how do you wish the HD wars went?
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how do you wish the HD wars went?
this is a standard we're going to live with for a long time. if the industry had waited a year or two and collaborated more wouldn't things be much better in the long term?
what things do you wish were different?
i wish interlace was no more
i wish there was only one final hdmi spec
EDIT (for clarity):
i was thinking of HD in general (tv's included) when referring to HD war.
i don't think there should be issues like the playstation3 1080i scaler problem.
or more than that i wish users didn't have to configure anything with the video or audio. just connect hdmi cable and go. the equipment should figure out the highest matching configuration.
ideally the industry could have planned out 3 simple specs for all hardware (tv, receiver, consoles, etc):
1) 480p/i, stereo/5.1 dd [for legacy]
2) 720p72, 7.1 dd+ [as stopgap for 1080p or more content]
3) 1080p72, 7.1 true-hd
anything with higher spec has to be backwards compatible. only one hdmi version.
then as consumer you only need to know two numbers: 720 or 1080
what things do you wish were different?
i wish interlace was no more
i wish there was only one final hdmi spec
EDIT (for clarity):
i was thinking of HD in general (tv's included) when referring to HD war.
i don't think there should be issues like the playstation3 1080i scaler problem.
or more than that i wish users didn't have to configure anything with the video or audio. just connect hdmi cable and go. the equipment should figure out the highest matching configuration.
ideally the industry could have planned out 3 simple specs for all hardware (tv, receiver, consoles, etc):
1) 480p/i, stereo/5.1 dd [for legacy]
2) 720p72, 7.1 dd+ [as stopgap for 1080p or more content]
3) 1080p72, 7.1 true-hd
anything with higher spec has to be backwards compatible. only one hdmi version.
then as consumer you only need to know two numbers: 720 or 1080
Last edited by her34; 11-17-06 at 11:41 AM.
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Interlace is no more on the HD disc formats. Both are 1080p24.
If you mean 1080i TVs being no more well I think we are moving more and more to 1080p and 720p TVs being the norm. However, broadcast TV is probably never going to support 1080p due to bandwith restrictions so expect 1080i and 720p to be important for decades.
HDMI is backwards compatible, but that is a format that will probably continue to evolve. However, HDMI 1.3 is really not that important if you have a player that can decode DD TrueHD.
I also wish HD DVD and Blu-ray could have come to an agreement, but with both formats doing a fairly decent job to establish themselves I would expect combo players to be the norm eventually and for one format to simply die off. At that point it won't matter how much of your collection is one or the other since it will still work and still look as good as the other.
If you mean 1080i TVs being no more well I think we are moving more and more to 1080p and 720p TVs being the norm. However, broadcast TV is probably never going to support 1080p due to bandwith restrictions so expect 1080i and 720p to be important for decades.
HDMI is backwards compatible, but that is a format that will probably continue to evolve. However, HDMI 1.3 is really not that important if you have a player that can decode DD TrueHD.
I also wish HD DVD and Blu-ray could have come to an agreement, but with both formats doing a fairly decent job to establish themselves I would expect combo players to be the norm eventually and for one format to simply die off. At that point it won't matter how much of your collection is one or the other since it will still work and still look as good as the other.
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Are we really going to get stuck with both formats?
Im in a bit of a dilemma. I want to get an HD-DVD for my xbox but some movies I really want to see are listed for BD. If BD takes 5 years to fail does that mean I wont be able to get my movies on HD-DVD for 5 years?
Should I just accept that at this point its going to be both or none (for my home theater)?
Im in a bit of a dilemma. I want to get an HD-DVD for my xbox but some movies I really want to see are listed for BD. If BD takes 5 years to fail does that mean I wont be able to get my movies on HD-DVD for 5 years?
Should I just accept that at this point its going to be both or none (for my home theater)?
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Originally Posted by Save Ferris
Are we really going to get stuck with both formats?
Im in a bit of a dilemma. I want to get an HD-DVD for my xbox but some movies I really want to see are listed for BD. If BD takes 5 years to fail does that mean I wont be able to get my movies on HD-DVD for 5 years?
Should I just accept that at this point its going to be both or none (for my home theater)?
Im in a bit of a dilemma. I want to get an HD-DVD for my xbox but some movies I really want to see are listed for BD. If BD takes 5 years to fail does that mean I wont be able to get my movies on HD-DVD for 5 years?
