The battle between HDDVD and BluRay is over. - Page 2

Griff · 02-23-2008, 08:33 AM

So I guess that's when broadcast tv goes digital or I subscribe to satellite tv.

Undertoad · 02-23-2008, 08:45 AM

In either case you do have the option of sticking with your current TV. But over time the benefits of HD will be more and more obvious. To a nearsighted person it's like walking around without your glasses and then suddenly finding them and putting them on. The question for late adopters will be how long they want to live in a blurry world.

Griff · 02-23-2008, 08:51 AM

I guess I need to research this, I thought the two were tied together.

theotherguy · 02-23-2008, 09:42 AM

I regularly thank the baby Jesus for my HD tv. I feel sorry for you blind fools still watching your crazy standard def. pffft.

Undertoad · 02-23-2008, 09:59 AM

I have noticed that many broadcasts are now framed for the wider aspect ratio and are just rudely cut off on the edges for standard def broadcast.

Griff · 02-23-2008, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by theotherguy

I regularly thank the baby Jesus for my HD tv. I feel sorry for you blind fools still watching your crazy standard def. pffft.

Our broadcast signals are generally bad enough that the high def is of no value. I've been given to understand that when the broadcasts go digital we won't see anything at all on most of our stations. At that point we have to decide whether we want television for anything beyond a dvd monitor.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2008, 01:35 PM

Most of the stuff on TV is better, seen blurry.

elSicomoro · 02-23-2008, 06:29 PM

The only thing I've really seen in hi-def thus far is sports...and it's awesome stuff! But I'm not running out to buy an HDTV just yet...we have digital cable on both TVs, so we won't lose anything. And I'd like to see the prices on them come down a bit more.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2008, 03:03 AM

Microsoft says No to Blu-ray for Xbox 360.

Clodfobble · 03-16-2008, 09:33 AM

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Microsoft is apparently betting entirely on digital distribution of media content... Blu-ray player prices are actually going up right now because there is no competition. This will drive even more customers to the Sony PS3 as it is still the best deal for a Blu-ray player - affordable and already future proof.

I think Microsoft is wrong on this one. They tried the integrated home media center idea already, and people weren't ready for it. They still think of it as a game machine that plays DVDs, and the XBox 360 has effectively just become a game machine that can't play DVDs.

And even for the early adopters, Netflix already does downloadable movie content better anyway. Now, if Microsoft were to buy Netflix... well, I would be very sad.

Cloud · 12-06-2008, 01:02 PM

hmm. should I not buy any more DVDs? and get a blu-ray player instead?

I do have an HDTV . . . but can't watch HD stuff on it because I'm unwilling to pay extra to my cable co for it.

richlevy · 12-06-2008, 01:53 PM

I think that once the porn industry picked a format, the loser was doomed.

Last year, Sony snubbed the industry, which was forced to put movies only on HD_DVD or support both formats if they could find another company to make copies.

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Sony said last week that, in keeping with a longstanding policy, it would not mass-produce pornographic videos on behalf of the movie makers. The decision has forced pornographers to use the competing HD DVD format or, in some cases, to find companies other than Sony that can manufacture copies of Blu-ray movies.
The movie makers assert that it is shortsighted of Sony to snub them, given how pornography helps technologies spread.

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One major company, Digital Playground, plans to release its first four HD DVD titles this month, and plans four new ones each month. In March, Vivid plans to release "Debbie Does Dallas Again," its first feature for both HD DVD and Blu-ray.
Vivid, like Digital Playground, has been shooting with high-definition cameras for two years to build up a catalog of high-definition movies. Both studios have released the movies in standard definition but plan to make the high-definition versions available as compatible disc players and televisions become more popular.

This was as of late 2007. My guess is that Sony found a way to supply the porn industry.

tw · 12-06-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I do have an HDTV . . . but can't watch HD stuff on it because I'm unwilling to pay extra to my cable co for it.

Simply get or make an antenna. I was experimenting with some rather simplest designs that appear to make the ghosting problem less problematic. Parts came from Lowes, Walmart, a hobby store, and the grocery store. Was surprised how good the reception was. However the antenna only works well in its pointed direction.

lumberjim · 12-06-2008, 11:08 PM

i don't want my porn in HD......

TheMercenary · 12-07-2008, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i don't want my porn in HD......

Why not?

02-23-2008, 08:33 AM	#16
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So I guess that's when broadcast tv goes digital or I subscribe to satellite tv. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-23-2008, 08:51 AM	#18
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I guess I need to research this, I thought the two were tied together. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-23-2008, 09:42 AM	#19
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	I regularly thank the baby Jesus for my HD tv. I feel sorry for you blind fools still watching your crazy standard def. pffft. __________________ I should be working.

02-23-2008, 01:35 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Most of the stuff on TV is better, seen blurry. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-16-2008, 03:03 AM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Microsoft says No to Blu-ray for Xbox 360. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2008, 08:45 AM	#17
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	In either case you do have the option of sticking with your current TV. But over time the benefits of HD will be more and more obvious. To a nearsighted person it's like walking around without your glasses and then suddenly finding them and putting them on. The question for late adopters will be how long they want to live in a blurry world.

02-23-2008, 09:59 AM	#20
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have noticed that many broadcasts are now framed for the wider aspect ratio and are just rudely cut off on the edges for standard def broadcast.

02-23-2008, 06:29 PM	#23
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	The only thing I've really seen in hi-def thus far is sports...and it's awesome stuff! But I'm not running out to buy an HDTV just yet...we have digital cable on both TVs, so we won't lose anything. And I'd like to see the prices on them come down a bit more.

12-06-2008, 01:02 PM	#26
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	hmm. should I not buy any more DVDs? and get a blu-ray player instead? I do have an HDTV . . . but can't watch HD stuff on it because I'm unwilling to pay extra to my cable co for it. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-06-2008, 11:08 PM	#29
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i don't want my porn in HD...... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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