HD DVD player or digital cable for year.. is it worth it??

**greatwhiteZ28** · 11-25-2007, 04:03 PM

well i know there around 400+ and dvd s are like 5 bucks more. but this is a Xmas gift and asking if its better to get a digital cable for a year or this. there the same price.

just want to know the procs cons

**Knighthawk LS1** · 11-25-2007, 04:34 PM

HD DVD is part of a format that may not bearound for another year....Blue-Ray and HD DVD are in the battle to get the all around print crap...

Digital Cable, meah its alright but remember alot of the broad cast companies dont support anything over 720p if your wanting HD

Also your TV best be a good use for HD if you dont have an HD TV then dont get the HD DVD Player

**greatwhiteZ28** · 11-25-2007, 05:16 PM

i have the samsung 40 lcd 1080 i

soo there is a difference between the blu ray and hd dvds didnt know that

**garver** · 11-25-2007, 06:35 PM

There is a 400 buck blu-ray and HD DVD player combo on sell now. I may pick it up.

**bmyers** · 11-25-2007, 06:37 PM

thats called playing it safe

**SeVeReDiStOrTiOn** · 11-25-2007, 08:31 PM

Blu-ray sadly enough is probably going to win the war because of the PS3...if you want a blu-ray player might as well buy the PS3

**Nastyfoot** · 11-26-2007, 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by Knighthawk LS1

HD DVD is part of a format that may not bearound for another year....Blue-Ray and HD DVD are in the battle to get the all around print crap...

Digital Cable, meah its alright but remember alot of the broad cast companies dont support anything over 720p if your wanting HD

Also your TV best be a good use for HD if you dont have an HD TV then dont get the HD DVD Player

Kinda like Beta vs. VHS?

**texinteg** · 11-26-2007, 06:23 AM

I bought my HD-dvd player when they went on sale at walmart for $98. Its a great player and havent had any issues. I went this route over blu-ray because of what happened back with the Beta vs VHS. If blu-ray does prevail then I might buy a PS# but for right now I am not spending that kind of money. Oh and yes it is hooked up to an HD TV. Hitachi 42" plasma 1080hd

**94z28l** · 11-26-2007, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by texinteg

I bought my HD-dvd player when they went on sale at walmart for $98. Its a great player and havent had any issues. I went this route over blu-ray because of what happened back with the Beta vs VHS. If blu-ray does prevail then I might buy a PS# but for right now I am not spending that kind of money. Oh and yes it is hooked up to an HD TV. Hitachi 42" plasma 1080Ihd

fixed, there's a big difference between 1080p and 1080i

**94z28l** · 11-27-2007, 12:07 AM

honestly i'd say to get hi def cable, gonna cost more in the long run to just go with a hd dvd player because of having to buy discs and the format war isnt over yet.

**texinteg** · 11-27-2007, 04:21 AM

I never said it was 1080p. Besides to most people you cant see the difference between P and I to the untrained eye. I did alot of research before I bought my TV. I didnt fell like spending an extra $400 for the P when the picture looked the same on both of them. I even had the guy at the store hook up and HD dvd player to both of them individually and play a movie. There really isnt as much difference as people make it out to be between 1080I and 1080P.

http://www.seatstaysup.com/forums/sh...ghlight=player

**SLIM_DURST** · 11-27-2007, 05:30 AM

get dig cable for a year. more stuff on than you can watch by disk. and in 1 year the prices will be down for players anyway

**greatwhiteZ28** · 11-27-2007, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by 94z28l

fixed, there's a big difference between 1080p and 1080i

what the diff.? saw I year ago then its P , i just thought there the same or good marketing

and can a HD disk player play blu ray ? vice versa.

whats avg cost of each disk ?

**94z28l** · 11-27-2007, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by greatwhiteZ28

what the diff.? saw I year ago then its P , i just thought there the same or good marketing the way in which they refresh the image, i being interlaced refreshes every other line of resolution on the first refresh cycle, then on the next refresh cycle it refreshes the other half, P being progressive scan refreshes every line of resolution on each refresh cycle. to compare it to cars I would be like each combustion cycle you have cylinders 1,3,5,7 firing then on the next cycle you get cyliners 2,4,6,8 and P you have 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 fire on each combustion cycle

and can a HD disk player play blu ray ? vice versa.negative, only exception being the samsung and LG universal players

whats avg cost of each disk ? between $25 and $35 per on average

hope that answers it, might not seem like a huge difference but with 1080p content going to a 1080p source at the correct distance it makes a difference