Re: HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray - who cares?

For this user, the std DVD player works fine - probably until I split for a
"large" (now have a 32" LCD); considering a 46" for another location.
Clarity of a 1080 image to a 1080 display may be well worth the expense . .
.. for some. I recall SONY's first analog 1080P CRT-based at shows/expos in
NYC years ago. For still-life images, detail offered by a 1080 system makes
sense. As soon as motion and a high degree of color resolution enter the
picture, it a 1080P presentation really worth the $s? So for this humble,
limited, pockets not so deep user, Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD is not important, at
least not for today.

How far around the corner is 1440? Christmas, 2009? Are we going to have
to, then, again, upgrade our HDTV suites?

And what is happening in the dual-format disk arena?


"riggor" <riggor9999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I see people taking "sides" and proclaiming victory of one format over
another.

My question is - who really cares? I believe (my own very humble opinion)
that the majority of people, including myself, are waiting for one
format - whichever format it is (turns out it's Blu-Ray) - to dominate
before spending money on buying a HD or Blu-Ray player.

Does the average Joe know or care of the technical merits of one format
over another? Unlike VHS vs Beta, we all have DVD players so the move to
one HD format over another is not a mandatory move. It's an evolutionary
move.

VHS / Beta was the introduction of video tape - so people had to pick one
over the other - there was nothing that was already a standard - so people
could not take a wait and see position. LaserDisc on the other hand - is
like the HD / Blu-Ray of today. By that point we all had VHS and waited
to see if LaserDisc was going to get cheaper and popular. It never did.

Even though we all had VHS - the move to DVD was rather quick. VHS
reached it's limit of visual quality, cheap HW and commodity products .
Eventually DVD came to one standard, rapid influx of inexpensive players,
better quality / features over VHS - no brainer.

I have a HDTV, and upscaling progressive DVD player and all is well.
Perhaps it's just me - but I am in no real hurry to upgrade until Blu-Ray
becomes the DVD of today.

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