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August 23rd, 2005, 11:02 AM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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HD DVD, back to two formats again
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August 23rd, 2005, 04:11 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 898
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Beta Max VS vhs......
looks like another war is about to begin. What a waste of effort!
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August 24th, 2005, 12:32 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Aus
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Well Dolby Labs have already signed up with BluRay.. for obvious reasons ...being that blue ray poos on HD DVD (on paper at least)
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August 24th, 2005, 07:14 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Fairfax, VA
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no matter what happens, I'll always say HD DVD even if it's "blue ray". I can't see anyone saying "hey, lets go out and get that blue ray and bring it home and watch it"!! And it's easier to explain to chicks, if you call it "blue ray" around them they will get all lost and be like "what's blue ray" then you have to explain it to them. This HD technology is going to crap fast.
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August 24th, 2005, 09:22 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Albany, NY 12210
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Which one's best for us? I can't help but be wary of any format controlled by Sony.
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August 24th, 2005, 10:13 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Canada
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Bah. I think I'll sit this one out if I can. As eager as I am for a delivery vehicle for my HD content, unless one of these formats really takes off, it won't be worth the effort. With the Holographic Versatile Disks (HVDs) just around the corner, I see little incentive to invest in either of these formats, when neither has the capacity nor the bandwidth to do HD the justice it deserves.
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August 25th, 2005, 01:22 PM
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Trustee
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN)
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Maybe we don't need a single format
Maybe it's easier to let the hardware manufacturers simply build machines that can read/write both formats. The components will be cheap enough.
Sort of like DVD-R and +R. |
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August 25th, 2005, 10:07 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Ventura, California, USA
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Heck, even the automotive market is going to crap because we now have cars that run cleaner than ever on gasoline, diesel, electric, hybrid gasoline, hybrid diesel, and even fuel cell (first one just got delivered). Ya got gas pumps and diesel pumps, and a socket on the wall - pick whichever one works for you. :) Now do the same for HD or BluRay. Quote:
LOL - you said it! |
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August 30th, 2005, 08:38 PM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Aus
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it doesnt matter which hd dvd format is available as sony are already puching blu ray.. its already in use as we speak with ps3 and XDCam utilisation, so irrespective of the arguemnt, sonys will still be available.. whether its the "official" choice, who knows.. but i do know that its already in play..
cant say much for HD-DVD though.. |
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September 25th, 2005, 07:35 AM
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Trustee
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN)
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Wanna buy my Digital Compact Cassette?
I'm still smarting from that and reuse to buy another Phillips product.
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September 25th, 2005, 08:33 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Kenilworth, NJ
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I had attended the VideoMaker Expo East this past weekend and from I heard from every manufacturer there, from Panasonic, to JVC, to Adobe, to Matrox, Canopus, etc., well, all of them claimed to be supporting Blu-Ray and all of them truly believe that Blu-Ray will win or deserves to win the format war.
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September 27th, 2005, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Suwanee, GA
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Not so fast Blu-Ray, says Intel, Microsoft
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September 27th, 2005, 06:07 AM
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I saw that too, George, thanks for posting that link. The saga continues...
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September 27th, 2005, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Vulcan
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i don't think Holographic will be here THAT fast. i believe it'll be another 7 or more years before it comes down in cost to be effective in the market place. plus, we're forgetting studio support. technology alone does not make it great. it's all about the content.
and yesh, it is starting to look like we need a universal player that plays: -HD-DVD (upto dual layer) -SD-DVD (dual layer& +/-R, RW, etc.) -BluRay (upto quad layer) -SACD -MLP but without phoning home. if the player phones home, it'll be the death knell of the consumer format.
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