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A Statistical Comparison of HD DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews
An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo today posted a statistical comparison of over 300 HD DVD and Blu-ray reviews published at High-Def Digest since the start of the high-def format wars last Spring. Their findings? Overall video quality between the two formats is nearly identical, however Blu-ray titles were slightly, but definitely superior in audio playback, while HD DVD titles had far superior standard def features and moderately superior high-def features."
Both formats have gone beyond the resolution of my eyes (and ears).
No, HD-DVD will win because fewer people misspell it, so more people will be able to Google it properly.
I think I'm going to start a porn site and call it "blue ray." I could make millions!
My money is on Circuit City. Just look at how successful DIVX was.
Ceci n'est pas une sig.
It's not even funny.
I think I'm going to start a porn site and call it "blue ray."
Let me guess... Is your name Ray?
Blu-ray titles were slightly, but definitely superior
This post is only slightly, but definitely sarcastic.
Which format looks best once converted to Xvid? :)
All the DVDs I own and watch more than once a month get squished down onto a 4.7G backup disc or ripped right into the hard drive. (The pangs of only having one optical drive in the computer.) If iTunes or Xbox Live videos were seriously available in my country, I'd be buying those.
HD gear is for people with too much time and money on their hands. And when I become one I'm sure it'll be great!
All my food says "I'm for your face", however I'm too busy trying to spell HD.Clever people will win because they won't die by forgetting to breathe.
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So, basically, this is a review of a review? When are the reviews of reviews of reviews coming out?
Joshua J. Kugler
I think I'm going to start a porn site and call it "blue ray."
Let me guess... Is your name Ray?
Hundreds of people die every year from autoerotic asphyxiation, you insensitive clod!
;)
If it's a porn site, you might as well go with "blew Ray"
You know you might be a geek when you say things like :
I guess you haven't seen the 720p or 1080p x264 (H.264/AVC - same codec that many of the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray movies are using) rips on private bittorrent trackers or Usenet. A standard two hour movie will fit on a DVD5 at 720p with 6 channel AC3 audio and a bitrate of 4.5-6 mbit/sec. While this wouldn't look great using xvid, H.264/AVC High profile can create great quality. x264 using Sharktooth's HQ-Slowest profile is very impressive. A 2 hour movie can fit on a DVD9 at 1080p at 7-8 mbit/sec, again with very good quality.
Hell, I've seen some 2 CD sized x264 rips from 1080p sources that blow DVD out of the water. Forget about the MPEG-4 ASP codecs like Xvid and Divx. Now that we have H.264/AVC, we can achieve excellent results at 720p and 1080p down to DVD5/9 sizes.