Are there any HD DVDs that were better than their Blu-ray counterparts?
12-24-10, 01:19 PM
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Re: Are there any HD DVDs that were better than their Blu-ray counterparts?
I buy through the Amazon Marketplace. Most 3rd party sellers blow them out for as little as $0.01 and they rarely go higher than $5.
12-26-10, 09:32 PM
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Re: Are there any HD DVDs that were better than their Blu-ray counterparts?
There are a lot of HD DVD titles that are better than their BD counterparts....
Besides the aforementioned Universal titles (like Apollo 13 and The Thing) where they over-DNR'ed the BD versions, and the Warner titles with lossless audio (like Happy Feet, Lady In The Water, Training Day, Phantom Of The Opera, etc.) while the BDs only have lossy.....a lot of the early Paramount titles are better on HD DVD as they were encoded with VC1 rather than MPEG2 and they have 1.5mbps DD+ "less lossy" audio rather than 640kbps DD.....
Besides the aforementioned Universal titles (like Apollo 13 and The Thing) where they over-DNR'ed the BD versions, and the Warner titles with lossless audio (like Happy Feet, Lady In The Water, Training Day, Phantom Of The Opera, etc.) while the BDs only have lossy.....a lot of the early Paramount titles are better on HD DVD as they were encoded with VC1 rather than MPEG2 and they have 1.5mbps DD+ "less lossy" audio rather than 640kbps DD.....
12-27-10, 10:39 AM
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Re: Are there any HD DVDs that were better than their Blu-ray counterparts?
12-30-10, 08:15 PM
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