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Re: it's certainly not

Posted by Jack G on January 10, 2007 at 05:27:55:
The storage space argument is a red herring (see your comments below). HD DVD has anounced a 51G disc, but to be honest I don't think that's relevant.
Your comments here:
"It's a fact that, when using the same masters, Blu-ray and HD DVD picture quality are equal. And that's not only for the same codec (VC-1 from Warner Bros), but for different codecs as well (VC-1 on HD DVD and MPEG2 on Blu-ray from Paramount). "
^^^^shows that the "tenchnical superiority" of BD is little more than PR Hype.
"Therefore, the only reason to choose one over the other is content and we know who wins in that category"
That's why I will probably get a BD player in the next year or so, if they meet several requirements:
1)They actually put out the titles announced
2) They make a STAND ALONE player with a decent price/preformace.
Right now, there isn't anything on Blu-ray I really want,but that may change.
While HD DVD will put out 300 titles this year, I expected more. Yes, I'm disappointed in Universal. I also notced the lack of news along the technical aspects of BD. No BD-J demos, no news on BD-Live, only one new player-Samsung is replcing its old model. No price reductions.
Its quite possible, that HD DVD will lose out due to lack of titles, while BD loses due to high price of stand alone players. Note: HD DVDs are still outselling Blu-ray. In the end, both will just be niche products.
Jack