We finally have a whole new forum for us to argue in.

YAHOO.... a new battlefield

(Mortal Kombat)Round 1 ..... FIGHT (Mortal Kombat)

Honestly I don't want to see plaform bashing or the format wars create shouting matches. I'm starting this forum area with the following statement:

There are 2 viable HD formats coming to market this year. Some of you will like one more than the other. That doesn't make you more or less right or smart or good than people who like the other format. Rather than bash, namecall or otherwise fight, take satisfaction in the fact that you like what you like and it doesn't matter at all if other people love it or hate it, it's enough that you like it.

Excellent

I wonder if there will be any playback issues that there was for dvd players on particular titles.

I also hope they make these discs a little tougher, ie less prone to scratching, etc.

Geoff,

Later tonight I plan on creating a General Information post that has all the information we are learning about these formats in one post. Basically a place for people to get answers to questions like "What is the difference between the two formats?" and "What titles have been announced?" without having repeatative threads.

When I'm done, I'll send a Report Thread to you asking you to sticky it. At least, if that's okay with you.

That was actually part of the specs of one of them, can't remember which offhand.

Pretty cool. How much longer until we change our name to "HD-DVD Talk" (or "Blu-Ray Talk")?

How about "Multimedia-Storage-Medium-Talk"?

Great news. It's probably the first time I'm happy to have a thread moved by a moderator.

Actually it'll be neither. I refuse to tie us to a format. And for HD I think other non-disc delivery methods will be just as important.

So the future of DVD Talk will be.... HD Talk

Or rather HDTalk.com will become part of DVDTalk.com just as Videogametalk.com has

Will it obviously slanted towards Blue-Ray?

Thank you!

I'll only present the facts. If the facts point a rosier picture for Blu-Ray, well, that can't be helped. :P

Josh, I didn't see these posts and I created a thread just like you propose. I have already compiled some stuff from a few threads, so feel free to take that or just add to the thread I made.

DVD Talk (2001-2006) R.I.P.

Well I for one am very excited...I wont be an early adopter as I have budget issues, and have been fairly silent due to this, however, I have been very interested and following all the latest news and info. I like now that everything is in one place for me to come and read and gather information on.

2001? Try early 1999.

Can we have a VHS talk forum??

Well, this WOULD be the correct forum if you want to talk about D-VHS.

I think you can count on it. Especially the way they're both rushing to market.

Question about the players.

Toshiba's HD-DVD player is debuting at $500.

Aside from being blu-ray, what does pioneer's player do that the HD-DVD doesn't that justifies its $1800 price tag? That's a huuuuge gap in pricing. What does it do better than the Samsung to cost $800 more???? How many normal people are going to spend almost $2000 on a player?

Well, the Pioneer will be a fully capable player. It will support 1080p (the Samsung and Toshiba only support 1080i), it will have internet capability so that it can use BD-J interactivity, etc. These early players cut a lot of features to get them out quickly for the enthusiast.