blue-ray just won the HD-DVD vs BD war

[thro]

Blu-ray BD+ cracked and ready to burn - The INQUIRER

Time to buy blue-ray drives

[browncow]

If I hear another Pro BR remark I'm gonna start shanking people..

HD DVD was cracked months ago.

[Tjsurfa]

woohoo playstation 3 wins lol

[thro]

If I hear another Pro BR remark I'm gonna start shanking people..

HD DVD was cracked months ago.

BD is about 45gb discs. HD-DVD is not.

[browncow]

BD is about 45gb discs. HD-DVD is not.

From an AV standpoint (Ie, the reason the disk was designed) HD-DVD is superior.

People that bang on about the fact that BD has twice the space as a HD-DVD disk, really give me the shits. As the age old saying goes: "It's not how big it it, it's how you use it." And at the end of the day HD-DVD "uses" it's available space much better.

50GB BR disk, full HD with MPEG2 - 5.5hours
25GB HD-DVD disk, full HD with VC1 - 5.1 hours.

25 mins differenc <> twice the space.

Although I guess BR was developed by Sony, who have over promised and under delivered on practically every product they ever made...

[kwakas]

PS3 FTW! Bring on GT IV

[thro]

From an AV standpoint (Ie, the reason the disk was designed) HD-DVD is superior.

People that bang on about the fact that BD has twice the space as a HD-DVD disk, really give me the shits. As the age old saying goes: "It's not how big it it, it's how you use it." And at the end of the day HD-DVD "uses" it's available space much better.

50GB BR disk, full HD with MPEG2 - 5.5hours
25GB HD-DVD disk, full HD with VC1 - 5.1 hours.

25 mins differenc <> twice the space.

Although I guess BR was developed by Sony, who have over promised and under delivered on practically every product they ever made...

Yeah, for AV, fine.

However, for the rest of us who want to use the media for storage, i'll take near on 50gb thanks

As far as av quality goes, unless you're a nut - with a $20,000 theatre setup, even low def DVD is "good enough" for most people.

So you're an Xbox360 owner i gather?

[Klink]

Although I guess BR was developed by Sony, who have over promised and under delivered on practically every product they ever made...

Dont say that... my laptop will start getting a complex!

[Tjsurfa]

they might have under achieved but atleast they made the blue ray affordable via the station 3..
I heard they are doing a promo $699 now for a playstation 3...
can you buy a Hd player for that? that conects to the net? that can load linux on? as well as be a media sever?

and in regards to hd being better.. doesnt means shit in the real world
look at beta vs Vhs.. it always comes down to price in the end.
still i am not knocking the other format just happy with blue ray for the price..and i will finally be able to put all my mp3's on 2 disc'd lol

[bibendum]

they might have under achieved but atleast they made the blue ray affordable via the station 3..
I heard they are doing a promo $699 now for a playstation 3...

Ahh but there is a TRAP!

The $699 PS3 is not Backwards Compatable with PS2 (Even though the $999 was never 100%)
Only has a 40gB Hard Drive and they dropped the USB Ports from 4 to 2.

There were some other things, but I forget.

[Tjsurfa]

yeah heard about that too.. but if we are just talking blue ray .. thats a cheap player..

[thro]

The "trap" isn't that bad.

I already have a PS2. I have used the ps1 compatibility mode on it like... 3 times.

And i have significant library (like, 45+ originals) of ps1 games.

I would wager that in the real world, most people won't bother with PS2 games on PS3 either.

[Tjsurfa]

i used some at the start until more labels come out..ps2 games.. burnout etc..
but the hd differance to ps3 is amazing.. i had to go out and buy a new samsung 1080p lcd though lol my lg plasma only went to 1080i bugger that

[Halo_2]

PS3 should have done what MS is doing and have a external drive instead because looking at the specs the BR drive is really slow

[goof]

they might have under achieved but atleast they made the blue ray and in regards to hd being better.. doesnt means shit in the real world
look at beta vs Vhs.. it always comes down to price in the end.

"As HD-DVD players have dropped below $200, Blu-ray is starting the feel the pressure. In one such move, Kmart has decided to drop Blu-ray players from its stores, mostly because of pricing" Ref

Game over?