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- TheRealDj, on 01/15/2008, -10/+116Well if the "PIttsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Don Lindich" reports it as being true, then it must be.
- Elderon, on 01/15/2008, -4/+65I don't give a flying fig who makes the new format. All I want is a standardized format like CD or DVD that is cheap, reliable and that I can play, burn, or reburn however I want with no drm restrictions placed on the blank media. It must also be capable of HD quality recording. 1080i/p +
- maninblac1, on 01/15/2008, -17/+63Double standard much?
It's okay when Microsoft pays off Paramount, but when Sony pays off Warner, it's suddenly evil? - inactive, on 01/15/2008, -3/+42You most certainly CAN burn Blu-Ray. Educate yourself before speaking next time.
- wild, on 01/15/2008, -12/+49Who cares? All I wanted was one format. I don't mind which it was as both seemed to be on equal footing for the most part.
Now they can end this silly "war" and start educating the mainstream audience, thus increasing catalog and reducing prices. - jrtcs, on 01/15/2008, -8/+40***** Gizmodo!
- Grumps, on 01/15/2008, -2/+31Cant they just make one ***** universal format that i can use on anything i own. Stop making 10 different players with 10 freaking different formats around!!
- reuscel, on 01/15/2008, -19/+48I'll miss HD-DVD. I really thought it was better for the consumer (less DRM, no region coding, etc.). Then again, WTF do I know?
- wild, on 01/15/2008, -8/+36Can you give me examples of what you mean? I dont follow at all.
The only content that matters to me, really, is that I get movies in high definition. Everything after that is an extreme secondary. Both formats do that.
So now we have a (presumed) winner. Awesome. Lets get some popcorn. - santasing, on 01/15/2008, -5/+32I don't know, just yesterday Gizmodo said that they wanted HD-DVD to win in their Best of CES 2008 article, but did not give any reasons. Even now, I don't see any credible sources, just a whole lot of he said- she said/ anonymous resource etc.
- Soopy, on 01/15/2008, -14/+39i'll stick with dvd's...
- Aleman360, on 01/15/2008, -19/+43Blu-ray cases look cooler than HD-DVD cases :)
- strib666, on 01/15/2008, -2/+20Why do you think this would be illegal? Paid exclusivity agreements are perfectly legal and happen all the time.
- Juntistik, on 01/15/2008, -5/+23Buried as gizmodo *****
- aristotle0dude, on 01/15/2008, -5/+19This rumour just will not die. Folks, it was all started by a Blu-ray fan posing as an anonymous "insider" who decided to play a trick on some rabid HD DVD fanboys by sending an email from a gmail account to the maintainer of one of the so called "neutral" forums run by HD DVD fanboys. In that email, the guy thanked the recipient for his hard work for HD DVD and revealed that Disney (blu-ray supporter with a ton of releases, Magical blu-ray tour and ads everywhere for blu-ray) were switching to HD DVD in January. The poor fool fell for it hook line and sinker. He refused to believe it was a hoax even after the sender posted a copy of the email on a public forum saying "oh, you mean this email?".
This new one is either a something the HD DVD fan cooked up in retaliation or is yet another blu-ray fan having fun with another HD DVD zealot. Folks, there are no credible sources for this story and both real insiders and the CEO of Warner have flat out denied it. Warner said they made the choice based on the 2:1 or greater sales advantage on Warner titles for Blu-ray in North America alone. There is an even wider gap in favor of Blu-ray in the rest of the world. The number do not lie. Consumers chose Blu-ray over HD DVD and now even the porn industry is switching to Blu-ray exclusivity for their "blue movies". - Azuroth, on 01/15/2008, -2/+16Wait, so Sony owns this generation's VHS???
- misfit410, on 01/15/2008, -33/+47Will Sony be sitting so pretty after you have had to buy two revisions of hardware just to get 90% of the features HD-DVD already had? congratulations Blu-Ray owners, you defeated the superior format, you are morons!!!
- AtHomeBoy2000, on 01/15/2008, -12/+26boycott all Gizmodo articles
- djSyndrome, on 01/15/2008, -3/+16Actually, it does. Joe Consumer doesn't give two ***** about 720p vs. 1080p or 5.1 vs. 7.1 audio - he's looking for a flashy box and marketing buzzwords.
Hate to break it to you, but educated customers who make decisions based on product worthiness instead of marketing hoopla are still very much the minority. - sremick, on 01/15/2008, -5/+18"both seemed to be on equal footing for the most part."
Not really. Blu-Ray has the advantage of higher-capacity. HD-DVD has the advantage of being cheaper to manufacture, and more consumer-friendly. Unfortunately consumers are too much "oooh more gigabytes! Gimme gimme!" and studios got hardons about the intense DRM on Blu-Ray, so Blu-Ray won. Pretty soon it'll become clear to consumers the grave they dug for themselves by not revolting against Blu-Ray, but what can you do I suppose... - Aidenf77, on 01/15/2008, -2/+15It's all about the payola. This really shouldn't be news to anybody.
- Recidivus, on 01/15/2008, -4/+16Don't know where you shop, but there's plenty BluRay burners you can get for your PC.
- cygnus183, on 01/15/2008, -4/+16LOTR with several tracks of uncompressed audio and extra footages (there are still tons more) can't fit on HD-DVD. That's what takes 50gigs
- smek2, on 01/15/2008, -2/+13Yeah, like gizmodo knows.
- fantasticFlan, on 01/15/2008, -0/+11http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Sub ...
