2007-07-04 16:44:06 · 6 answers · asked by Ducktapeman 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
If you buy a HD DVD player and Blue Ray wins I guess Hd DVD users get screwed, can they do that
2007-07-04 17:20:35 · update #1
Yes, it is possible - simply because hardware is becoming very cheap very quickly. Once there are $100 HD and Blu Ray (BD) players, or $150 dual-format players - the war is over.
I do feel bad for Sony - they have lost two wars with superior products (Beta VCRs and MD music players), and now they picked the inferior product - Blu Ray. So maybe this time they will win.
BluRay has one advantage - PS3. Other than that, HD-DVD has an edge over BluRay:
1. Porno industry supports HD-DVD - and this was a deciding factor in VHS vs Beta war. Porno outsells mainstraem movies by 4 to 3 ($12billion for Porno in 2006 vs $9bln for mainstream).
2. HD-DVD production process is compatible for regular DVDs and required minimal retooling.
And once Nintendo will come out with WiiWiiWii HD-DVD compatible game console - BluRay is dead!
2007-07-04 18:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by AM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the immense studio support and a technical edge, Blu-ray is the logical choice to win the war. However, industry rarely follows logical patterns. While Blu-ray has outdistanced HD DVD in number of players and movies sold, there is a distinct possibility that neither format will emerge victorious. Some have even postulated that both will lose to DVD, because the mass consumer market is completely satisfied with DVD and thus doesn't feel shelling out $500 is justified. For either format to beat out DVD, one side has to concede, because a format war scares average consumers away. When one hi-def format emerges, then the battle between hi-def and DVD will begin. If most people still do not own an HDTV at that point, the future of hi-def movies may be delayed a few more years.
2007-07-05 00:28:22 · answer #2 · answered by k10nyvaseminole@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who gets the lowest cost players to market first. But I see them both winning out. I think that the Blue-ray will win with PC users as it can store more data and HD for video. Right now they are both losers as they and the players/writers are like the first CD Writers...Way to expencive.
2007-07-04 23:57:24 · answer #3 · answered by Psycmixer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible we have Macs and PCs. But I think within 1-2 years one of the two will drift away. I have a feeling sony with its blue ray will win.
2007-07-04 23:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by SummerRain Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely - this is the whole VHS vs. Beta war all over again. In the end of that one, it was popularity that led to VHS winning out - despite Beta being the more technically advanced technology.
I think it will all depend on who - both manufacturers, and movie studios - backs which side...
2007-07-05 00:06:04 · answer #5 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the porn industry will decide which wins, sad but true!
2007-07-05 13:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by sparm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