Blue-Ray or HD-DVD?

Ill buy blu-ray next year when they sell for 200.00 :)

how cone no one wanted sony's betamax ?

I guess I can copy Blu-ray if I wanted to :) just rent them from netflex copy them and send them back and save $26.00 a movie :)

Anydvd. will

• Works automatically in the background
• Removes encryption (CSS) and region code (RPC) from DVDs
• Removes analogue copy protection (Macrovision)
• Removes features such as forced subtitles and warnings
• Decrypts without the need to save the data onto your hard-disk
• Decrypts 'on the fly'
• Prevents automatic launching of 'PC-friendly' software on video DVDs
• Allows adjustment of your monitor refresh rate for both NTSC and PAL monitors
• Allows execution of external programs on disc insertion and removal
• Allows speed control of your DVD drives
• Compatible with all DVD media
• Works with all DVD-drives, regardless of region code
• Works with all DVD copying, such as CloneDVD, and all DVD player software
• Works transparently for the operating system: DVDs can be shared over the network and copied with the command prompt or with Windows Explorer, etc.
• Proven to be stable and fast and does not require an ASPI driver
• Features AnyCDDA: play, copy and rip protected audio CDs

What's the point? Limited titles, jacked-up prices.

If I was to get Blu-ray, PS3 seems the obvious way to go. But why pay some $500 just so I can play The Orange Box—Half-Life 2? I don't see other PS3 games yet that interest me, and do I really need more pixels when they whiz by at 30 frames a second or so? Wouldn't I rather have more titles than pixels?

Didn't they learn about customers whining about jacked-up prices when CDs came out? Same as audio cassette, but jacked-up price for only slightly better sound? So DVDs added all sorts of Bonus Features not available and sometimes not even possible with the old technology, such as commentary tracks.

Maybe later, if ever I see much any practical reason to "upgrade?" Hey, it's not my fault that when they launched DVDs, it wasn't quite an HD-ready format. Must we buy new electronic boxes every time the manufacturers claim that they goofed, and their "new" format isn't quite so "new" anymore? My purpose in life, certainly is far more, than to enrich greedy corporations buying all their latest junk. Similar with HD-radio. Great idea to offer "digital" radio for free, but then, I can't go buy something new, every time they come up with something supposed "new." FM modulation is near digital-quality analog anyway, far better than AM. With a decent signal, it's almost impossible to tell the difference.

True, but VHS had a run of 20+ years. Even though it "lost" to DVD, I regard it as very successful. I figure in 10 years out a certain quantity of VHS equipment will still be in use just as LP players and vacuum tube amplifiers are still around. Heck, they're still making both of the latter. *I not going to mention that I still have an LP player.* If Blu-Ray establishes itself for a span of 10-15 years [unlikely, I/M/O] then it may become "enduring" [my word].

Getting back to the topic, my plan is to opt out!

I don't watch many movies and I rarely watch one a second time so there's no need to build a "library". At present, I can "rent" HD movies via my cable and can watch it over a 24hr time span. The selection is limited but that should get better over time.

I agree. I tend to resist changes in electonics anyway. For a long time I thought I'd stick to albums (of the vinyl kind for you younglings) and would never buy a CD. But when I got a laserdisc player I enjoyed being able to pop in 5 Enigma or Deep Forest CD's and hit random play.

Same with Windows platforms. I was operating two computers with 95 and 98 right up until I lost em (with a bunch of other stuff) in late Aug. '05. Nowadays if I bought one it'd have to have XP on it (instead of Vista - which, I've heard, has "issues").

As I've already stated, blue-ray can wait.

I still have a Sony Betamax and have been offered a ton-o-bucks for it. Tell your brother to hang onto it and when he needs the money, put it up for dibs on E-bay.

HD DVD: Buy, sell, or hold? - Fully Equipped - CNET reviews


So........there's your answer. Sell, sell, sell. And never look back!!!

I like HD-DVD only 89.95 now and it the best at upscaling dvds in to 1080I :):)

I still use my VCR to tape programs to watch at a later date. I do have a DVD recorder but only used it to copy from my camcorder to DVD.

I am not a TIVO person. I like to save programs and with a 40 hour limit or whatever they have, it is not right for me.

hungshyman, hurry! ... they won't last long.

Also, hurry up and buy any HD-DVDs that you want. Those won't last long either.

Neither. Really not worth it to invest at this point.

I've been coming to the same conclusion. Solid state is the future. But until then I may still buy one...for fun and to spite myself.

There is not a significant jump in quality over regular DVD or other high-def mediums including direct download, digital cable, etc. The players are still too expensive. The support for both formats still a bit lacking. The technology of both formats still not 100% standardized. No 100% clear winner yet so you may end up with obsolete technology if you pick the wrong one (though it's starting to become a bit lopsided)

Perfectly content to wait. My regular DVD collection is extensive and works fine.

what is your favorite dvd 160?