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A Statistical Comparison of HD DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the on-the-fence dept.

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."

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  1. Article Summary by StikyPad · · Score: 1, Troll

    HD-DVD: Has more "bonus features" because HDi authoring environment is a mandatory part of the HD-DVD specs.

    BluRay: Has better audio, probably because of the larger capacity and better support for advanced codecs. Bonus features should catch up once more BD-Java tools are developed.

    Conclusion: Nobody's looking out for the consumers.

    My conclusion: Wah. BD seems like the way to go if you're looking for top of the line. If not, why bother with HD anything? Extras are for sissys.

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