HD-DVD and Blu-ray

[94z28l]

alright let's hear it, what do you guys got? not askin to hear shit about which one is better i just wanna hear what ya got and some good movies for either of them, when you list out the movies list which format its for, personally i got the toshiba HD-XA1 HD-dvd player and sony's BDP-S1 blu-ray player, as far as movies go i'm still workin on it but i've got-

HD-
the departed
hollywoodland
v for vendetta
spy game
charlie and the chocolate factory
the italian job

Blu-Ray
gone in 60 seconds
the fifth element

[bmyers]

I havent upgraded yet, I think its a little soon

[CaptainCaveMan]

I havent upgraded yet, I think its a little soon

I hear ya. I'm waiting until they figure out which one the winner is.

[cujo]

I only have a blu-ray player since the Playstation 3 has one Built in. I have The Ballad of Ricky Bobby on Blu-Ray since it came with it.

[JonB]

I have the hd player for the xbox 360. The only movies I have so far are king kong and jarhead.

[Nastyfoot]

Blue Ray or HD........Kinda like Beta or VHS. Which one survives?

[whitelightnin99]

maybe its just my equipment but ive got Dish HD and my standard DVDs look just as good through my Panasonic HDMI player? i dont see myself buying either right away but do you guys notice THAT much difference with bluray/HD movies?

[SexOnWheels]

The war between the two formats is far from over.

[Wulfe13]

I'm atleast gonna wait till they drop in price.

[Nastyfoot]

I'm atleast gonna wait till they drop in price.

The majority of people did that when the CD format was introduced

[amon37]

I have PS3 which has a BD player.

My movies are here.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.ht...-ray&id=amon37

Some sweet movies coming up.

Pirates of the Carribean
Casino Royal
Spiderman

[my5thNewUsernameHere]

I hear ya. I'm waiting until they figure out which one the winner is.

I've read a lot of people's opinion that believe that there will be no winner in this war. They claim that by the time one technology comes out on top, it will be possible to download the videos directly from the Internet rather than having a physical medium. It does sound a bit extreme, but look at how far we've come in the last ten years with regards to transmission speeds.

When I first got into computers I remember connecting to BBS's @ 300 bps. Geez, my home now operates on a gigabit network.

[amon37]

It will still be a while before downloading HD material is viable. They sure don't have anything fast enough and cheap enough in my area that I want to spend time downloading a 40GB file and then not being able to play it on my TV with being able ot burn it on something or having a phsical disk plus enough HD space to keep movies on.

[Max Power]

I've read a lot of people's opinion that believe that there will be no winner in this war. They claim that by the time one technology comes out on top, it will be possible to download the videos directly from the Internet rather than having a physical medium. It does sound a bit extreme, but look at how far we've come in the last ten years with regards to transmission speeds.

When I first got into computers I remember connecting to BBS's @ 300 bps. Geez, my home now operates on a gigabit network.

That kinda underscores the point of not buying either.

Personally, I think the difference between 480p and above is not a big deal, even on a large HDTV. And on a small HDTV, or a regular TV, the difference is meaningless.

So... I'm going to save my money.

[my5thNewUsernameHere]

That kinda underscores the point of not buying either.

Most people agree with you for that reason. I'm not so concerned about spending $500 on the "right" player, but I don't really want to build a library of hundreds of discs @ $30 each that are based on what will become defunct technology overnight.

[CaptainCaveMan]

maybe its just my equipment but ive got Dish HD and my standard DVDs look just as good through my Panasonic HDMI player? i dont see myself buying either right away but do you guys notice THAT much difference with bluray/HD movies?

I got direct tv HD and the movies on their HD channels don't look that much better than when i play them on my 360. There isn't a big jump quality wise here.

They only reason i want this bluray/hd war to be done with is so i can install a HD drive on my computer so i can use that extra storage space.

[my5thNewUsernameHere]

They only reason i want this bluray/hd war to be done with is so i can install a HD drive on my computer so i can use that extra storage space.

I've got mixed feelings on that topic. Just think of how much data you stand to lose if you unintentionally scuff a disc...

That aside, I'm with ya on the storage space issue!

[94z28l]

I've got mixed feelings on that topic. Just think of how much data you stand to lose if you unintentionally scuff a disc...

That aside, I'm with ya on the storage space issue!

TDK developed a special coating for the discs because of how close to the surface of the disc the information is written on to the disc so that scratches and scuffs wont be as big of an issue.

[mst219]

PS3 hooked up to a DLP Samsung HD TV .. freaking sweet

[Ed Blown Vert]

Personally, I think the difference between 480p and above is not a big deal, even on a large HDTV. And on a small HDTV, or a regular TV, the difference is meaningless.

So... I'm going to save my money.

My guess is you have not seen true HD on a larger TV. Because there is a large difference between regular TV @ 480i