Comments on: HD DVD responds, oh snap! http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:36:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: daelin http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-557166 daelin Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:11:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-557166 Here's the problem with competition for next-gen formats...... No one wants to buy obsolete technology at high prices. You have two formats trying to become the dominant one. You could've combined the best of both and made a truly better format, but in the time of the format war, you could've had everyone jump ship on DVD that wanted Hi-Def content for a few $ more. Did DVD really have a competitor during launch? They had Laserdisc, but that was a niche format (I still have mine :) ), but VHS was showing signs of age and LD always had analog noise on it and Dolby Digital required an RF 5.1 decoder which even now no one really owns one that's inexpensive. I'm just glad that Bluray won and we can all move on now. Here’s the problem with competition for next-gen formats…… No one wants to buy obsolete technology at high prices.

You have two formats trying to become the dominant one. You could’ve combined the best of both and made a truly better format, but in the time of the format war, you could’ve had everyone jump ship on DVD that wanted Hi-Def content for a few $ more.

Did DVD really have a competitor during launch? They had Laserdisc, but that was a niche format (I still have mine :) ), but VHS was showing signs of age and LD always had analog noise on it and Dolby Digital required an RF 5.1 decoder which even now no one really owns one that’s inexpensive.

I’m just glad that Bluray won and we can all move on now.

]]> By: Andy http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-556739 Andy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:46:50 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-556739 How do consumers confuse blue-ray and hd-dvd? From the ones ive seen the color of the boxes are a give away. HD-DVD = Red Box, Blue Ray = Blue box. Its not rocket science ;-) Personally i don't care about which is the better format or my format is better then yours. Though i do have a HD-DVD player for the xbox lol. Guess I'll just have to get a blue ray player at some point. Any change i could get one for less £200, no??? Whats wrong with a bit of competition anyways? Doesn't this help in the long run. Perhaps we should wait until the next tech comes out, HHD anyone? How do consumers confuse blue-ray and hd-dvd? From the ones ive seen the color of the boxes are a give away.

HD-DVD = Red Box, Blue Ray = Blue box.

Its not rocket science ;-)

Personally i don’t care about which is the better format or my format is better then yours. Though i do have a HD-DVD player for the xbox lol.

Guess I’ll just have to get a blue ray player at some point. Any change i could get one for less £200, no???

Whats wrong with a bit of competition anyways? Doesn’t this help in the long run. Perhaps we should wait until the next tech comes out, HHD anyone?

]]> By: daelin http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-556422 daelin Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:12:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-556422 I saw the war from the sidelines and am glad that Sony finally won a format war. :) Minidisc beat DCC when no one thought it would back then. Now, they beat HDDVD. I mean, seriously, HD-DVD? Could you drop one of those D's and make it "HDVD" so it's not as hard to say? "The Look and Sound of Perfect?" That was the best they could come up with? I'm glad this is all winding down. I held off on buying one of these two because of this reason. I saw the war from the sidelines and am glad that Sony finally won a format war. :)

Minidisc beat DCC when no one thought it would back then. Now, they beat HDDVD.

I mean, seriously, HD-DVD? Could you drop one of those D’s and make it “HDVD” so it’s not as hard to say? “The Look and Sound of Perfect?” That was the best they could come up with?

I’m glad this is all winding down. I held off on buying one of these two because of this reason.

]]> By: hannibalchew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-554551 hannibalchew Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:47:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-554551 nice to see the better format winning out. we've come a long way since the vhs/betamax days. ahh, human evolution. nice to see the better format winning out. we’ve come a long way since the vhs/betamax days. ahh, human evolution.

]]> By: karl http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-554180 karl Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:08:08 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/04/hd-dvd-responds-oh-snap/#comment-554180 HD-DVD is dead. Blu Ray is the superior format even though it's a little bit more expensive. As soon as they come down in price I will buy on for my computer. Really need that storage Blu-Ray provides. HD-DVD is dead.
Blu Ray is the superior format even though it’s a little bit more expensive. As soon as they come down in price I will buy on for my computer. Really need that storage Blu-Ray provides.

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