Which format are you backing?

Ya, so theres this big issue going on with HD DVD and Blu-Ray. One is set to replace DVD eventually but at the moment theres a bit of a struggle going on between the two.

HD DVD being the cheaper option and Blu-Ray being the pricey route but with more memory.

I've been keeping an eye on it and it's all getting rather interesting, well, if you're as sad as me. BlockBuster announced some time ago it was going to be only backing Blu-Ray and wont stock HD DVD meanwhile this has recently come up:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b ... 295565.ece

Now the one reason Sony claims Blu-Ray is better is because the memory means you can fit a lot more on, more games, more content.

Now i don't see the point, you can already fit hours worth of extras on DVDs as it is but who the hell watches them? They suck, there nothing interesting.

So for me, I'm sticking with the cheaper HD DVD, i don't see the need for more content on disks that no one cares about.

What about you?

Ya HD DVD I wouldn't pay more for Blu-Ray just cuz it sounds better.

HD-DVD is winning so far due to it's cheaper price and therefor there will be a higher demand for HD-DVDs. Blu-Ray player itself costs more then PS3, so here is a huge minus. Blu-ray isn't all that bad, but honestly not that much people buy Blu-Rays at the moment.

Neither will win. As long as there are some movie studios on each format there will be no winner. I think what will happen is that more electronic companies will end up making dual format players or DVD media will just die out, see the end of my post for what I think will happen. That way it's just easier for the consumer.

But as for which one I'd support... That's complicated as I'm sure you know I watch quite a bit of Star Trek. I'd have to go with HD DVD since Paramount is supporting HD DVD. They havn't done any HD releases of Star Trek yet though...

Then again if I wanted to watch 24 in HD I'd need to go with Blu-Ray.

I'm just going to wait it out until they become cheaper. We don't even have a HD Tv here yet. There's really no point to HD in Canada unless you've got lots of money to fork out for the extra channels. I think it's like an extra $30 a month for the HD pack

Call me the one to rain on everyone's parade but I think DVD media will come to an end in the next few years and this will be an irrelevant debate. In the next few years a few things could happen:
1. Consumers in North America will get better internet connections.
2. 1 will enable consumers to download movies on demand from places such as the iTunes store.

It just needs to be cheaper and easier to use than a HD video format...

The Singularity Is Near...

...Is that a star trek quote, Shane...? -.-

I'd personally prefer HD-DVD to win, but that's probably because I hate Sony. Like Shane, I don't think either will win at the moment. When more peope adopt HD televisions, dvd players etc, then it will be decided. And whichever format the porn industry chooses will certainly make a large difference.

As for what Shane said, I do not think DVD media and things will end any time soon. The 'connected home' with things like Apple TVs and things is realistically a long way away, and even then, people have disc drives in their computers to play DVDs and things. People still like going out and buying a cased disc with their movie or music on - I did today, in fact - I bought a CD instead of downloading it from iTunes or whatever.

EDIT: Seems Paramount and Dreamworks are going for HD DVD: http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/para ... vd-exclus/

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