Corrected some things^ The only thing that is theoretically better, is the stats. On paper. The real world results don't support it though. Picture and Sound are equall between both formats. Storage isn't an advantage unless you want to back up files, but there are cheaper, better alternatives than optical media. Neither is better at playing movies than the other. Also, there is Universal and Paramount in HD-DVD yet. Universal isn't going anywhere anytime soon. They just re-confimed this. Paramount, I cannot say the same with any certainty. Both are basically crippled, neither has 100% support of anything and Sony sucks dog balls. Otherwise I would like Blu-Ray. The only thing for sure is that Blu-Ray still isn't a finished spec, the players out today will not support the features of tomorrow. The only good player is the PS3, which is F'n retarded. A game machine shouldn't be the best next-gen HD player. But ultimately. HD-DVD will probably fail.
8 track all the way... eeeerrr.... so many people know about what the porn industry is doing... man those money shots will never look the same now with blu-ray could almost have to wipe it off your screen... ha ha
Why is this even being debated still. With only two studios, and NO major releases until "American Gangster," Red is on it's way out. The videoscan numbers have been showing the trend sitting at about 5:1 media sales for Blu all January. As for the PS3, it is a great blu-ray player. At the moment it's the only one that I would buy because it is the only one that will be compatible with profile 2.0 (BDLive). There are only a handful of players right now that are BD 1.1 compliant PS3 being one of them, and the cheapest. This whole load of nonsense is the one place that HD-DVD really played the game well. Blu really really screwed up by implementing a changing standard which leaves early adopters out in the dark. While the old players will still play the movies, they can't access any of the advanced features/interactivity of the disc. Red had this implemented from the very beginning. Firmware updates are another reason to go with the PS3. Other units are requiring firmware updates just to play some movies, but they sometimes just refuse to play and don't tell you. The update process is a PITA having to download the installer to your computer, burn it to a bootable disc, then install the firmware via disc to the player. Since the PS3 has native internet connectivity it is capable of downloading firmware updates by itself. The PS3's biggest downfall is it's lack of support for bitstream decoding of DTS-HD MA. But if you have a receiver that can decode DTS-HD MA then it's a non issue since the PS3 doesn't have to worry about the decoding. This really is only going to be a paper spec for most people anyway, since there are so few receivers that support the format right now, even fewer discs that contain it, and yet fewer people who have systems that would really be able to show any difference between Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, and DTS-HD MA if any audible difference even exists. Blu did some things right, Red did some things right. But with studio after studio aligning with Blu, and red's videoscan numbers plummeting it's only a matter of time until red folds up and goes home. EDIT: Also, I should mention that I am format neutral owning both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players.
You can pickup the Nyko Blu-Wave USB IR adapter for the PS3. Then just learn in the codes from the Nyko remote to your uni.
I like the clean look of my PS3 without having any USB devices or wires coming out of the front of it so I was looking at software for my laptop since it sits on my coffee table when I'm at home anyway and has BT and IR. I looked for software for my Mogul but there aren't any PPC apps that work with its BT and IR ports. I own a 3rd party PS2 remote still but I don't think it controlled anything else. Even with the adapters will a universal remote figure out the PS3s controls via that IR adapter?
There has been talk of something that converts IR into BT but it's not on the market yet, and could be vaporware.
looks like we may have an answer on who wins. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142579-c,dvddrivesmedia/article.html
I heard netflix isnt going to stock hd dvd any more. EDIT: this info is in that PCWorld article. also walmart is dropping hd dvd.
final coffin nail http://kotaku.com/357959/hd-dvd-is-dead-please-move-on-with-your-life finally. HD DVD only hung on by discounting everything to suckers who actually thought this wasn't going to happen. Great business practices Toshiba.
Depends if Microsoft decides to use blu-ray. Which they most likely will stick with HD. I do think HD will stay around in the computer word just for the size of data you can fit on the DVDs. Since micro**** is mainly into computer i bet they will just stick with there HD-DvDs and forget about Blu-ray dvd playback.
well considering the HD-DVD add ons for the 360 were a joke, i dont think a blue ray add on would ever happen. not to mention that would mean Microsoft admitting problems which they always refuse to do.
well considering that it is a finality that nobody will be producing the drives after next month this is some pretty wishful thinking.
Blue Ray is it, once this decision is clear we will see it invade everything, Sony will be out for blood on this one. "Remember Beta Tape" Blue Ray read writable hehehehe BTW the prices will start to drop like a rock as well.
We will see about this massive price plummeting you all wish for. Sony's track record for cheap electronics isn't stellar. Look at MemoryStick, their proprietary memory cards. I'm surprised MemoryStick has lasted as long as it has. Especially since you have to pay about 10 dollars more per GB than any other standard such as SM and USB type sticks. My worry is they will do the same thing to BluRay. The price of BluRay hardware will continue to be high dollar. They did it with MemoryStick, and Sony Accessories (PS2 component AV cables, holy ish) and I forsee the same with BluRay.
