Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:25 pm

DWells55 wrote:
Tural wrote:I could care less about HD or SD. I watch the movie for the movie content, not for the visual quality.
I play games for the gameplay, but I don't want Halo 3 looking like an N64 game. You're right, visuals don't determine content, but they do add to it and enhance it.

I'd hardly make the comparison of SD and HD to 360 and N64 graphics. I'd have no problem whatsoever playing Halo 3 in SD.

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:37 pm

Alright, my analogy was a bit hyperbolic, bu the point I'm making is better visuals help enhance the experience. Gears of War for example.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:14 pm

Blueray is just the NextGen BetaMax.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:10 am

Won't be anywhere near as funny as when I saw it, but on the episode of the Simpsons where Homer gets attacked by the bear, he goes to the dump, walks past a heap labelled; "VHS" then a heap labelled "Betamax" and finally a heap named "Reserved for DVD" How wrong they were, eh?

Should say Blu-Ray... I like the name, but it's not consumer friendly. Time will further back my idea of it failing.

smacktalker · Post by **smacktalker** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:14 am

hmm.. neither one of them.. i'd rather wait for this:

http://www.dntb.ro/users/frdbuc/hyper-cdrom/hyper.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

or protein coated discs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein-coated_disc

now thats something to look forward to.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:58 pm

^ That's what I was talking about. Those discs look sweet.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:01 am

Well now they're thinking of making dual-format players/writers...

http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep ... hjEuiV.php

This is gonna be expensive, I can tell... what do you guys think of this move?

n1ghtsn1p3r · Post by **n1ghtsn1p3r** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:10 pm

shade45 wrote:I like the idea of HD-DVD's better I personally think Blue Ray is gonna flop.

I feel the same way.

I was wondering if this was going to end up as Sony shooting themselves in the foot.