Blue-ray is still winning because if most of the company's are only releasing titles in blue what other option do people have then to go blue ? If Blockbuster says we are really only going to carry rented titles of blue, well then your in the same boat. THIS war is not going to be won by consumer choice ! Why would anyone in their mind want to pay twice as much for player to watch BD. THE only good player SONY has is the PS3. And video and sound are the same on both formats if the transfer is done properly, if you think there is a difference your being fooled.
Blue has had lots of glitches in there systems, hardly any in HD. I have seen more complaints against blue regarding player functions and support then HD, which i have experienced myself...
The only reason blue is winning is because Sony is using Money and Incentives to lure Company's to go Blue... The war is not going to be won by consumer choice but by the monopolization of these Studios & retailers (Blockbuster)rentals...
Blue-ray isn't any more superior then HD... (Vid/Sound quality)
I have a blue-ray and HD player, i have had a few problems with blue and none with HD.
HD has better support and far better players.
HD is cheaper to manufacture & players, and is a simpler format.
Video/Sound quality should be the same on blue and HD, but is based on how well the company's that do the hd transfer, i feel that HD in most cases does a better job at doing this.
So What that blue has more capacity, blue and HD don't use any more then 25-30g of space on their discs. King Kong on HD is 182mins long.
HD has a nice feature with there HD-DVD combo disks.
HD has Ethernet connections.
Dont get me wrong i like Sony and they do make good products (I own some), But it doesn't mean their God... I just don't like the way they are going about winning this format war by forcing us to choose a format and not by letting us make our own decision ???
If blue wins i bet you will see higher player and movies prices...
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Blue-ray is still winning because if most of the company's are only releasing titles in blue what other option do people have then to go blue ? If Blockbuster says we are really only going to carry rented titles of blue, well then your in the same boat. THIS war is not going to be won by consumer choice ! Why would anyone in their mind want to pay twice as much for player to watch BD. THE only good player SONY has is the PS3. And video and sound are the same on both formats if the transfer is done properly, if you think there is a difference your being fooled. Blue has had lots of glitches in there systems, hardly any in HD. I have seen more complaints against blue regarding player functions and support then HD, which i have experienced myself...
The only reason blue is winning is because Sony is using Money and Incentives to lure Company's to go Blue... The war is not going to be won by consumer choice but by the monopolization of these Studios & retailers (Blockbuster)rentals... Blue-ray isn't any more superior then HD... (Vid/Sound quality) I have a blue-ray and HD player, i have had a few problems with blue and none with HD. HD has better support and far better players. HD is cheaper to manufacture & players, and is a simpler format. Video/Sound quality should be the same on blue and HD, but is based on how well the company's that do the hd transfer, i feel that HD in most cases does a better job at doing this. So What that blue has more capacity, blue and HD don't use any more then 25-30g of space on their discs. King Kong on HD is 182mins long. HD has a nice feature with there HD-DVD combo disks. HD has Ethernet connections. Dont get me wrong i like Sony and they do make good products (I own some), But it doesn't mean their God... I just don't like the way they are going about winning this format war by forcing us to choose a format and not by letting us make our own decision ??? If blue wins i bet you will see higher player and movies prices...