Media Fight - PS3 Blu-ray vs. 360 HD DVD Add-On

An anonymous reader sent a link suggesting we might enjoy High Def Digest's next-gen console media comparison. They take a look at the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray playback capabilities, and compare it to the performance of the Xbox 360's HD DVD add-on. The article offers a number of technical details for the movie, audio, and gaming buff. As you might expect, given the companies involved, both products basically perform their functions very well. From the article: "That doesn't mean both aren't without their drawbacks. The Xbox 360 add-on suffers from a lack of HDMI and analog outputs, though it still delivers excellent results despite those limitations. The PS3, meanwhile, also lacks analog outs, but it does have HDMI 1.3 support and can decode Dolby TrueHD. The lack of 1080 upconversion of 720p sources on the PS3 is a huge issue, though, so unless you have a 1080p-capable HDTV, you may suffer buyer's remorse."

Comments

Not a problem for movies (or some games)

[SuperKendall]

So you are cool with paying hundreds of dollars more to only downcovert to the same video resolution as the WII / standard DVD?

This is really anti-PS3 FUD, the problem is not as bad as it first appears.

Basically this is only a problem when the SOURCE of the content is 720P - basically that means 720p games. Movies are all 1080p, and many games are 1080i/p, so they would display normally.

Secondly, this is only a probem at all if your video device does not support 720p but does support 1080i/p and 480p. That is actually not as many devices as you might think; I bought the Infocus X1 projector many years ago and it supports 720p (and 1080i) just fine.

And to answer your question - for the remaining things that did have problems, yet I'd be fine with the problem at hand until a firmware update fixes the issue or I got a more modern display. After all, it only affects games and there I am looking for gameplay...

Re:I have both, let's clear the air

[Dster76]

I'd expect prices to fall by 100% in '07

Seriously? I won't buy one these HD Blue-crap things even when they're free.