the dustman last week. So I bought them home. My word wasn't my missus pleased.

[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by Tony Pendrey The reason for all this is the sheer, mind-boggling scale of the corporate GREED going on. So HD-DVD seems to have lost out before getting truly out of the starting stalls. And we all know that in just a few short years we will be buying blu-ray players and disks at the local boot fair. Suits me. I am getting loads of pefectly good VHS tapes for 10p or less. I found a huge box of tapes just left out for the dustman last week. So I bought them home. My word wasn't my missus pleased.

Take your point but am not sure it will even be a few years.......

[julian_craster]

Next big thing....

Films supplied on Portable Hard Disc drives for rental (similar to those supplied to digital cinemas...) ? Capacity far greater than Blue-Ray DVD.....

[David Brent]

The one blatant thing that always surfaces when "new technology" comes to light is that it is rarely compatible with other available systems.

All those people that bought HD DVD films now find that they cannot play them on a Sony Blu-ray player and visa versa.

The common loser in the brand and system techno battles always seems to be the consumer.

Dave.

[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by David Brent The one blatant thing that always surfaces when "new technology" comes to light is that it is rarely compatible with other available systems. All those people that bought HD DVD films now find that they cannot play them on a Sony Blu-ray player and visa versa. The common loser in the brand and system techno battles always seems to be the consumer. Dave.

The list is almost endless of things that died after people invested their hard-earned cash -

Betamax
Video 2000
Lazer Discs
Analogue Video Discs
ElCaset
Mini Disc
Philips VCR in all is permutations
DAT
Super VHS

[marker]

Originally Posted by Windthrop The list is almost endless of things that died after people invested their hard-earned cash - Betamax Video 2000 Lazer Discs Analogue Video Discs ElCaset Mini Disc Philips VCR in all is permutations DAT Super VHS

all these manufacturers seem to be out to milk the consumer I wonder just how long blue ray will be around I certainly will not be buying it