Bluray vs's HD DVD?

[velocityphoto 0]

Chime in here Spot: What format do you think is going to be the dominate one ?
I had a little argument today at work over this .I think bluray is going to phase out hd dvd .Back me up here so i can send this link to my buddy to brag i was right! LOL!

A friend will bail you out of jail , a REAL friend will be sitting next to you in the cell slapping your hand saying "DUDE THAT WAS AWSUM " ................

[DSE 5]

They'll both survive. BD was on a very serious race to the finish line when HD DVD decided to red-ink 100M to buy the market, selling more HD DVD units in ONE DAY than they'd sold in the entire previous year, at a price of $99.00. Hell, i already had one at the office, and bought two, one for home and one as a gift.
BD still outsells HD DVD by almost 2:1 at the disc, and outrents HD DVD by almost 4:1 But...HD DVD gained serious traction, and PS3 hasn't turned into more BD sales.
However....the smart money is still on BD. All the industry analysts think so, and the retailers are betting same. Go to Walmart (who doesn't really like BD) and see that there are more BD discs than HD DVD discs. All the great Disney stuff is on BD, not HD DVD, and the BD "Packs" launched in November have been tremendously successful. BD is more forward looking, greater capacity, greater underlying code, much better open-options for authoring, pretty much better everything except for two factors, both significant;
~BD costs more to replicate (manufacture)
~BD playback machines cost more than HD DVD (at some point, Toshiba has got to regain their profit margin, however).
Bear in mind that buying HD DVD burners is all but impossible.

I've bet on BD, we've delivered the first-ever skydiving DVDs to tandem clients back in July. We're charging a whomping premium to burn HD on BD discs to tandem students as an option (or we can burn BD-compliant media on a standard DVD w/no menus, for the same cost as a standard DVD).

So...while I can't confirm you're absolutely right (in the male sense) I'll say you're absolutely right (in the female sense).

[goobersnuftda 0]

This news just came out:
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[DSE 5]

Nope...that's LAST YEAR's announcement.
Notice the date at the top....Jan 5th, 2007

HD DVD is all but dead, I fear (or maybe I rejoice). Canceling their big bash tonight was one of the dumbest things they could do, IMO.
Licking their wounds, I guess.

[Laszloimage 0]

...even CNN said that.
"BlueRay is the winner"
It was in the news yesterday (01-05-08)
right after I made this post I just red this head line news on YAHOO:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080106/gadget_show_hd_dvd.html

[DSE 5]

HERE IS ALL you need to win that bet.

It's not officially over cuz the fat lady hasn't sung...but it's over.
Rejoicing in my end. We'd bet heavily both in terms of gear and trading on BD. I've been holding my breath for the past 3 months.
God, I want a good glass of Oban.

[mrwrong 0]

Well well well.... At least we now know where to spend our money

Thanx man!!

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[PharmerPhil 0]

I wouldn't want to be working the Toshiba booth at CES right now.

[velocityphoto 0]

YEEEEAAA I WIN! :)

A friend will bail you out of jail , a REAL friend will be sitting next to you in the cell slapping your hand saying "DUDE THAT WAS AWSUM " ................

[DSE 5]

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I wouldn't want to be working the Toshiba booth at CES right now.

No, You wouldn't. As soon as I get to a fast connection, I'll post pix of all three HD DVD booths of any size. All three are ghost towns, whereas the BD booth were exceptionlly busy. Of course, they had an AWESOME presenter today too, showing skydiving and MotoX footage.

[LederHose 0]

Really interesting to read, thanks for the first hand info!
Maybe it is good place to give some more information about "HD DVD Authoring software" from this two standards perspective.
What I can find on the net is many "will be", "should support" and so on, but how are the latest development here?
For me that is equally important, because I plan to switch to HD world when I will be able to use it for my own purpose.
Thanks in advance!

[chrismgtis 0]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7176185.stm

"Blu-ray supporters are touting the decision by Warner Bros to shift allegiance as a tipping point."

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[DSE 5]

And even that article you're linked to is "old. " It doesn't take Paramount's defection into account.
Paramount's contract apparently expires in May, and after that time, they won't renew. Leaving only one studio supporting HD DVD.
I'm very relieved. thankfully it's over.

[murrays 0]

DSE - What about the porn industry? I know a lot of people felt that porn tipped the scales to VHS in the VHS/Beta times. Are they producing/selling stuff in HD yet?

A buddy of mine told me that HD porn is so realistic you can actually see the emotional scars on the women

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[erikph 0]

Macworld next week (san francisco). If we get DVDSP for both formats, I'd be happy...

(the rest of the world has moved on long since: bits belong on servers, not on disks)

blue skies,

http://myjumps.blogspot.com/

[DSE 5]

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(the rest of the world has moved on long since: bits belong on servers, not on disks)

I predominantly share your opinion, but the reality is quite different than either of us would like it to be.

[scottjaco 0]

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Macworld next week (san francisco). If we get DVDSP for both formats, I'd be happy...

(the rest of the world has moved on long since: bits belong on servers, not on disks)

The nice thing HD-DVD had going for it was that you could burn HD complient info to standard DVD which was supported in DVDSP 4.0

Now it seems that it's getting easier to burn Blu-Ray to standard blank DVD.

I'm still waiting for Apple's support before upgrading.
I've always liked Blu-ray better for it's capacity but they were really overpricing thier products for a while there.

[DSE 5]

You've had the ability to burn a BD AVCHD content to a DVD 5 for nearly 9 months now on the PC side.
I do it fairly often.
In Sony Vegas, Tools | Options | Burn Disc | Blu-ray template

[PhreeZone 20]

HD-DVD is dead... long live Blueray.

No Wal-mart... no sales of the product to the average Joe. Its that simple.

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[ryoder 1,590]

Engadget has declared a deathwatch for HD DVD:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/15/hd-dvd-deathwatch-were-making-it-official/

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[USPA 0]

Although you won't be surprised, since all the latest news, but you can claim that bet now:

http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/ir/en/news/20080219_03.htm

The trouble with skydiving; If you stink at it and continue to jump, you'll die. If you're good at it and continue to jump, you'll see a lot of friends die...

[FreeflyChile 0]

I wonder if the HD-DVD add-on for the 360 will be looked at in 10 years like we now look at the power glove, sega CD or 32x, etc....