LOL @ HD-DVD

[Advocate]

You mean like the high definition standard? Nobody's forcing it on anyone, it's just that everyone's buying HDTVs,

This is true. I agree with that. Yet when Clinton signed that Telecommunications Bill of 1996. It is "forcing" broadcast TV to turn digital. This is where the confusion lies. Most people think that Digital broadcast is the same as HD broadcast. One is the way its being sent. The other is the way its being taped. So most people are buying TV's based on that info. When in fact all they have to do is get cable with a dig box OR Satallite. Getting Cable with a dig box is 45 cents more a month. If you want the digital channels and ONdEMAND its about 14.95 (depending on your cable provider and region). If you live in a Comcast area there are a shit-ton of promotions that Comcast DOES NOT let people know about.

and yet many of them (an embarassing number of whom are in this thread) are too retarded to understand that a medium with enough storage space for HD media is needed.

I don't disagree Strider, but the general populace is already having a tough time with coming to terms with HD, why confuse them more with two different formats. I know Yoshi hates when I say this, but I am getting an obscene amount of people coming in asking questions about HD. Then when I ask them about Blu Ray and HD DVD. They tell me to "stop confusing them".

[Cheebs]

Here's the main problem: DVD upconverted on an HDTV looks really damn good.

Why go to a new format then?

VHS was booted out the door because DVD
*didn't need to be rewound
*took 100,000 x less shelf space
*had a better picture
*boosted the audio up to 6 channels
*offered subtitles and dubbed languages without buying the title a second time.
*Could instantly skip to any part of the movie.
*Would not degrade picture/sound quality over multiple playings.


So, what do these new formats have over DVD?
*better picture.


It's a tough battle.

[B-Ri]

Here's the main problem: DVD upconverted on an HDTV looks really damn good.

Why go to a new format then?

VHS was booted out the door because DVD
*didn't need to be rewound
*took 100,000 x less shelf space
*had a better picture
*boosted the audio up to 6 channels
*offered subtitles and dubbed languages without buying the title a second time.
*Could instantly skip to any part of the movie.
*Would not degrade picture/sound quality over multiple playings.


So, what do these new formats have over DVD?
*better picture.


It's a tough battle.

for me, i got the HDTV and DVDs looked fine. I got the ps3 and popped in some blu-rays and the picture looked awesome, and was definately maximizing my hdtv purchase.

Is it needed? Not entirely, but why buy an hdtv if you wont be using it for hd content? Be it gaming, movie, or programming?

[kedawa]

Because if you want anything bigger than a 27" screen, you have to go HD whether you want to or not.
Sales of HDTVs are driven almost entirely by big screen purchases, and it wouldn't surprise me if most of those big screens are connected to their video sources using composite or even RF.

[Gooch]

There comes a time when outdated technology has to be removed in favour of newer, better technology. This is not hard to understand... just because

What country you from?!

[MechDeus]

VHS was booted out the door because Laserdisc
*didn't need to be rewound
*had a better picture
*boosted the audio up to 6 channels
*offered subtitles and dubbed languages without buying the title a second time.
*Could instantly skip to any part of the movie.
*Would not degrade picture/sound quality over multiple playings.


So, what does DVD have over Laserdisc?
*better picture.
*takes 100,000 x less shelf space

It's a tough battle.

I'm sold.

[Cheebs]

I'm sold.

You forget, you had to flip a laser disc for the 2nd half of the movie. Consumers don't like huge pains in the ass.

[MechDeus]

You forget, you had to flip a laser disc for the 2nd half of the movie. Consumers don't like huge pains in the ass.

No I didn't, they made players which could read both sides.

[Wildkat]

No I didn't, they made players which could read both sides.

Yeah, but they were expensive as hell.


But either way, all one camp needs to do to kill the other is ship a sub $300 player. The first format to do that will win, regardless of content.

[Timber]

No I didn't, they made players which could read both sides.

But there were a good number of 2 disc movies. So you still had to get up at some point to change discs.