- childprey, on 01/15/2008, -4/+15They both have DRM, they both are user friendly (though yes, Put Disc in Drive is a problem for some), and yes, we do care about a 15 / 20 (for dual layer) difference in storage for when we get around to buying our BluRay burners
- SydneyHopper, on 01/15/2008, -4/+14I buy purely on how cool the name sounds and Blue-ray hits the aesthetic resonance that I require and hd-dvd has the guttural harshness of the Germanic language, purely used for technical purposes. You see, what you are really buying with high definition is a slice of the future, which is why you need a name that sounds 'out there' beyond this time and place. Not something that sounds as though it is permanently ensconced in technical legalese
- DrMonkeyLove, on 01/15/2008, -1/+11"Who the ***** is going to make a movie that takes up 50 gigs." Gee, I don't know, maybe it would be nice to have an entire season's worth of a show on one or two discs instead of, say seven?
- Bootes, on 01/15/2008, -3/+13If Blu-Ray wins, it'll show up in computers. Same if HD-DVD wins. So Blu-Ray winning is an advantage for people that need bigger burnable discs, even if they don't care about HD movies.
Consumer friendly? You plug it in and put the disc in. They're both the same in this case.
The number of layers of DRM doesn't matter. As long as they both have DRM, they're just as bad as each other.
Unless you plan on buying a Sony Blu-Ray player, or a Sony movie on Blu-Ray they have nothing to do with prices. There are many companies releasing Blu-Ray players and they will compete with each other to be the cheapest. Especially when HD-DVD dies, and more people start buying Blu-Ray players. - cthellis, on 01/15/2008, -0/+10"Who the ***** is going to make a movie that takes up 50 gigs."
...because movies are the only things that come on DVD?
More space means higher quality (or, if some people want it, codec flexibility), more features, more content space (emphasis on TV here, since they'll always need multiple disks). It's certainly not a BAD thing.
Also, Heavenly Sword has an install period, you putz. An ability you can only get when all your systems have a hard drive built in. It's questionable as to how much difference it makes on a game-to-game basis, but it can certainly save time and add performance while PLAYING, which is usually what people want. (And subsequent loading, to boot.) The initial install isn't really something that applies to "PS3 games" in general, as few actually do it right now, and it's not like it's unheard of... Or does every PC game ever suck because you can go out and inhale cancer while it's installing? ...even though games like Call of Duty 4 can get you online INSTANTLY because of it? - MikeSD34, on 01/15/2008, -1/+11Because CD/DVD burners were ridiculously cheap when they first came out? I seem to recall CD burners costing more then $200 when they were still fairly new.
- thepyro, on 01/15/2008, -0/+10http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Sub ...
- inactive, on 01/15/2008, -0/+9Anydvd HD edition fixes this. Live and learn as they say.
- kipmartin, on 01/15/2008, -0/+9"I'd like 2 tickets to Cleveland." "Sorry, but their airport uses a different air traffic system and its not compatible with our airline."
- PhantomRogue, on 01/15/2008, -4/+13The 400 million dollars would be a good start (if true)
- thtroyer, on 01/15/2008, -2/+11You make decent points... but seriously, cool down a little.
You could've easily made that a post easy to digg up rather than one that's easy to bury. - Speed, on 01/15/2008, -2/+10Just out of curiosity, why are Blu-Ray discs cheaper in stores then? Do they just sell them at less of a profit or does it have to do with many HD-DVDs being compatible with DVD players?
(Genuine question, not sarcasm) - kingmanic, on 01/15/2008, -1/+9HD DVD is only cheaper to "retool" the factory for. otherwise it's per unit cost is similar if it has the protective coating that Blu-ray uses. It's optional on HD DVD but mandatory on Blu-ray. IT's actually veyr scratch resistant. Takes a lot of force to scratch it.
- cthellis, on 01/15/2008, -2/+10So... did you dislike the HD DVD camp as well when articles came out about the $150 million they allocated to Paramount and Dreamworks to get them to go exclusive back in August?
- Aidenf77, on 01/15/2008, -6/+14Seriously, I don't care who reports it. It could be my next door neighbor's 12 year old. It's all about the fat-ass dirty dollar, and it has been since the start. It's the same reason why only certain artists get any real air-time on popular radio stations.
- PixelD, on 01/15/2008, -2/+10What in the ***** are you babbling about?
- jgtg32a, on 01/15/2008, -5/+13It works for Apple
- inactive, on 01/15/2008, -0/+7you havent ever watched a blu-ray movie have you?
- Aleman360, on 01/15/2008, -5/+12The only feature that matters is "watching the movie." All the rest is fluff and both formats are effectively the same to most people.
- cadmiumpaint, on 01/15/2008, -2/+9so its illegal for sony to pay a studio to support them, but NOT illegal for toshiba to pay a studio (paramount) to support them? next time you make legal comments you should actually understand law.
- FireStrife, on 01/15/2008, -1/+8I really could give a care about the extras. Am I the only person who watches the movie and a few extra/deleted scenes. Then put the movie away?
I have better games to play with than some crummy movie games. - JasonCox, on 01/15/2008, -8/+15You know, I dont give a flying crap who wins the format war- I'm going to keep buying my DVD's until they stop manufacturing them and once that happens I'll go to 100% digital downloads.
Ok, so I'm at about 95% digital already, I only buy the Battlestar Galactica DVD's because I love the show. - djSyndrome, on 01/15/2008, -3/+10Oh, you mean like Toshiba tried to do?
- dhVyse, on 01/15/2008, -5/+12HD-DVD IS better for the consumer. You forgot to mention HD-DVD products will also get much cheaper much faster.
- morningmatters, on 01/15/2008, -3/+10As someone who has yet to invest in either format, I don't understand why do HD-DVD players claim how HD-DVD is better for consumers. If HD-DVD is better, why wouldn't HD-DVD owners put money where their mouth is and buy more movies to support this format? The fact of the matter is that Blue-Ray movies has sold a lot better than HD-DVD's, and that is probably the biggest motive for movie studios to go with either technology.
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