Blu Ray and HD?

Question

What is better in quality Bluray or Hd....becuase i either want to buy a ps3 for the bluray or not buy one at all..plz help me ..............and im not concered about the cost of a bluray disk or player

Answer 1

All things being equal Blu-ray and HD DVD formats are (and should be) virtually indistinguishable in picture quality. The more important issue for either format, with respect to audio and video quality, is the content itself and how the content has been encoded.

However, the most compelling reason for choosing one HD optical disc format over the other is content choice, that is, which format offers the greater quantity of content that YOU want.

HD DVD disc players continue to decrease in price and are moderately inexpensive at this point in time. You have the option of purchasing a PS3 now and adding an inexpensive HD DVD player in the near future, thus giving you access to the best of both formats.
 

Answer 2

The old Beta vs VHS conflict.... When VCR's first came out, there were two types, Beta and VHS. It took a few years to see which one would survive while the other died out. For quality, I don't think there is any doubt that Beta was actually better. But there were advantages to VHS, most notably a 6-hour EP mode. (TV movies usually take up 2 hours, so a Beta 5-hour tape wasn't much good.) Beta eventually died. In other words, the market decided.

I haven't gotten involved in the HD/Blu-ray debate. Regardless what I think, the market will decide. But I find it interesting that Blockbuster & Hollywood Video have both thrown in with Blu-ray. It's a gamble, sure, but companies of their size can't afford to invest in too big a mistake, so they must have good reason to believe that DVD-HD won't last.

Answer 3

Blu-ray's specs are actually higher in every category compared to HD-DVD. I'd say buy a PS3, Blu-ray has the industry's support behind it, which is a huge factor in a format war. Also for furthur stats Blu-ray is currently outselling HD-DVD 3:1 and in some months it outsold it by 4:1. The difference in cost between the two is very minimal. For the most part Blu-rays movies and HD DVDs are the same price on amazon and instore. For more information on the format war visit www.blu-ray.com.

Answer 4

Hi. The average movie watcher will not notice the difference between the two formats.Consumers aren't ready for a new high definition DVD format if it isn't spelled out simply and delivered in a manner that isn't confusing or easily mistaken for existing formats.The only way HIGH DEFINITION DVD can be pushed on to consumers is,well ,to PUSH it on consumers.DVD would have to be replaced. HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc are not being positioned as replacements to DVD,they are simply an option.

Answer 5

Well. If you look at the statistics, Blu-Ray is better. BUT Blu-Ray disks are more expensive than HD DVD. Now if you want cheaper but still HD and high quality i would get HD DVD player. The disks are around $20 compared to Blu-Ray they are $30-40.

Answer 6

Bluray can produce a better quality picture as it can produce a 1080P picture while HD can only produce a 1080i one.

Another advantage that BluRay has is that its discs can hold more information.

Answer 7

bluray stores more and has more movie companies behind them. they are more expensive but worst case scenario you have a ps3 (not that bad)