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RE: Well, this thread kicked off with statistics about the entire installed base of game consoles

Posted by racerguy on July 2, 2007 at 15:53:14:
>>even though older game consoles don't even play DVDs and therefore can't be used for movies<<

Well, that's not true. The PS2 plays DVDs. The original xBox plays DVDs (pretty well, actually). This seems to trash the rest of your argument about game consoles.

>>But the fact is that blu-ray is outselling HD-DVD and has more support at the big studios and manufacturers.<<

That may be so, but it's premature to declare a winner, as you are doing.

>>There are specifications and applications of blu-ray that make it clearly superior to HD-DVD.<<

Yes, but the same can be said about HD DVD. Both have advantages and disadvantages. I suggest you not get too caught up in the technical hype. If technology was the deciding factor, Beta would have won the Beta/VHS format war. We all know how that turned out.

>>Just the fact that it can accomodate more data ought to make anyone concerned with quality instantly favor blu-ray<<

Yes, except that's only one factor. Focusing on one factor and ignoring all the rest isn't a good thing to do. Let me try this one on you, and see what you think:

Just the fact that it does not limit choices due to Region coding ought to make anyone concerned with having a broad choice of entertainment options instantly favor HD DVD.

>>thank goodness you see more "BD fanboys" circling around here<<

Actually, I find it incredibly annoying. All the cheerleading and bias from the fanboys gets in the way of useful discussion, and it does nothing but spark flamewars, just like over in the KEKL forum ;-)