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I didn't see any ads for Blu-ray until long after HD-DVD was retired. I suspect that Blu-ray may have won because a player was built into the PS3 where the HD-DVD player was an optional add on for the 360.

I like Blu-ray. It sounds cooler.

Blu-ray is good because it has more storage space, but that made it more expensive than HD-DVD. Blu-ray also has better copy protection (that's a cross in the "con" column). I wouldn't even consider buying any HD-DVD stuff, it's finished.

It's basically Sony versus Panasonic, and Panasonic lost by a mile.

Blu-Ray just loads longer because it uploads the whole movie into the player's drive before the movie starts, which is good, so things won't skip and less problems, making your movie experiences much more enjoyable.

TheSeer wrote:I didn't see any ads for Blu-ray until long after HD-DVD was retired. I suspect that Blu-ray may have won because a player was built into the PS3 where the HD-DVD player was an optional add on for the 360.

Then you were blind.

And blue-ray does have slower seek/read times then HD-DVD, Bethesda put the entirety of Oblivion on the PS3 disc twice over (3 times total) to reduce load times.

Blu-ray ftw.

smartalco wrote: Then you were blind.

Ironic, cause his name is TheSeer.

smartalco wrote:Bethesda put the entirety of Oblivion on the PS3 disc twice over (3 times total) to reduce load times

Do you know how well that works? Like before and after sorta thing.

TribulatioN wrote:

smartalco wrote:Bethesda put the entirety of Oblivion on the PS3 disc twice over (3 times total) to reduce load times

Do you know how well that works? Like before and after sorta thing.

Ok, after a little more researching, it would appear I was full of shit and blue-ray is faster then HD-DVD, but I still know that Bethesda did that to reduce load times... (no I have no idea what the before/after was like)

Blu-Ray is expensive currently, but werent the dvd's also expensive when they first came out?

Blu-Ray is the most up-to-date form of watching movies, If you have an HDTV Go Blu-Ray, It will be better then Dvd's.

I've always preferred HD-DVD because it was developed by and industry alliance, not a single company. But alas, Blu-Ray is the winner...

Also, 51GB (bigger than Blu-Ray by 1GB) HD-DVDs are possible, they just never really made any because no one wanted that much storage space.

jean-luc wrote:I've always preferred HD-DVD because it was developed by and industry alliance, not a single company. But alas, Blu-Ray is the winner...

Also, 51GB (bigger than Blu-Ray by 1GB) HD-DVDs are possible, they just never really made any because no one wanted that much storage space.

Both formats had large industry groups behind them—the Blu-ray group included by Sony, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung. You could say that Sony was the main force behind it (true) but I would say the same about Toshiba and HD-DVD.

Blu-ray. HD-DVD sucks.

By the way, there are Blu-ray prototypes which can save up to 400 GB (16 layers).

They should make a green-ray next

Blu-ray to the end

z3phyr wrote:They should make a green-ray next

Blu-ray to the end

Wahahahahaaha. This guy is genius. Give this man a Klondike bar.

400 GB Blu-Ray FTW.

Techno wrote:

z3phyr wrote:They should make a green-ray next

Blu-ray to the end

Wahahahahaaha. This guy is genius. Give this man a Klondike bar.

Although I'm hoping that is sarcasm, the next form of optical storage won't use a laser that is in the spectrum of visible light, it would be beyond ultraviolet to see any gains over blue-ray

smartalco wrote:

Techno wrote:

z3phyr wrote:They should make a green-ray next

Blu-ray to the end

Wahahahahaaha. This guy is genius. Give this man a Klondike bar.

Although I'm hoping that is sarcasm, the next form of optical storage won't use a laser that is in the spectrum of visible light, it would be beyond ultraviolet to see any gains over blue-ray

It'll be the Gamma-Ray. Two free lead aprons with each purchase.

Well, at least the next time I rent The English Patient, I'll get The Incredible Hulk...


In any event, it'd be nice if cheap HD-DVD players circled around the market eventually. I have the whole first season of Trek on HD because it comes with the standard DVD version, and it has these cool bonuses that I'm itchin' to try on out.

I know nothing about blu-ray and HD DVD's. If my parents just bought an HD TV, is that bad due to blu-ray DVDs 'winning'?

lord_day wrote:I know nothing about blu-ray and HD DVD's. If my parents just bought an HD TV, is that bad due to blu-ray DVDs 'winning'?

lol, no.

HD-TV's can play video in High Definition, which, with the right blu-ray player, will make your copy of Fantasia look better than ever before.

Blu-ray and HD-DVD will both play High Definition content on any 'HD ready' tv. The only difference being that you will need a blu-ray player or ps3 to play blu-ray or a HD-DVD player to play HD-DVD's.

In my opinion. Blu-ray has clearly won. It's just not even close anymore. HD-DVD has got too much to make up on, and they are too late.

Alright, thanks guys. I didn't really understand the difference but I think I do now.