Should I just accept that at this point its going to be both or none (for my home theater)?
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Originally Posted by her34
yes we'd all like it if only 1 format was made for HD but given that a war was inevitable, what thing do you wish were different?
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Originally Posted by Spiky
Well, the war starts later this month. Perhaps. Maybe next year. So I think you need to change your verb tenses.
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The only thing i wish for is complete studio neutrality. The studios picking sides crap is lame and childish and they should just let the consumers decide for themselves but i guess that might be asking too much for some people.
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Originally Posted by Kocheese99
The studios picking sides crap is lame and childish
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Originally Posted by Kocheese99
The only thing i wish for is complete studio neutrality. The studios picking sides crap is lame and childish and they should just let the consumers decide for themselves but i guess that might be asking too much for some people.
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Originally Posted by Spiky
Well, the war starts later this month. Perhaps. Maybe next year. So I think you need to change your verb tenses.
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Originally Posted by Save Ferris
So will there be a clearer picture of a 'winner' after january?
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Originally Posted by Save Ferris
So will there be a clearer picture of a 'winner' after january?
Originally Posted by DthRdrX
This "war" started and has been going on for a few years now.
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Yeah, I guess the 'war' has been going on mostly 'behind the scenes' [to the customer], and it's mostly a draw.
HDDVD has some momentum and had a better launch and hardware pricing and the Xbox thing; BD has Sony/PS3, and technically better specs for the most part; and a big thing--it seems to have more B&M store buy-in/support, from what I can see. That could hurt HDDVD a lot.
What I "wish"? I wish they agreed on one format, that has the best of both worlds--specs/space of BD, initial cost of HD, and all the studios [Disney is one I'm worried about], and that you could do more with component.
HDDVD has some momentum and had a better launch and hardware pricing and the Xbox thing; BD has Sony/PS3, and technically better specs for the most part; and a big thing--it seems to have more B&M store buy-in/support, from what I can see. That could hurt HDDVD a lot.
What I "wish"? I wish they agreed on one format, that has the best of both worlds--specs/space of BD, initial cost of HD, and all the studios [Disney is one I'm worried about], and that you could do more with component.
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I'm still confused as to how either of the points made by the OP in any way relate to the current format war. Both do 1080p and HDMI is completely independent of it.
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Originally Posted by DthRdrX
This "war" started and has been going on for a few years now. The big battle however is about to begin.
What if we had a war and nobody showed up?
None of my friends could tell you what HD-DVD or Blu Ray is. They are perfectly happy with DVD. They won't even be concerned with HDTV until the TV they have dies (the 2009 deadline doesn't mean anything to them, they have cable). I think they are representative of your average middle class consumers.
I'm beginning to wonder if HDDVD will be a niche market until the next quantum leap comes along... Flash memory maybe. Your movie on something the size of an SD card?
Just my .02, and probably not worth that.
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Originally Posted by LilDears
I'm beginning to wonder if HDDVD will be a niche market until the next quantum leap comes along...
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I'm still confused as to how either of the points made by the OP in any way relate to the current format war. Both do 1080p and HDMI is completely independent of it.
The second wouldn't be feasible because there is still a lot of content that is interlaced (extras shot on video, for instance), and they need to support 480i to be backwards compatible with SD TVs. It's also kind of important that they are able to just copy over their existing extras to the discs. While they could save space if they re-encode them using a modern codec, it does cost money to do that, and that could lead to things being left off discs.
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Will I be able to buy a region free version ofthe HD/BD players.
Both HD DVD or Blu-ray players do enforce standard DVD region coding, however. If you want an HD player that's region-free for standard DVD playback, no that's not available.
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Originally Posted by Drexl
I'm not sure if the OP was saying he wanted 1080p output on all players, or if he didn't want any interlaced video support, period, on any players.
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Originally Posted by GMan2819
HD-DVD/Blu-Ray is here to stay and will replace DVD. The reason is the copy protection. They're losing billions to pirates every year and the sooner they get people to switch over, the better. Expect to see heavy promotions in the near future.
My point was that they can push it all they want, but the consumer is in the driver's seat. Even if they can get the price point down to current DVDs and players (and I don't see that happening), most people won't have a compatible TV for a long time. And nobody is complaining about having to rewind a DVD or pay $100 for a movie they love (as was the case with VHS vs DVD).