7 Reasons to Forget Blu-ray

I stick to Blu-ray...

Seriously, all of your "reasons" are a joke. Nothing compares to Blu-ray as far as picture and audio quality. It's the same reason that people were willing to pay more for Blu-ray than for HD DVD. People don't care of interactivity or PiP content, nor do that want to have to download a movie. What people DO seem to want, and what they said they wanted when Blu-ray won the format war, is simply awesome picture and audio quality, which you'll only get from Blu-ray. For standard DVD quality maybe, but for TRUE high definition, downloads won't last long.

of TX @ Feb 20, 2008 22:21:47 PM

I stick with blue ray

It'll be several years(decades) before downloadable gets as good as blu ray disks. AppleTV HD are just a fraction of blu ray HD. By then Blu ray will go away with the CDs, DVDs and the dodo birds.

Die HD DVD of CA @ Feb 20, 2008 21:22:11 PM

Dude, you are spot on!

The blu boys are out in full force! Most of your points are valid not to mention that the Blu-ray players specs still are not finished! To even have a blu-ray player with the same features as HD-DVD you need to wait until profile 2.0! That while ship maybe near the end-of-the year. Best to wait til then and see what is available. Give me a really good download and I'll take it in a heartbeat.

of FL @ Feb 20, 2008 21:17:01 PM

i follow this up to a T. I have a 42 inch lcd hdtv, and a 27 inch sdtv. Hd movies look the same on both. Blu-Ray only hold a slight advantage on it. The market figures if you can spend 500-5000 on a tv then you can spend 700 on a blu-ray player and 50$ a disk. I have over 500 dvds in my collection, and they dont look bad on my upconvert dvd player to 1080i. Sure its not "perfect" but it sure beats trying to get those 500 dvds onto a platform that costs an arm and a leg. a blu-ray convert kit for the pc costs all together about 500$ the blu-ray-rw's are like 50$ for 10. so you figure id spend almost 3,000 to convert my dvds to blu-ray, thats not adding the 3-4 hours each dvd would take to convert to blu-ray.

I will wait another 4-5 years until i start to update my dvd collection to blu-ray.

And yes i have a blu-ray player and i have a ps3. So dont try to reply with "he doesnt have the equiptment" because I do.

of CO @ Feb 20, 2008 21:16:19 PM

Sorry Dave

Sorry Dave, but you just got owned.

What was the point of this blog anyways?

"Hey guys, we should all settle for inferior quality, because HD-DVD is dead" ??????????

Mr. O of @ Feb 20, 2008 21:15:39 PM

mass market?

"But I was writing for the mass market. "

Really? The mass market of HDTV/7.1 surround system owners, HD cable or dish subscribers and high speed internet users?

You're right. It would be much wiser for those mass market folks to buy a $230 to $400 box from their ultra-reliable cable/broadband/satellite providers for HD content. Hell, I know I've never had my cable go out, never had any macroblocking or audio drop outs during programming, and never had to talk to an angry Canadian customer service rep with my CA based concerns.

Why should those mass markets people purchase a silly ol' PS3? All you can do with it is watch full HD movies, upconvert standard DVDs, play HD video games, store pictures and music, download trailers/wallpapers/game demos, chat with friends and connect to the internet with built-in wifi. And of course, you would also have to deal with that dreaded physical media that people hate or are totally unfamiliar with.

I'm with ya, Dave. Forget Blu-ray!

scotty of CA @ Feb 20, 2008 20:57:23 PM

Blues

Comcast HD is 1080i. Blu ray discs are 1080p

Toshiba is completely getting out of the HD-DVD business and concentrating their future in computers and especially large capacity flash drives.

Blu ray DVD is the future. Live with it.

Brad of MA @ Feb 20, 2008 20:49:44 PM

The Writing Is On The Wall

Just below and to the right of the headline:

"(Courtesy of XStreamHD)"

Does your soul hurt when you sell it or does it only sting for a little while?

Watching of WA @ Feb 20, 2008 20:34:11 PM