I bought an HD-DVD when they went below $150 and see the value the author has seen. It is a great up-converter and is nice to see HD movies on my 56inch 1080p HDTV once and a while. Before I bought the HDDVD player, all the DVD players I owned displayed 480i which looked like crap. With up-converted DVDs I can wait until blu-ray players are below $200. It is fun to watch all of the emotional blu-ray fans try to still squash any mention of HD-DVD.:) They need to smell the coffee and wake up. DVDs aren't going away without a fight unless they pull a microshaft. Has anyone been to a blockbuster lately? I was just in a store today and still only see ONE small section for Blu-ray. It is just not that good of an improvement to justify the cost, right now. Don't be driven by the Hype of the media and the propaganda of corporations. About 50% of the people I know have HDTV's but not one cares that much about HD movies. One guy from my workplace, just bought a new plasma this week, but once he got it home he lost his excitement with the quality. When I asked that if he subscribed to HD service he verified that he did.
I See Two Problems With HD Today.
1. Not enough different to justify the large costs.
2. Camera work needs to improve, the camera's or camera operators aren't focusing fast enough! very sloppy. The variances is shots in a movie or TV show is very disrupted and annoying.
I do hear a lot of people ordering their DTV coupons! I did and will drop DirecTV in a heartbeat. Movies and Over-the-air HDTV, tired of the crap on Cable/Satellite TV.
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I bought an HD-DVD when they went below $150 and see the value the author has seen. It is a great up-converter and is nice to see HD movies on my 56inch 1080p HDTV once and a while. Before I bought the HDDVD player, all the DVD players I owned displayed 480i which looked like crap. With up-converted DVDs I can wait until blu-ray players are below $200. It is fun to watch all of the emotional blu-ray fans try to still squash any mention of HD-DVD. :) They need to smell the coffee and wake up. DVDs aren't going away without a fight unless they pull a microshaft. Has anyone been to a blockbuster lately? I was just in a store today and still only see ONE small section for Blu-ray. It is just not that good of an improvement to justify the cost, right now. Don't be driven by the Hype of the media and the propaganda of corporations. About 50% of the people I know have HDTV's but not one cares that much about HD movies. One guy from my workplace, just bought a new plasma this week, but once he got it home he lost his excitement with the quality. When I asked that if he subscribed to HD service he verified that he did.
I See Two Problems With HD Today.
1. Not enough different to justify the large costs.
2. Camera work needs to improve, the camera's or camera operators aren't focusing fast enough! very sloppy. The variances is shots in a movie or TV show is very disrupted and annoying.
I do hear a lot of people ordering their DTV coupons! I did and will drop DirecTV in a heartbeat. Movies and Over-the-air HDTV, tired of the crap on Cable/Satellite TV.