My take on HD-DVD/Blue Ray-Both Fail!
11-28-06, 07:50 PM
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My take on HD-DVD/Blue Ray-Both Fail!
Everyone was looking for a winner in the HD vs Blue ray battle. Now that the PS3 is out and the Xbox add on I have some opinions of this stuff. So far I have the Xbox DVD add on and have seen Goodfellas and Cinderella man so far on HD. Goodfellas as no better than standard DVD,Cinderalla looked good but not enough to get somebody to drop 500 or more on a HD player. Both fail because,,,#1 So far HD tvs have not reached the masses...they are growing but so many people dont have a HD set. HD broadcasting is taking off like a lead balloon. I have had it for a few years and the broadcast channels love it so much that many shows are still standard 4 x 3 including Amazing Race, 60 mins to name a few.
PS3 is a bust. It ill be once the smoke clears. Xbox will be the winner as hard as that is to beleve. Lower pricing and quality games make XBOX the winner. Some thought that the PS3 as a trojan horse would get the Blue ray movement going. I think Sony wond sell to many units. A big disappointment for them.
Another problem...retaiilers. I dont think they want to support HD or Blue Ray on top of the standard dvds they sell sucessfully. Carry both-impossible. If you buy a package and get a hybrid disk of sorts, maybe. The way things are now-total failure.
Remember the people on these boards and avs are total enthusiasts. This is not the average person. I think some forget that. I found this site many years ago when I first got a DVD player. I was on the cutting edge and my first player cost $300.00 which to this day I thought was reasonable.
Rob
PS3 is a bust. It ill be once the smoke clears. Xbox will be the winner as hard as that is to beleve. Lower pricing and quality games make XBOX the winner. Some thought that the PS3 as a trojan horse would get the Blue ray movement going. I think Sony wond sell to many units. A big disappointment for them.
Another problem...retaiilers. I dont think they want to support HD or Blue Ray on top of the standard dvds they sell sucessfully. Carry both-impossible. If you buy a package and get a hybrid disk of sorts, maybe. The way things are now-total failure.
Remember the people on these boards and avs are total enthusiasts. This is not the average person. I think some forget that. I found this site many years ago when I first got a DVD player. I was on the cutting edge and my first player cost $300.00 which to this day I thought was reasonable.
Rob
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Originally Posted by robertw477
Everyone was looking for a winner in the HD vs Blue ray battle. Now that the PS3 is out and the Xbox add on I have some opinions of this stuff. So far I have the Xbox DVD add on and have seen Goodfellas and Cinderella man so far on HD. Goodfellas as no better than standard DVD,Cinderalla looked good but not enough to get somebody to drop 500 or more on a HD player. Both fail because,,,#1 So far HD tvs have not reached the masses...they are growing but so many people dont have a HD set. HD broadcasting is taking off like a lead balloon. I have had it for a few years and the broadcast channels love it so much that many shows are still standard 4 x 3 including Amazing Race, 60 mins to name a few.
PS3 is a bust. It ill be once the smoke clears. Xbox will be the winner as hard as that is to beleve. Lower pricing and quality games make XBOX the winner. Some thought that the PS3 as a trojan horse would get the Blue ray movement going. I think Sony wond sell to many units. A big disappointment for them.
Another problem...retaiilers. I dont think they want to support HD or Blue Ray on top of the standard dvds they sell sucessfully. Carry both-impossible. If you buy a package and get a hybrid disk of sorts, maybe. The way things are now-total failure.
Remember the people on these boards and avs are total enthusiasts. This is not the average person. I think some forget that. I found this site many years ago when I first got a DVD player. I was on the cutting edge and my first player cost $300.00 which to this day I thought was reasonable.
Rob
PS3 is a bust. It ill be once the smoke clears. Xbox will be the winner as hard as that is to beleve. Lower pricing and quality games make XBOX the winner. Some thought that the PS3 as a trojan horse would get the Blue ray movement going. I think Sony wond sell to many units. A big disappointment for them.
Another problem...retaiilers. I dont think they want to support HD or Blue Ray on top of the standard dvds they sell sucessfully. Carry both-impossible. If you buy a package and get a hybrid disk of sorts, maybe. The way things are now-total failure.
Remember the people on these boards and avs are total enthusiasts. This is not the average person. I think some forget that. I found this site many years ago when I first got a DVD player. I was on the cutting edge and my first player cost $300.00 which to this day I thought was reasonable.
Rob
In other words, you are wrong. And that's not an opinion.
