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HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
SubOrbital \| 5:04 PM on 10.03.2007	13 comments

Hey everyone,

This is related to gaming in that it uses the consoles. I'm curious to know what people out there think of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray debate. I tend to lean towards HD-DVD because of the interactivity features and the fact that the format isn't still a work in progress like Blu-Ray. I think the difference in picture quality is negligible. What I would like to know is what you guys think of your console's ability to play either format? Is the 360 a good HD-DVD player? Is the PS3 a good Blu-Ray player? I have heard that some Blu-Rays can give the PS3 some grief.

I'm also curious to know for people who might have both the consoles how the PS3 and 360 compare when upscaling standard DVDs. Does anyone have experience like this on an HDTV? I'd love to hear some feedback on any of these subjects. Thanks guys.

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13 comments | showing # 1 to 13

AutoGlocktavius

I haven't had any problems with my PS3's blue ray capabilities. The one real difference in the media that matters isn't so much the picture quality (at least for me), it's the storage space. Just think, an entire season of a show on a single disc, or even a football season or whatever. The games that you could put on these discs will be amazing. The games that are coming out currently on the ps3 are only first-gen, can you imagine how big these games will be in 5 years? And I'm sure they won't use multiple discs for the 360, but they'll have to compress more of the data to make it fit. I do agree that the developing tech in the newer players is something to mark against blu-ray, but the player I've got now works great. I'm also interested in hearing how quality the 360's HD-DVD player is given how cheap it is compared to toshiba's.

king3vbo

I like the fact that Bluray can hold much more data than an HD-DVD can. And PS3 games could, in theory be GIGANTIC and still fit on one disc. That sounds like win to me

ArrestedDeveloper

I wanted HD-DVD to win, then I got a PS3, now I want Blu-Ray.

Kryptinite

i have both and they are both sexy. I don't care who wins.

KevlarGibs

I still like HDDVD, sure, it may not hold as much data, but like you said it isn't a work in progress. It was designed from the beginning to be cheaper/easier to produce, since much of the old DVD production equipment could be used.

Players are cheaper, discs are supposed to be cheaper, (although my visit to best buy this week tells me otherwise)

Plus first gen bluray movies still used mpeg2 encoding... it's like they said "we've got all this space we aren't using... what can we do with it?

Yes, I wish there wasn't a split format, but as I see it now, the only solution is to just get all players dual format... kinda like the DVD+R/DVD-R war a few years back, not a big deal anymore, since all burners can handle both.

decoyb

I have both, as far as picture quality goes there's no difference since most new movies use the same codec's now. Blu-ray can have a slight edge in audio since it supports uncompressed PCM, but you need a really expensive receiver to take advantage of it.

The ps3 is actually still one of the best blu-ray players. There were a few glitches here and there but they've been fixed in updates and it supports hdmi 1.3 and a lot of audio formats.

The 360 hddvd drive seems to be well built (much more so than the 360) and you can use it on a pc if your 360 dies.

bottled dark

standard definition ftw!

Wedge

HD DVD isn't a significant enough upgrade to warrant it's existence. And it doesn't matter because Blu Ray has already "won" as it were. Even if the PS3's success has been middling so far, it WILL carry the format, because there is no genuine competition (the 360 HDDVD add-on is the most useless thing ever). Also it will prove a boon for the PS3 over the 360 in the long run.

The real winner is DVD though. The masses could still give all shit about hi def movies, even if they have an HD TV, and we are still a ways off from DVD not being the general standard.

vexed alex

I don't give a fuck. Haha. I am getting scared that 360 is using standard DVDs in that there have been some cases of games having a feature or more cut.

Jark212

HD will win...they have pOrn...

SubOrbital

What I'm finding is that Standard DVD when upscaled is pretty freaking amazing and for people who have vast libraries, they really might not be that inclined to jump into HD-DVD or Blu-ray because their DVDs look great. Upscaled DVDs still look really good on HDTVs. I wonder whether Blu-Ray of HD-DVD will even beat it before everyone switches to downloadable hidef.

JonDarkwood

The 360 and PS3 are both gaming machines to me. If they used the same type of drive they still wouldn't be cross compatible. So I could care less about retarded format wars.

SubOrbital

One thing I favour about HD-DVD, being from New Zealand is that they're region free. So I can import releases that haven't been made locally yet.

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