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In Reply to: RE: why would anyone root for HD-DVD at the expense of Blu-Ray.... posted by oscar on June 07, 2007 at 07:14:34
As Jack says, you are arguing BD's merits based on what it *could potentially be someday*, not what it is today, and that's a mistake. IMO, HD DVD as it exists today is good.
For my viewing preferences, HD DVD currently offers a few more titles that I want to watch, but that's me.
I don't know whether either format will exist in 5 years time, but I do know that I'm having fun right now, and gosh, 1080p video looks spectacular.
I'm also not saying I won't buy a Playstation 3 within the next few months. But you are kidding yourself if you think it's a "safer" buy!
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and disc sales. But if it takes eliminating one format for either to survive, I'll pick Blu-Ray to survive. It's got the edge on major studio support, if not actual releases. If the upcoming BD+ DRM actually works (I doubt it will), Blu-rays' survival is guaranteed.
HD-DVD is the cheaper buy (at least for now, I expect that to change in the next year or so), it would be hard to argue it's the "safer" buy. I hedged my bets, I opted for the combo player to feed that 110" display, knowing there is still a painful product maturation process and format war still going .
It's been in their Top 10 for some time now. In Blu-Ray, it's #17 and by far the top-selling B-D title listed. "Pirates" briefly unseated it in B-D but has since dropped to #54.
Don't put too much faith in support from major movie studios, because that support can evaporate overnight if they feel there's no money to be made: Look what happened to Sony's Universal Media Disk (UMD).
Planet Earth has sold 42,000 copies, probably both formats together. The Departed sold 100,000 combined. Pirate-23,500 each. Matrix Boxes, 17,000. There are titles that probably haven't hit the 1000 mark yet.
These are not impressive numbers. This is why I always laugh when some boob gets online and says something like "BD is Killing HD DVD!" or my personal fave, "CONTENT RULES!" :-)
HD has a long hard road ahead of it. The likelyhood of these being being niche formats is quite high, and I don't have a problem with that. Time will tell. Its possible, that nothing will happen untill 2009, when the digital/HD switch is turned on.
Jack
What would change 3 months from now unless perhaps you don't have the money now?
Price would need to drop and better games need to be released before I'd go that route for Blu Ray.
"What would change 3 months from now unless perhaps you don't have the money now?
Price would need to drop and better games need to be released before I'd go that route for Blu Ray."
I don't expect for anything to be different by then, except maybe I'll have a hankering for a new toy, and compared to friends who buy new cars or spend $70+ for satellite or cable TV every month, my buying a PS/3 is relatively harmless ;-) To be honest, I'm well aware it's an iffy buy that may mostly collect dust. But I'll occasionally make a "risky" buy if I think the journey could be fun, even if it ultimately goes nowhere.
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