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Tech Blu-Ray vs HD DVD

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    Blu-Ray vs HD DVD

    Just read an article about how the two technologies are going to be split, so the consumers will have to buy TWO different DVD players if they want to be able to watch all Hi Def Dvds....Sony, Disney, Columbia TriStar, and MGM will be on Blu Ray DVDs, and Warner, HBO, NewLine, Universal, and Paramount will be on HD DVD. It says FOX hasnt decided yet.

    DVD players will start off running over $1000 each.

    I dont see how the picture can be any better than running a current HDMI DVD player that upconverts the picture onto a Hi Def TV.
    e_andree, Mar 16, 2005
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    Bulletproofswordsman JDM Oroku-Saki

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    START OFF at a grand yeah, but by the time those become home video standards the price is gona drop down ridiculously (i mean look at regular dvd players) and sum company is gonna come out with one that plays both... im pretty content with dvd's so i think i can wait it out
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    The two formats are incompatible with each other, so it's certain that a similar solution to that adopted in the case of DVDs is not feasible, since a device able to operate both technologies would require separate reading lasers and mechanisms, and would be, in the end, too expensive and bulky for the average user. The battle is hazardous and, if the industry won't settle soon for a direction or the other, the adopting of a format will be delayed and all the experts analyzing the phenomenon cite the end of another battle, the '80s confrontation between VHS and Betamax, which only brought disadvantages to all those involved. (From Cnet)

    Blu-ray will NOT be compatible on players that are designed for HD-DVDs
    e_andree, Mar 17, 2005
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    well, if no1 comes out with a dual-player with 2 drives thats affordable, then i guess one of thems going the way of betamax and lazer disc......
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    Any player thats compatible with both would start out at about 3000 bucks.
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    3 grands!? F*ck that.
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    Yeah, and it would have to be a company that doesnt have any stakes in any other company that is taking sides.

    It wont be sony...since sony has committed to blu ray technology.
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    yeah, i hope it doesn't come out anytime soon, reason being - i copy almost all my dvds now...i doubt there will be any readily available copy method for a long time on the new format. i'd buy my dvds, but i'd be broke!
    xnevergiveinx, Mar 20, 2005
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